English & Literature Resources

Finding ARTICLES

MLA International Bibliography - Modern Language Association's index to articles and chapters in books on literature, linguistics, and folklore. (Database Service: EBSCO)

Contemporary Authors - Full text of biographies of writers, including those in film and television. (Database Service: Thomson Gale)

Contemporary Literary Criticism - Provides literary analysis of works by major authors. Available only from computers in the library. (Database Service: Thomson Gale)

For teaching Language Arts and Literature also search ERIC (Database Service: EBSCO) and ProQuest Education Journals (Database Service: ProQuest)

Gale Virtual Reference Library: Literature - Electronic encyclopedias including Something About The Author, and Contemporary Poets.

Also search in these interdisciplinary indexes:

Literature Resource Center - Available through Madison Public Library -- you must enter your public library card number. (Database Service: Thomson Gale)

Finding BOOKS

Edgewood's Catalog - Books, journal titles, videos, more. See also new books.

Essay & General Literature Index - Indexing to 5,300 anthologies and collections in the humanities and social sciences accesses around 65,000 essays (chapters) from 1985 to date. (Database Service: H.W. Wilson) user guide (PDF 1.11mb)

Short Story Index - Indexing from 1984 to present covers 84,000 stories in collections and periodicals with over 1,600 stories in full text. (Database Service: H.W. Wilson) user guide (PDF 1.11mb)

Play Index - Search over 30,000 plays written in or translated into English from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to date. (Database Service: H.W. Wilson) user guide (PDF 1.11mb)

Course Reserves - Search by course number or instructor

WorldCat - for books, videos, etc from libraries nationwide

English & Literature WEBSITES

Hypertexts - American Studies at the University of Virginia - American fiction and nonfiction.

IPL Literary Criticism - Critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.

Literary Resources on the Net - A collection of links to sites on English and American literature.

Library of Southern Literature - Includes a wide range of literary works of the American South published from the 17th century through 1924.

Modern Language Association Language Map - Shows the linguistic and cultural composition of the US.

Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - An annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources on the Internet.

The Willa Cather electronic archive - Covers all important aspects of Cather research.

Grammar, Writing and Sample Letters

Guide to Grammar and Writing - Extensive guide to effective use of the English language.

Business Letters - From the U.W. writing center.

Guides to Writing Business Letters - From Colorado State University.

Resources for English as a Second Language - Practice for students with word lists, text analysis and optional free registration for tests. Tools for teachers include lesson plans, games and other references.