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LIBRARY

World Authors
NONFICTION
809 MAC Story of the World’s Literature
809.2 NIC World drama
809.2 NOV Dramatists and drama
809.3 BLO Novelists and novels
810.8 WOR African American literature
810.93 MER Understanding the literature of World War
820.9 KIB Irish classics
820.9 ROG The Oxford illustrated history of English literature
823 NEL British women fiction writers of the 1890s
823 VIC Victorian fiction
823.09 CEC Victorian Novelists
860.9 MOS Latin American literature and its times.
920 LAT Latin American writers
REFERENCE
REF 028 CAM The book of great books
REF 803 BEN Benét's reader's encyclopedia.
REF 803 DRA The Oxford companion to English literature
REF 803 ENC Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century, Vol.1-4
REF 808 HOW The Oxford companion to classical literature
REF 808.8 MAG Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form
REF 808.8 MAS Masterpieces of women's literature.
REF 809 BLO The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature
REF 809 GRE Great writers of the English language
REF 809 LIT Literary movements for students, Vol. 1-2
REF 809 LIT Literature of developing nations for students
REF 809 MUL Multicultural writers since 1945 : an A-to-Z guide.
REF 809 WOR World Literature Criticism : 1500 to the present
REF 809.2 DRA Drama criticism
REF 809.2 DRA Drama for students
REF 809.3 BEA Beacham's encyclopedia of popular fiction: analyses
REF 809.3 BEA Beacham's encyclopedia of popular fiction: biogrpahy and resources
REF 809.3 NOV Novels for students. : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels
REF 809.8 MAS Masterpieces of Women’s Literature
REF 809.92 MAG Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
REF 809.93 ENC Encyclopedia of Catholic literature
REF 810 HAR The concise Oxford companion to American literature
REF 810.09 CON Concise dictionary of American literary biography
REF 810.3 HAR Oxford Companion to American literature
REF 810.3 REF Reference guide to American literature
REF 810.9 AME American writers; : a collection of literary biographies
REF 810.9 AME American women writers : a critical reference guide from colonial times to the present
REF 810.9 TWE Twentieth-century American literature
REF 810.90 CON Concise dictionary of American literary biography
REF 820 REF Reference guide to English literature
REF 820.9 BRI British writers
REF 820.9 MAJ The major authors edition of the New Moulton's library of literary criticism
REF 820.9 MOD Modern British women writers : an A-to-Z guide
REF 820.9 MOS Vol.3 British and Irish Literature and its times(Beginnings -1830's)
REF 820.9 MOS Vol.4 British and Irish Literature and its times(Victorian Era - Present)
REF 860 CON Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature
REF 92 MAC Latino Americans
REF 920 CON Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography
REF 920 ENC Encyclopedia of World Biography
REF 920 NOT Notable Hispanic American writers
REF 920 WEB Webster’s Biographical Dictionary
DATABASES
The American National Biography
A useful and dynamic source of information - updates quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. Search Tip: For a precise match, enter a name in the format Last Name, First Name.
http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html
 
EBSCO Ultra Online
Perhaps the best research tool for literary, fine arts, history, social studies information. If you have an English project, use this site. Be sure to click on Full Text when looking for direct sources and quotes.
http://search.epnet.com
 
eLibrary
eLibrary Curriculum Edition--the ultimate easy-to-use curriculum and reference resource--delivers one of the largest collections of periodical and digital media content designed specifically for K-12 schools and libraries.
www.proquestk12.com/
Encyclopedia Britannica
The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource, with separate units for elementary, middle school, and high school.
www.school.eb.com
 
First Search
The most comprehensive database for all subject areas. Take some time to look at this one; it will be well worth the effort. This has fourteen different databases to explore. When using this resource make sure to choose Wilson Select Plus before entering search term.
http://firstsearch.oclc.org
 
Gale Virtual Reference Library
GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
 
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
Lit Finder
LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories, full-text essays, full-text speeches, and 1full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.
www.litfinder.com
NoveList
NoveList is a fiction database that provides subject heading access, reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles. It also includes other content of interest to fiction readers, such as Author Read-alikes, What We're Reading, Book Discussion Guides, Book Talks, and Annotated Book Lists.
http://search.epnet.com
 
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography includes the stories of 50,000 men and women who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the explorer Pytheas of the fourth century B.C. to modern figures who died before December 31, 2000. 10,000 portrait illustrations illuminate the articles.
www.oxforddnb.com
Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
http://dictionary.oed.com/entrance.dtl
WEBSITES
Biography
A site based on the television program, Biography , that features the lives of famous people past and present.
www.biography.com
The History Channel
The A&E site for history based on the television series.
www.historychannel.com
Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library (IPL) is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
www.ipl.org
Literary Resources on the Net
This site provides a collection of links to literature resources and is maintained by an associate professor form Rutgers University.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Nobelprize.org
The Nobel Literature Prize has distinguished the works of authors from many different languages and cultural backgrounds. It has been awarded to unknown masters as well as authors acclaimed worldwide.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/
SAC LitWeb
Website of San Antonio College providing links to information on not only British literature and authors but a wide variety of literature resources.
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/britlit.htm
SEARCH ENGINES
Ask.com
Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines.
www.ask.com
MLA CITATION AIDS
 
easyBib
The free automatic bibliography composer. Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word.
http://www.easybib.com
 
Works Cited Guidelines
Probably the best site for learning how to document sources, both in print and electronic format. Very clear.
http://www.northern.wvnet.edu/~tcraig/wc.html
 
Research and Documentation Online
Link for documenting sources in research papers.
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/
 
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
Excellent resource for MLA formatting with many good examples of papers, works cited pages, etc.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html

 

 


 
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