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Resources for the English & Literature studies

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JSTOR
Our subscription includes titles in Humanities (including Language & Literature), Social Sciences, and Life Sciences.
Literary Reference Center Plus
Comprehensive literary reference database, which provides a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day.
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center
Full-text classic and contemporary poems,short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides.
Provided by Badgerlink.net
Humanities International Complete
Full-text journals, books and other published sources from around the world.
Provided by BadgerLink.net.
OneSearch
Combined search engine, searches most of the Edgewood databases & catalogs. From the Advanced Search page you can limit results to "Literature & Writing" or "Drama & Theater Arts."
Kanopy
Documentaries, movies, and instructional films. Includes films from Media Education Foundation, Criterion Collection, PBS, New Day Films, independent films, classics, world cinema, and more. For browsable lists and performance rights info, see our Kanopy FAQ.

Reference Sources

Oxford English Dictionary
Electronic access to the entire OED.
Gale Virtual Reference Library
Encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.

Literary Research Guide by James L. Harner
Call Number: PR83 .H34 2008
ISBN: 9780873528085
Publication Date: 2008
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature by Jay Parini (Editor)
Call Number: PS21 .E537 2004
ISBN: 0195156536
Publication Date: 2004
The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms by Ross C. Murfin; Supryia M. Ray
Call Number: PN44.5 .M86 2003
ISBN: 0312259107
Publication Date: 2003
The Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble (Editor)
Call Number: PR19 .O94 2000
ISBN: 0198662440
Publication Date: 2000
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English by Jenny Stringer (Editor); John Sutherland (Introduction by)
Call Number: PR471 .O94 1996
ISBN: 0192122711
Publication Date: 1996
The Oxford Companion to American Literature by James D. Hart; Phillip Leininger (Revised by)
Call Number: PS21 .H3 1995
ISBN: 0195065484
Publication Date: 1995

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