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Literary Research

A guide Sterne Library databases for literary research.

What are primary texts?

In literary research, literary texts are primary sources. More broadly, primary sources are firsthand accounts taken from the time period an event occurs. These types of sources include diaries, letters, newspapers, photographs, maps, and others.

General Text Collections

Period Text Collections

Subject Text Collections

African American Literature

Hispanic/LatinX Literature

Women's Literature

General