Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
- Dictionary of Literary Biography.
(Ref.—end of “P”—various call numbers)
Extensive number of volumes covering authors, genres, critiques, and bibliographies. The indexing is cumulative—the last volume indexes all the previous ones.
- The Oxford Companion to English Literature.
(Ref. PR19 .O94 2000)
An alphabetical arrangement of terms associated with English literature.
- The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare.
(Ref. PR2892 .O94 2001)
An alphabetical arrangement of terms and descriptions of works associated with Shakespeare.
Handbooks & Manuals
- All Things Shakespeare. (Ref. PR2892 .O47 2002) 2 vols.
Describes the world of Shakespeare, and is intended as a companion to any Shakespeare text.
- A Reader’s Guide to the Classic British Mystery.
(Ref. PR888 .D4 1988)
Lists 121 authors alphabetically with all their titles published through 1985.
Indexes & Abstracts (hardcopy)
- Book Review Digest. 1905- (Index Area)
Provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language.
- Book Review Index. 1965- (Index Area)
Provides access to reviews of thousands of books, audiobooks, and e-books.
- Essay & General Literature Index. 1900- (Index Area)
An author and subject index to essays published in collections, with particular emphasis on materials in the humanities and social sciences.
- Granger’s Index to Poetry. (Ref. PN1022 .G7)
Locates by title, first line, author, and subject poetry in anthologies likely to be found on library shelves.
- Humanities Index. 1974- (Index Area)
[Formerly Social Sciences & Humanities Index. 1965-1973]
Indexes, by subject, periodicals in the humanities, including topics associated with American authors and literature.
- MLA International Bibliography. 1921-2002. (Index Area)
Indexes publications dealing with literature, language, and linguistics. For current index see “Magazine/Journal Databases A to Z .”
- Short Story Index. (Ref. Z5917 .S5 C62)
Indexes by author, title, and subject in one alphabet short stories found in anthologies. Issued annually with a cumulation every five years.
Magazines, Journals & Newspapers (hardcopy)
- Chaucer Review. 1968-
Publishes studies of the text, sources and analogues, style, structure, and themes of Chaucer’s poetry, as well as relevant articles on medieval literature, philosophy and theology.
- ELH. A Journal of English Literary History. 1934-
Emphasis is on English and American literature including studies of authors and their works, literary theory, and literary movements.
- Keats-Shelley Journal. 1974-
Articles, reviews, and bibliography relating to Keats, Shelley, Hunt, Byron, Hazlitt, and their circles.
- Keats-Shelley Review. 1898-
Deals with the life and works of Keats, Shelley and the other English Romantic Poets, who spent much time in Italy, especially Byron and Leigh Hunt.
- Shakespeare Studies. (PR2885 .S64) stacks-3rd level
An international volume published every year in hard cover, containing essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from both hemispheres. It includes substantial reviews of significant books and essays dealing with the cultural history of early modern England, as well as the place of Shakespeare's productions and those of his contemporaries.
- Studies in English Literature. 1961-
Journal of early English literature.
- Studies in Romanticism. 1973-
Scholarly journal devoted to criticism and research on the Romantic Movement.
- Victorian Poetry. 1964-
Devoted primarily to scholarly and critical articles on poets of the Victorian Age.
- Victorian Studies. 1974-
Devoted to the English culture of the Victorian period.
Online Research Databases
- Dissertations & Theses. 1861-
Citations, abstracts, some "first 24 pages" and some full text for published doctoral dissertations and master's theses covering all academic disciplines from more than 1,000 universities. Abstracts are included only from 1980 to present. Selected titles from 1997 forward are available full text.
- General OneFile. 1980-
A one-stop mega-resource for journal and news articles - full text, abstracts, citations and images - from all general interest areas and academic disciplines.
- Humanities Full-Text. 1984-
A bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals, plus the full text of selected periodicals. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines. Indexing and abstracting starts as far back as 1984 and full-text coverage begins in January 1995.
- Literary Index Gale’s Criticism Series.
A master index to the major literature products published by Gale. It combines and cross-references about 151,000 author names, including pseudonyms and variant names, and listings for over 202,000 titles into one source.
- Literature Resource Center. 1990-
A complete literature reference database designed for both the undergraduate and graduate student, as well as the sophisticated casual user.
- MLA International Bibliography. 1963-
Provides access to more than 1.6 million bibliographic citations to journal articles, books, and dissertations from 1963 to the present in academic disciplines such as: language, literature, folklore, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, and the dramatic arts.
- OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition. 1982-
A multi-disciplinary database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases.
Online Magazines, Journals, and Newspapers
- Medieval & Renaissance Drama in England.
(Academic OneFile) 2005-
Research, criticism, reviews of English drama until 1640.
- Shakespeare Studies.
(OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition) 1995-
An international volume published every year in hard cover, containing essays and studies by critics and cultural historians from both hemispheres. It includes substantial reviews of significant books and essays dealing with the cultural history of early modern England, as well as the place of Shakespeare's productions—and those of his contemporaries—within it.
- Wordsworth Circle.
(Literature Resource Center) 1997-
Articles on all figures and works in English and continental romanticism.
Biographical & Critical Sources
- British Authors of the Nineteenth Century.
(Ref. PR451 .K8 1964)
Provides brief, readable accounts of the lives of the major and minor British authors of the nineteenth century.
- British Writers. (Ref. PR85 .N688) multiple vols.
Provides an introduction to the work of writers who have made a significant contribution to English literature.
- British Writers: Classics. (Ref. PR85 .B689)
Multiple vols.
Critiques major individual works of British and Commonwealth literature. These works may be fiction, poetry, drama, or nonfiction.
- Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism.
(Ref. PN681 .J554 1994)
Provides an introduction to classical and medieval authors, works, and topics that represent a variety of genres, time periods, and nationalities.
- Contemporary Literary Criticism. (Ref. PN771 .C59)
Provides significant passages from published criticism of works by creative writers.
- The English Novel. (Ref. Z2014 .F5 B44 1974)
Covers criticisms from the beginning of the twentieth century through 1957. Later years are covered in English Novel Explication.
- English Novel Explication. (Ref. Z2014 .F5 P26)
A listing of criticisms which have appeared in books and periodicals, in English and foreign languages.
- Guide to British Poetry Explication.
(Ready Ref. Z2014 .P7 M34) 4 vols.
Devoted to interpretations of British poetry, with guides to old English to medieval, the renaissance, restoration through Victorian, and modern through contemporary.
- Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction Series.
(Ref. PR881 .M39 1987) 4 vols.
Covers more than four hundred novels spanning the years from 1900 to 1986.
- The Oxford Guide to British Women Writers.
(Ref. PR111 .S48 1993)
Designed as a guide to the wide range of British women’s writing from the medieval period to the present day.
- Reference Guide to English Literature. (Ref. PR106 .S7 1991)
3 vols. Includes entries on writers from Britain, Ireland, Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and English-speaking Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean. Entries include complete lists of the writers’ published books, bibliographies, critical studies, and signed critical essays.
- Shakespeare Criticism. (Ref. PR2965 .S43 1984)
Presents significant passages from published criticism on the works of Shakespeare.
- Shakespeare for Students. (Ref. PR2987 .S47 1992)
Intended for beginning students of Shakespeare and for other interested readers, presenting information so some of Shakespeare’s most frequently taught plays.
Research Guides
- The Humanities: A Selective Guide to Information Sources.
(Ref. Z6265 .B53 2000)
Lists and describes the major reference and research sources for the humanities, including language and literature.
- A Reference Guide for English Studies. (Ref. PR56 .M37 1980)
3 vols. Introduces and describes unfamiliar reference sources that one may consult when dealing with any reference question arising from current teaching or research in any branch of English studies.
General Sites
ListServes
Maps & Atlases
- A Literary Atlas & Gazetteer of the British Isles.
(Ref. PR109 .H25)
Contains nearly 4,500 entries ranging in the period from the beginnings of English literature to the present day.
- A Literary Gazetteer of England. (Ref. PR109 .F5)
A comprehensive survey of the “literary associations” of more than 500 English authors with more than 1200 English localities.
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