English Language and Literature  

Find book, journal and media collections located in the UMass Libraries and Five Colleges.

Combined catalog of most North American and many world libraries.

Obtain a loan books from libraries outside of the Five Colleges or request copies of articles and materials from any library.

A citation management service for storing and formatting bibliographic references.

Record of dramatic performances at a leading Victorian theatre, 1806-1900.

Consult especially the Texts section which contains main literary texts in electronic format.

Contains subject collections in the arts and humanities.

Ongoing project committed to producing new audio recordings and preserving existing audio archives chiefly of authors reading their literary works.

Free online books library for students, teachers, and the classic enthusiast.

The Victorian Women Writers Project (VWWP) began in 1995 at Indiana University and is primarily concerned with the exposure of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century. The collection represents an array of genres - poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more.

Portal to numerous internet sites pertaining to English literature.

A collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875.

A large, interdisciplinary collection of scholarly, professional and trade journal articles, 1980-present. Includes coverage of the arts and literature.

A good starting point: articles from key journals in many scholarly disciplines, with some trade journals and magazines, 1975-present. Click "Choose Databases" to search specifically within MLA International Bibliography, Short Story Index, and MLA Directory of Periodicals.

About 350,000 literary works in English: British and American poetry, drama and prose, plus some journals and literature reference sources.

Citations to articles in journals covering theater, dance, film, and puppetry, 1864-present.

Core scholarly journals dating from the earliest issue of each journal to a few years before the present.

Massive database of US and international newspapers; case and statutory law and law reviews; business periodicals, 1980-present. Excellent for book, film, and dramatic performance reviews.

An index to journal articles and other scholarly literature on literature, literary theory and criticism, and linguistics. Coverage from 1920’s-present.

Scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences published by university presses; 1996-present.

Legal encyclopedias, law reviews, and legal treatises; case, statutory, and regulatory law; newspapers and magazines; business data, 1980's-present. Excellent for book, film, and dramatic performance reviews.

Locating a novel, short story, or poem without knowing its title or author can be very difficult. This guide is intended to help readers identify a literary work when they know only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase

If you are doing research in this area and would like some useful suggestions, consult this subject guide provided by Michaelyn Burnette of the University of California Berkeley. Remember that we may not have all of the resources she mentions, but this is a very good starting spot just the same.