ABELL is a bibliographic database compiled by the Modern Humanities Research Association. It indexes over 960,000 records from 1892 to the present, with monthly updates. Coverage includes monographs, journal articles, critical editions, book reviews, essay collections, and doctoral dissertations from around the world.

ABELL is notable for its inclusion of material from 1892–1962, a period not comprehensively covered by other electronic literary indexes.

Gale Literature Criticism provides access to a large collection of literary commentary, offering historical and contemporary perspectives on authors and their works across different regions, time periods, and genres.