English Language and Literature
Humanities Research Services Librarian
Maria Rios
she/they
Contact:
Maria is away on sabbatical research leave from June 16, 2025-December 12, 2025.
Get help from the Academic Engagement Department in W. E. B. Du Bois Library.
Email us: acad-engage@umass.edu
A library staff member will get back to you soon.
Get help from the Academic Engagement Department in W. E. B. Du Bois Library.
Email us: acad-engage@umass.edu
A library staff member will get back to you soon.
RESOURCES
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UMass Interlibrary Loan
Obtain a loan book from libraries within and outside of the Five Colleges or request copies of articles and materials from any library. -
The Writing Center at UMass
Our one-on-one sessions with writers begin on the hour, and last 45 minutes. Our one-on-one sessions with writers begin on the hour, and last 45 minutes.
Summer 2025 Hours
This summer, we are funded through University Without Walls Interdisciplinary Studies. Therefore, priority for appointments will be given to UWW students.
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We will be open for online appointments from May 22nd to August 14th on the following days and times:
Sundays: 4:00-6:00 pm
Thursdays: 6:00-8:00 pm
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English DepartmentThe Department of English at UMass Amherst offers all of the opportunities that come with a large department at a research university alongside small classes where instructors know their students by name. Students combine foundations courses and electives to customize the major to match their interests.
Attribution Notice
Please note several of the pages on this LibGuide were joyfully borrowed from an esteemed colleague and remixed :-)
Jabberwocky
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Jabberwocky
The official, student-run undergraduate literary journal of the English Department.
Update: Cover art: “Behind a Window,” by George Kessler for 2025 edition of Jabberwocky
Library Book Display
April 2025 Graphic Novel Comic Pop Up
Please browse our Graphic Novel and Comics Pop-Up section in the Lower Levels of the DuBois Library, located near the computers
ONLINE LIBRARY CATALOGS
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Discovery Search This link opens in a new windowFind articles across a large number of library resources with just one search! Begin your generalized research here.
English Call Numbers
Books in the libraries at UMass (and at many academic libraries in the United States and in several other countries) are organized by the standards set up by the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. This system helps libraries classify and organize the books on their shelves. It's not always intuitive, but there are guides to help you learn how to decipher the system!
See below for specific topics. And of course, try searching the catalog!
Books on English, American, and Canadian literature have call numbers starting with PR 1 and ending with PS 8599:
| LC Call Numbers | Description |
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| PR1 → 56 | English Literary History & Criticism |
| PR161 → 488 | English Literature by Period |
| PR500 → 614 | English Poetry |
| PR750 → 890 | English Prose |
| PR1098 → 1369 | Collections of English Literature |
| PR1490 → 9680 | English Literary Periods (Anglo-Saxon through 21st Century) |
| PS1 → 3626 | American Literature |
| PS301 → 326 | American Poetry |
| PS360 → 380 | American Prose |
| PS501 → 689 | Collections of American Literature |
| PS700 → 3576 | Individual Authors |
| PS8001 → 8599 | Canadian Literature |
