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LIBRARY
World Authors |
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| 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 |
