English Language and Literature Information Sources

Articles     Best Sources for this Subject   Literature Resource Center   Literature reference database complete with biographical, bibliographical, and critical content. Database details..   MLA International Bibliography     1926-current Indexing of journal articles and other resources in language, linguistics and folklore. Database details..     Find Articles in Other Databases   19th Century Masterfile     1774-1906 An index to several 19th century indexes with some links to full text. Database details..   ABELL     1920 to present Covers monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. Database details..   Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective     1907-1984 Indexes scholarly journals as well as non-scholarly specialized periodicals in the Humanities and Social Sciences. Database details..   IterGateway Find articles and essays covering the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Database details..   JSTOR       Varies by title Full-text access to back issues of scholarly journals in many fields. Database details..   LION (Literature Online)    Over 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose in transcription, plus full-text literature journals, criticism, and reference resources. Limited to 4 simultaneous users. Database details..   Oxford Journals   A collection of over 200 scholarly journals from Oxford University Press. Database details.   Project MUSE       Mid-1990s to present Over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and mathematics. Database details..   Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database An online index to historical and critical items about science fiction, fantasy and horror.   World Shakespeare Bibliography Online Consists of the most comprehensive record of Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide between 1962 and 2007. Containing over 113,100 annotated entries. Database details.     Journals, Magazines, Newspapers   Journals in Language and Literature     LexisNexis Academic   Covers general news and information, legal, business, and biographical resources. Database details.. Primary Source Materials     Digital Collections   American Periodicals Series       1740-1900 Digital images of pages from 1000 titles published between 1740 and 1900. Database details..   ECCO (Eighteenth Century Collections Online)       1701-1800 A digital collection of 47,000 books published during the 18th Century, with full-text searching of each page. Includes books in the subjects of literature, language, history, and geography. Database details.   EEBO (Early English Books Online)       1475-1661 Digital facsimile page images, from the first book printed in England by William Caxton, through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare and the tumult of the English Civil War. Database details..   Evans Digital Edition of Early American Imprints       1639-1800 Collection of digitally scanned books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in America from 1639-1800. Database details..     Historical Documents   North American Women's Letters & Diaries   150,000 transcribed pages of diaries and letters by 1,325 women. Database details.. Selected Resources     Bibliographies   Gale Literary Index Find which Gale reference series contains analysis of a literary work or an author bio. Check Voyager catalog to see if the library owns the reference series and to find where it is located.   Inter-Play: An Online Index to Plays in Collections, Anthologies and Periodicals Index to the complete texts of plays in collections, anthologies and periodicals.   Internet Speculative Fiction Database "The ISFDB is a community effort to catalog works of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. It links together various types of bibliographic data: author bibliographies, publication bibliographies, award listings, magazine content listings, anthology and collection content listings, and forthcoming books."   Play Index     1949-current Indexing of over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present. Database details..     Book Reviews   Book Review Digest  Location: 1st Floor - Reference, 015 B64   Book Review Digest Plus       1983-current Citations and full-text book reviews from leading publications from 1983 to the present. Database details..   Book Review Index     1965-current Index of book reviews from thousands of publications. Updated daily. Database details..   Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD)   Includes critical reviews and information about children's books, videos and audio books. Database details..   Children's Literature Review  Location: 1st Floor - Reference; 028.5 C437, v.1-58   Fiction Connection Discover titles similar to books you already enjoy. Database details.   What Do I Read Next? Over 130,600 recommended titles, more than 62,100 plot summaries, and awards information to help readers choose books. Database details..     Digital Audio and Video   Theatre in Video   Streaming video of more than 250 performances of the world's leading plays; also includes more than 100 film documentaries. Database details.     Dissertations and Theses   Dissertations and Theses Full-text from Proquest       1861-current Index to dissertations and theses published in the United States with many in full-text. Database details..     Encyclopedias & Dictionaries   Dictionary of Old English Corpus   Complete record of surviving Old English except for some variant manuscripts of individual texts. Database details..   Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Traces the evolution of more than 600,000 words English language words over the last 1500 years. Database details..   Oxford Reference Online: English Language Reference Reference works dealing with the English language. Database details..   Oxford Reference Online: Mythology & Folklore Reference sources for the study of mythology and folklore. Database details..     Library Catalogs   English Short Title Catalogue Contains records for works printed in any language in England or its dependencies from the beginning of printing through the end of the eighteenth century. Database details.   Voyager Catalog search Library Catalog: by: Keyword Search Title Author Journal Title Browse Subjects Browse Authors Browse Call Numbers   WorldCat (traditional) Over 40 million records that describe books, manuscript collections, and other materials held at libraries around the world. Database details..     Poetry, Prose & Drama   American Drama, 1714-1915       1714-1915 Contains more than 1,500 dramatic works from the early 18th century to the beginning of the 20th. Database details..   American Poetry   Contains over 40,000 poems by more than 200 American poets from the Colonial Period to the early 20th century. Database details..   Early American Fiction 1789–1875 Full text of 875 first editions of American novels and short stories of the time period. Database details.   Early American Fiction, 1789-1850       1789-1850 Facsimile page images and keyword-searchable full text for more than four hundred works of American prose fiction published before 1850. Database details..   Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare Database that contains various Shakespeare editions and adaptations. Database details.   English Drama       1500s-1920 Unique collection of more than 3,900 plays in verse and prose tracing the development of English Drama. Database details..   English Poetry       9th century-20th century Complete English poetic canon from the 8th century to the early 20th. Database details..   English Poetry, Second Edition       8th century-20th century Contains an additional 20,000 poems not included in English Poetry. Database details..   Twentieth Century North American Drama     1800s-current Full-text of 1,500 plays written between the late 1800s and today. Database details..   Twentieth-Century African American Poetry       20th century Contemporary African American poetry, featuring almost 9,000 poems. Database details..   Twentieth-Century American Poetry       20th century 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets. Database details..   Twentieth-Century English Poetry       20th century 598 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to the present. Database details..     Reference Sources   Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, 2nd Ed.   A reference source for literary theory and discourse. Database details.   Short Story Index Index to short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals. Database details..     Style Manuals & Writing Guides   Harbrace Handbook  Location: Reference Desk: 808 H66h   MLA Handbook  Older editions in Reference Stacks at 808.027 G37m Location: 1st Floor Reference Desk -- 808.027 G37m, 2009   Online Citation Styles Instructions on and examples of how to cite many online resource formats in MLA, APA, Chicago Style, and CBE.     Videos & Films   FMG Streaming Videos for the Humanities   Full length videos for the study of literature, history, religion and theater. Database Details Websites     Academic Department   Course Page: ENGL 6340 (African American Lit)   MTSU English Department Page Maintained By: Amy York

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