Starting Points: English & Literature

Research Guide: English
Finding Background Info [help]
Tip: use these sources for quick overviews, to develop vocabulary for searching and/or for more sources
	Oxford Reference Online Database -- Literature - access to over 140 online reference books Oxford Companion to English Literature -- extensive coverage of writers, works, literary theory, allusions, and characters
	Biographical and Critical Information about Authors:
	American Writers -- Ref PS 129 .A55
	British Writers -- Ref PR 85 .B6883
	Oxford English Dictionary -- the definitive historical dictionary of the English language from 1150 CE to the present day
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Finding Articles [help]
	Bloom's Literary Reference Online -- full-text literary criticism from Professor Bloom and others
	JSTOR -- full text access to scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines
	Literary Reference Center Plus -- access to reference works, books and literary journals.
	MLA International Bibliography -- index to resources in language and literature.
	Project Muse -- Access to scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences
	Twayne's Authors Series -- Literary criticism of US, English and World authors.
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Finding Books [help]
	Library Catalog -- search by subject, keyword, author or title!
	Critical Series & Definitive Editions of Authors' Works in the circulating collection
Web Resources
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	... for Poetry ...

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