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| Literature Resource Center | Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes access to the Scribner Writer's Series and Twayne World, Twayne US, and Twayne English Authors. | ||
| Literary Index | Combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into one source. Literary Index provides quick and easy access to 40 of our literary series including Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. Click here for Titles Indexed. | ||
| Oxford
English Dictionary Online | The definitive dictionary of the English Language, including comprehensive etymologies, first date of usage noted by excerpt from attributed author | ||
| Dictionary of Literary
Biography REF PN 451 .D52 |
Contains biographical material for writers in English--major and minor | ||
| Dictionary of American
Biography REF E 176 .D562 |
Contains biographies of American historical figures | ||
| Dictionary of National
Biography REF DA 28 .D47 |
Contains biographies of British
historical figures Also available on CD-ROM -- Ask at the Reference Desk. |
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| British Writers REF PR 85 .S688 |
Multi-volume set--provides history and criticism of major British writers and their works | ||
| American Writers REF PS 129 .A55 |
Multi-volume set--provides history and criticism of major American writers and their works | ||
| The Cambridge
Grammar of the English Language |
Incredibly comprehensive
coverage of English grammar-- |
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| Oxford Companion to American
Literature REF PS 21 H3 1995 |
Provides critical commentary as well as factual information about American writers | ||
| Literary History of the
United States PS 88 .L522 |
A good resource for studying American literature as history | ||
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| Modern Language Association Bibliography | The index to literary criticism in scholarly journals and books. Coverage is from 1963-Present. | ||
| Arts and Humanities Citation Index | A specialized tool for researchers to find who has been cited in scholarly works and by whom. | ||
| LION (Literature Online) | Literature Online includes literary criticism and reviews in over 100 full text journals. | ||
| Humanities Abstracts Full Text | A general index for research in the humanities. | ||
| Essay & General Literature | Indexes "essays and articles contained in collections of essays and miscellaneous works published in the United States, Great Britain, and Canada. More than 300 volumes are indexed annually. | ||
| Contemporary Women's Issues | Provides full text access to global information on women. Journals, newsletters, research reports from non-profit groups, government and international agencies, along with fact sheets are easily accessible. | ||
| Book Review Digest | An electronic index to book reviews in magazines and journals. Contains excerpts from reviews. | ||
| Literature Resource Center | Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. Includes access to the Scribner Writer's Series and Twayne World, Twayne US, and Twayne English Authors. | ||
| Literary Index | Combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into one source. Literary Index provides quick and easy access to 40 of our literary series including Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, and Contemporary Literary Criticism. Click here for Titles Indexed. | ||
| Women Writers Online | Women Writers Online presents all of the texts from the Women Writers Project currently available online, covering a period from 1400 to 1850. | ||
| Oxford English Dictionary | The definitive dictionary of the English Language, including comprehensive etymologies, first date of usage noted by excerpt from attributed author. | ||
| Book Review Index (In
the Print Index Collection) 1965-present |
An index to book reviews in magazines and journals | ||
| Book Review Digest
(In the Print Index Collection) 1905-present |
An index to book reviews in magazines and journals with excerpts from reviews | ||
| Poole's Index to Periodical
Literature (In the Print Index Collection) 1802-1902 |
An index to journal and magazine literature from the nineteenth century. Heavy coverage in British publications | ||
| New York Times Index
(In the Print Index Collection) 1851-present |
An index to the New York Times newspaper--New York centered, but national in scope | ||
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| Project Gutenberg | Electronic versions of the great works, available in electronic form for easy searching and manipulating. | ||
| Top Humanities Websites | Links to the best humanities sites on the web. | ||
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