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Research Databases for English Literature and Writing
Choose from core research databases, related databases and selected web pages. Librarians are available to suggest research strategies.
Denotes Resources with Full-Text
Core Research Databases
Book Review Digest
Cites and excerpts reviews of current English language fiction and nonfiction.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Books In Print
Provides publication information on books.
Type: Index with Citations
Literature Online (LION)
A complete literature reference database which includes author biographies as well as literary criticism.
Type: Full-text
MLA Bibliography
A classified listing and subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literature, folklore and linguistics.
Type: Index with Citations
Oxford English Dictionary
Provides the pronunciation, meaning and history for over 500,000 words in the English language.
Type: Full-text
Related Databases
Academic Search Premier by EBSCOhost
A large, multi-disciplinary database with citations, abstracts and many full-text articles.
Type: Index with some Full-text
Article First
A large, multi-disciplinary index covering over 15,000 scholarly and popular journals.
Type: Index with Citations
Communication and Mass Media Complete
Provides full-text from over 200 journals in the fields of communication and mass media. Coverage extends to speaking, writing and public relations.
Type: Index with some Full-text
JSTOR: Arts and Sciences Collection
Provides a retrospective, full-text collection that includes many of the core research and society published journals in key fields in the humanities and social sciences.
Type: Full-text
Selected Web Pages
Bartleby.Com
Provides full-text access to many of Bartleby's famous literary reference works including Roget's Thesaurus, Bartlett's Quotations, The Harvard Classics and much more.
Type: Web Page
Encyclopedia Mythica
The encylopedia contains many definitions and articles about figures in mythology, folklore and religion.
Type: Web Page
Middle English Compendium
Provides Middle English texts with an accompanying dictionary and bibliography.
Type: Web Page
OWL: Online Writing Lab
The Purdue University sponsored Online Writing Lab has provided writers with related resources for over 10 years.
Type: Web Page
Project Gutenberg
Provides access to over 17,000 works of literature that are in the public domain.
Type: Web Page
TEAMS: Middle English Texts
Provides translations of Middle English texts.
Type: Web Page
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