English Language and Literature
ONLINE REFERENCE SOURCES
- How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem Without Knowing its Title or AuthorLocating 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
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism"... presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements and is updated annually."
- Contemporary Literary Criticism This link opens in a new windowBiographies and a range of critical response to major contemporary authors. Part of Literature Criticism Online.
- Dictionary of American Regional English This link opens in a new windowUS regional word usage, derived from published sources and a 1965-70 survey. Definitions include audio.
- Early English Books Online This link opens in a new windowThe 125,000 earliest books published in English, as listed in Short Title Catalogs of Pollard & Redgrave (Ref Z 2002 P77) and Wing (Ref Z 2002 U587), 1475-1700.
- Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowEvery significant book or pamphlet printed in the UK, and English-language titles printed in America, between 1701 and 1800.
- Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowA large collection of literature reference material, including criticism and author biographies.
- North American Women's Letters and Diaries This link opens in a new windowPrimary source material for life as it was lived by 1,325 women in North America, 1675-1950.
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowOnline version of the irreplaceable OED, for word definitions, usage, and etymologies.
