English Resources Essential Resources | Additional Resources | Multidisciplinary Library Databases | Public Websites |
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Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry in Anthologies.
2002.
Oxford English Dictionary 2nd Ed. 20 volumes.
1989.
online.
Dictionary of American Regional English. 4
volumes. 1985.
Encyclopedia of Rhetoric. 2001.
World Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable
Literary Works and the Historical Events that
Influenced Them. 7 volumes. 2003. *Multiple title
series.
Magill Index to Literature: Cumulative Indexes,
1984-2001. 2001.
Continuum Encyclopedia of Children’s Literature.
2003.
Holocaust Literature: An Encyclopedia of Writers and
Their Work. 2 volumes. 2003.
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature. 2004.
Literary Index
Online index for all of these
multivolume sets:
Contemporary Authors
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Something About the Authors
Contemporary Literary Criticism
Twentieth Century Literary
Criticism
Shakespearian Criticism.
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Literary Index (Gale):
Is a master index which combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names,
including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into
one source. Search this resource to find locate entries in the library's
literature reference books: Contemporary Authors, Dictionary
of Literary Biography, Something About the Authors,
Contemporary Literary Criticism, Twentieth Century Literary
Criticism, and Shakespearian Criticism. Updated: quarterly.
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LitFINDER:
A resource where one can search for poems, stories, essays,
speeches, and plays. Over 125,000 full text national and
international poems are available, along with thousands of short
stories that are complemented by biographies, explanations, and
images. Additionally, 20th century essays, more than 1,000 complete
plays from various time periods, and speeches from the past 2,500
years are included. Updated: quarterly
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MLA
International Bibliography (EBSCOhost):
Citations from more than 4,400 journals & series, and 1,000 book
publishers. Subjects: literature, language and linguistics,
folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, historical
aspects of printing and publishing, rhetoric, composition, and the
teaching of language and literature. Coverage: 1926 to
present. Updated: monthly.
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 Oxford English Dictionary
(Oxford University Press):
The accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over
the last millennium covering the meaning, history,
and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and
past. Coverage: 1150 A.D. to present. Updated: quarterly.
Quick Tips
(pdf)
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Project
Muse:
Includes the full text of over 100 scholarly journals in the
fields of: literature and criticism, history, the visual and
performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science,
gender studies, and many others. Coverage: 1993 to present. Updated:
monthly.
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Alternative
Press Index (FirstSearch):
Indexes nearly 290 newspapers and magazines that report
and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic,
political and social change. Provides additional viewpoints on
internationally significant subjects. Coverage: 1991 to present. Updated:
quarterly.
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Alternative
Press Index Archive (FirstSearch):
Indexes nearly 290 newspapers and magazines that report
and analyze the practices and theories of cultural, economic,
political and social change. Provides additional viewpoints on
internationally significant subjects. Coverage: 1969 to 1990. Updated:
quarterly.
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Arts & Humanities Citation Index
(Web of Science):
A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature
in the arts and humanities. Coverage: 1987 to present. Updated: weekly.
Guides:
Tutorial
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Note: To search only the Arts &
Humanities Citation Index, click the change limits
link towards
the bottom of the screen and uncheck the boxes for
Science Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index. |
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Biography & Genealogy Master
Index (Gale):
Indexes biographical dictionaries, volumes of literary
criticism, and Who's Who for biographies of over 4 million people.
Coverage: 1975 to present. Updated: bi-annually.
This resource is
limited to 6 simultaneous users. If access is unavailable,
please try again later.
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Communications & Mass Media Complete (EBSCOhost):
This resource includes full text from at least 25 communication
studies journals (i.e. full text for the National Communication
Association Journal), and citations for over 40,000 articles on mass
media. Materials in this database are the result of merging
CommSearch and Mass Media Articles Index with ongoing
enhancements and improvements underway. Coverage: Early 20th century. Updated: Daily.
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CQ Researcher (Congressional Quarterly):
Full-text articles on the most current and controversial issues of
the day with complete summaries, insight into two sides of the issues, bibliographies and more.
Coverage: Past 15 years to present. Updated: weekly.
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ComAbstracts
(CIOS):
Citations and abstracts of journal articles published in over 50 primary professional
journals in the communications field. Coverage: 1980 to present.
Updated: monthly.
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Contemporary
Authors (Gale):
Includes biographical information, a list of the author's writings,
awards received, and references to further information about the
author. Coverage: 20th
century authors. Updated: quarterly.
This resource is
limited to 8 simultaneous users. If access is unavailable,
please try again later.
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 Early English Books Online
(ProQuest):
Contains page images of 125,000 books listed in the
Pollard and Redgrave, Wing, and Thomason Tracts catalogs. Substantial
coverage of printed material found in England between 1473 and 1700,
covering a wide variety of topics in early modern studies. Coverage: 1475
A.D. to 1700. Updated:
quarterly.
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Eighteenth
Century Collections Online (Gale):
Though still in
progress, this online resource will contain access to approximately
150,000 entries when complete. Materials include: English-language
titles such books, Bibles, tract books, sermons, and printed
ephemera. Currently available subjects are: history, geography,
social science and fine art. Materials on science, technology, and
medicine will be available in December, with literature, language,
philosophy, religion, and law materials coming in 2004/2005.
Coverage: 1701 - 1800. Updated: materials will be continuously
uploaded over the next 2 years.
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International Encyclopedia for the Middle Ages (BREPOLiS).
supplements the
Lexikon des Mittelalters and is produced jointly by the UCLA
Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies and Brepolis
Publishers. Entries cover all of Europe, North Africa, and the
Middle East and focus on dioceses; prelates; people, tribes, and
cultures; as well as scholastic authors. Coverage: 300-1500.
Note: This resource can be searched in English, but the
encyclopedia entries are in German. English translations are
coming soon!
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Who's
Who (Marquis):
Comprehensive profiles on over 1 million of the most accomplished
individuals from all fields of endeavor including: government,
business, science & technology, the arts, entertainment and
sports. Search by name, gender, occupation, geography, hobbies and
interests, religion and more. Coverage: 1607 to present. Updated: daily.
This resource is
limited to 3 simultaneous users. If access is unavailable,
please try again later.
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Multidisciplinary Library Databases: |
These full-text
resources also include information related to this subject area:
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
scholarly and popular periodicals.
MasterFile Premier (EBSCOhost). Includes full text of
mostly popular periodicals, some scholarly, newspapers, and more.
LexisNexis Academic. Includes full text of popular, scholarly,
trade, and professional periodicals, and much more.
CQ Researcher. For in-depth reports on current and past topics
in all subject areas.
JSTOR. For reliable access to full text of articles from more
than 490 periodicals more than 2-5 years old.
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Public Websites: |
The following web resources were selected by librarians:
American Rhetoric An online speech bank
including video, audio, and text of famous
and not so famous speeches.
Celebration of Women Writers
Dickinson Electronic Archives
English
Web sites A directory listing of related
sites.
H-Net
Humanities and social sciences online.
Literary
Encyclopedia & Literary Dictionary
TEAMS Middle English Texts
Websites in Language and Linguistics
Links to a multitude of websites on language
and linguistics.
Wisconsin Authors This list of Wisconsin
authors is derived from Orrilla
Blackshear's: Wisconsin authors and their
books, 1836-1975. Subsequent material is
from a database of Wisconsin authors built
by the Wisconsin Academy Center for the
Book. The list currently (08/14/02) contains
8,044 authors and 24,256 titles.
Middle English Texts (Consortium for the
Teaching of the Middle Ages (TEAMS)
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