Peer-reviewed journals (sometimes called scholarly, academic, or refereed) have gone through a review process by experts in the field before being published. Peer-reviewed articles are highly specialized reports, usually representing original research, written by experts for an audience of experts.
Hostos Library has a number of databases that include scholarly works about literature.
MLA International Bibliography
* these databases include peer-reviewed articles, but also include introductory topic overviews and reference articles, which can be a good place to start.
PROS of using OneSearch:
* you can find articles from many databases quickly, instead of having to go through databases separately
* you can find useful books and book chapters that are not included in the databases listed above
CON of using OneSearch:
* it will not find every article that you might find if you searched individual databases
* especially for works and authors that are less well known or discussed, you will eventually find more if you take the time to dig through individual databases
Use Google Scholar at this link, through our list of databases - doing so will show you what is available via full text at Hostos.
PROS of using Google Scholar:
* like OneSearch, it will find articles that may be in different databases
* it will also find some articles that are not in databases, but hosted on other sites (like university websites).
CONS of using Google Scholar:
* it may not find some articles that we have access to in our databases
* unlike OneSearch, it will not find any e-books or books that might be relevant to your searches