Research by Subject: English Literature & Language
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MLA international bibliography of books and articles on the modern languages and literatures (ProQuest) 
Index to language, literature, folklore, linguistics etc. in international scholarly journals, books, papers etc.
Literature Online (LION) with MLA 
English and American poetry, drama and prose plus other world literatures (French, Spanish, German, etc.); full-text literature journals, criticism and reference resources.
Note: Cross-search MLA under Criticism & Reference
General OneFile
Current journal and news information in humanities, education, business, science, art, politics, economics, social sciences, law, health care, computers, technology and environmental issues. Formerly InfoTrac OneFile.
Note: Formerly known as InfoTrac OneFile
ProQuest
Business, humanities, general information, social life, law etc. ABI/INFORM databases, ProQuest Newspapers, Research Library and several others.
Note: Scroll down to pick and choose your own combination of databases to search.
Academic Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary academic database. Some 1975-current.
JSTOR
Complete backfiles of core scholarly journals, searchable by journal (1 or more), keywords, author, title etc. Files do not include the latest 3-5 years.
Project Muse
Full-text scholarly journals in the Humanities, Social Sciences and Mathematics; Coverage varies by journal but generally only 2-3 current years.
ERIC (Ebsco interface)
Educational information produced by the Educational Resource Information Center; annotated references to published and unpublished materials. 1966-present.
International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text
Indexing to 60,000+ theater & dance journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries, with full text of 100+ periodicals & 100+ books & monographs.
America, history and life
History (from prehistoric times) and culture (incl. popular culture) of the U.S. and Canada from journals (abstracts), books and dissertations (citations). rn
Directory of Open Access Journals DOAJ 
Free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals on all subjects in many languages.
Readers' guide retrospective
Database containing comprehensive indexing of the most popular general-interest periodicals published in the United States and reflects the history of 20th century America. The complete database covers the years 1890 through 1982. Use to research contemporary writings on general news areas as current events, business, fashion, politics, crafts, education, history, sports, food, science, and theater reviews.
Voice of the Shuttle
Comprehensive gateway to Web resources in the Humanities, including Literature, Philosophy, Religion, and Art.
Literary Resources on the Net
A gateway to academically useful resources in English and American literature.
Intute: Arts & Humanities
A gateway to selected, annotated resources in the Humanities, including English and American literature.
Chaucer Metapage
A gateway to Web sites on Chaucer, his works, his life, and his 14th century context, including links to e-texts.
Luminarium
A gateway to Web resources for Medieval, Renaissance, and 17th century literature. Periods are subdivided by author.
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
A gateway to Web resources for Shakespeare, his works, his sources, and his life and times, as well as links to general renaissance materials and resources for Elizabethan theatre.
The Milton-L Home Page
This site includes articles, images, audio files, and e-texts.
Eighteenth-Century Resources
A gateway to online resources for the 18th century, covering literature, philosophy, religion, art, music, history, and science.
The Literary Gothic
A gateway to Web resources on the gothic literary tradition from the 18th century to the present, organized by Author and Title.
Romantic Links, Electronic Texts and Home Pages
A gateway to Web resources on the romantic movement and 18th & 19th century literature, grouped by general resource, individual author, and e-text.
The Victorian Web
A gateway for the literature, fine arts, political/social history, philosophy, religion, and science of the 19th century.
Literary Resources--Twentieth-Century British, Irish, and Commonwealth
In addition to the general links on Twentieth Century Literature, there are extensive links for individual Authors.
American Literature on the Web
A comprehensive gateway for American literature, arranged by period and author.
The Archive: American Literature
A gateway to online resources for American literature, organized by period.
The Transcendentalists
Resources for Emerson and Thoreau dominate this Web site, but it includes general materials on transcendentalism and resources for associated figures such as Bronson Alcott and Theodore Parker.
Domestic Goddesses
A gateway to Web resources for American women writers of the 19th century.
Voice of the Shuttle: Minority Studies
A gateway to Web resources for African, Asian, Arab, Native, Hispanic, and Jewish American writers.
Ithaca College Department of English
Link to departmental website.
Theatre in Video 
Provides streaming video access to original productions of plays, along with film documentaries on the subject of theater. When complete it will contain more than 250 plays and 100 documentaries. Browsable by productions, documentaries, people, companies, genres, theatres, and dates. Requires Flash version 8 or higher. To obtain your free upgrade visit the Flash Player download page. Access is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
LibriVox 
Volunteers record chapters of books in the public domain, and then release the audio files back into the public domain. LibriVox is a volunteer, open source, free content, public domain project.
Literary Research Guide
Call Number: REF PR83 .H34 2002
Listing and evaulation of reference sources useful for literary research, published by the Modern Language Association (MLA).
The Romantic Movement Bibliography
Call Number: REF PN603 .R65
Compilation of annual bibliographies of books and articles on the Romantic movement, published by the journal English Language History (ELH) between 1936 and 1970.
Index of American Periodical Verse (1973-2001)
Call Number: REF PN1021 .I47
Useful for locating poems--by author or title--that first appeared in magazines and may not be accessible as part of a published collection.
Short Story Index (1923-2003)
Call Number: REF PN3373 .S38
Access by title, author, or subject to periodicals or collections where the stories first appeared.
The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry
Call Number: REF PN1022 .G7 1990
Identify poems by first or last line, as well as by title and author.
A Concordance to the Sonnet Sequences of Daniel, Drayton, Shakespeare, Sidney, and Spenser
Call Number: REF PR1175.8 .D6
Most valuable for cross-referencing vocabulary in the sonnets of Shakespeare, Sidney, and Spenser.
A Complete and Systematic Concordance to the Works of Shakespeare
Call Number: REF PR2892 .S6
Every word in Shakespeare's poems and plays indexed and cross-referenced, allowing the comparison of usage across all his works.
A Dictionary of the English Language
Call Number: REF PE1620 .J6 1967
A reproduction of the original 1755 edition of Samuel Johnson's dictionary.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online)
Meanings, history and pronunciation for words, present and past; traces the evolution of each word through chronologically arranged quotations.
Chaucer Name Dictionary
Call Number: REF PR1903 .D4 1988
A dictionary of all named references in the works of Chaucer: astrological, biblical, mythological, literary, and historical.
Shakespeare Lexicon
Call Number: REF PR2892 .S4 1968
A dictionary of Shakespeare's vocabulary, assisting the reader in recovering the renaissance denotation and conotation of difficult or obsolete terms.
Lexicool.com
Directory of online bilingual and multilingual dictionaries and glossaries freely available on the Internet. Intended for translators, linguists, language students and all those interested in foreign languages.
The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Call Number: REF PN1021 .N39 1993
Authoritative resource for poetry, poetics, poetry criticism, poetry movements, and poetry in the context of national literatures.
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Call Number: REF PN669 .E53 2000
Concise entries for medieval authors, works, genres, and national literatures.
The Mark Twain Encyclopedia
Call Number: REF PS1330 .M37 1993
Short essays on Twain's life, works, times, and contemporaries.
Walt Whitman: an Encyclopedia
Call Number: REF PS3230 .W35 1998
Concise entries on Whitman's life, times, and individual poems.
Beecham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction
Call Number: REF PN56 .P55 B43 1996
Short essays on 19th & 20th century fiction, along with author biographies in separate volumes. The emphasis is on writers and works that were popular, regardless of whether they have inspired much academic criticism.
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Call Number: REF PR19 .O94 2000
Concise entries for authors, works, and literary terms, with longer entries for genres and movements.
The Oxford Companion to American Literature
Call Number: REF PS21 .H3 1995
Concise entries for authors, works, and literary terms.
Concise entries for authors, works, and literary terms.
Literary History of the United States
Call Number: REF PS88 .L522 1974
Volume I is a chronological survey of eras and individual authors. Volume II provides bibliographies for authors and movements.
American Women Writers
Call Number: REF PS147 .A4
Short essays on American Women writers from all periods.
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature
Call Number: REF PS153 .N5 O96 1997
Concise entries on individual African American writers, their works, and the relevant social/political/cultural history of the United States.
The Companion to Southern Literature
Call Number: REF PS261 .C55 2002
Short essays on the literature of the American South from all periods, with entries for authors, states, genres, movements, eras, and recurring themes.
Twayne's Authors Series
Full-text biographies and literary criticism of authors (ancient to modern); discussion of literary genres and literary movements.
Modern Women Writers
Call Number: REF PN471 .M62 1996
Excerpted criticism of 20th century women writers and their work.
Contemporary Novelists
Call Number: REF PR881 .C69 1996
Short entries on English and American writers still living at the time of this 1996 edition.
Contemporary Poets
Call Number: REF PR603 .C6 1995
Short entries on individual English and American poets living at the time of this 1995 edition. Electronic edition covers through 2001.
Short entries on individual English and American poets living at the time of this 1995 edition. Electronic edition covers through 2001.
Theatre in Video
Provides streaming video access to original productions of plays, along with film documentaries on the subject of theater. When complete it will contain more than 250 plays and 100 documentaries. Browsable by productions, documentaries, people, companies, genres, theatres, and dates. Requires Flash version 8 or higher. To obtain your free upgrade visit the Flash Player download page. Access is limited to 5 simultaneous users.
NYPL Digital Library 
Images digitized from the collections of the New York Public Library, includes illuminated manuscripts, historical maps, vintage posters, rare prints and photographs, and illustrated books. Images may be downloaded 'for a wide range of educational, creative, and research purposes'. High resolution images may be obtained for personal or commercial if permission is obtained from the NYPL Photographic Services and Permissions division.
ARTstor
Database of more than 600,000 digital images representing visual and material culture across cultures and time periods. Documents the fields of architecture, painting, sculpture, photography, decorative arts, and design, as well as many other forms of visual culture. Images can be downloaded and combined with personal image collections.
TEAMS Middle English Texts
Middle English e-texts, each with valuable introductory materials, published for the Consortium for the Teaching of the Middle Ages by Medieval Institute Publications.
The Online Medieval & Classical Library
Berkeley Digital Library e-texts of important literary works of medieval and classical civilization.
Internet Medieval Sourcebook
From the Fordham University Center for Medieval Studies, the e-texts are grouped under Full Text Sources and Saints' Lives.
Electronic Text Center
Tens of thousands of e-texts from the Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia Library. Go to Collections: English: Online Holdings for access to texts from all periods of English and American literature.
The Online Books Page
25,000 e-texts, search by Title, Author, or Subject; browse by LC Call Number.
Project Gutenberg
Full text books. 13,000+ e-books.
American Verse Project
An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Romantic poetry, contemporary critical reviews, and material specially written for this database by leading scholars. From Alexander Street Press.
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