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LITERATURE RESOURCES
LITERATURE RESOURCES
This is a guide for research in literature and its various sub-genres, and for students enrolled in related courses (such as Shakespeare). You'll find suggested reference books, subject databases useful for searching for articles from journals and magazines, sources for topical background information, and suggested World Wide Web sites and resources.
If you have questions or need additional assistance, please contact the library to arrange an appointment.
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| Online Databases | Reference Books |
| Online Resources: General Literature | British, pre-1800 | British, post-1800 | American Literature | World Literature | Online Libraries & Texts | Film |
| Citation Resources |
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Online Databases
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Centeris a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
EBSCOHost Academic
Search Premier
Multi-disciplinary database of full text articles and abstracts from magazines and peer-reviewed journals including those in the field of literature and literary reviews.
Oxford English Dictionary Online
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is a 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. This is an online searchable edition of the dictionary that is consistently being updated.
Encyclopedia Britannica
Online version of the Encyclopedia Britannica that is a comprehensive general reference work covering a wide range of subjects including literature, literary movements and authors.
Books
Gale Literature Criticism Series
Multivolume collections of literary criticisms broken down by time period or genre. Below is a listing of the various criticism collections that we have in our reference collection. Each one has an index for the series in each volume or you may use the Gale’s Literary Index Online website to search for criticisms by title or author. If you would like help using this collection, please ask a librarian!
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism REF 809.024 C
Shakespearean Criticism REF 822.33 S
Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 R 809.024 L
Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism R 809.034 N
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism REF 809.04 T
Contemporary Literary Criticism REF 809.04 C
Short Story Criticism REF 808.31 S
Dictionary of Literary Biography
Multivolume set of writer’s biographies complete with references and resources. R 810.9 A
Short Stories for Students
Presents analysis of commonly studied short stories by giving an overview of the work including plot summary, important characters, analysis of important themes and literary techniques, criticism, and author information. REF 809.041 S
Oxford Companion to English Literature
Alphabetically arranged concise summaries of important subjects relating to English literature including biographical information, important works, definitions, and literary movements. REF 820.9 O
Cambridge History of American Literature
Eight volume reference work covering the history of prose, poetry and criticism in the United States in detailed essay form. REF 810.9 C
World Literature and Its Times
Five volume set on world literature giving profiles of notable literary works and the historical events that influenced them. REF 809 W
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Concise summaries of important subjects relating to Classical literature including biographical information, important works, definitions, literary forms, and characters. R 880.3 O
Contemporary Poets, 7th ed.
Concise biographical information, criticism and listing of publications for contemporary poets. REF 809.01 C
Online Resources
General Websites & Portals
Literary Resources on the Net
Online resources in literature created and updated by Professor Jack Lynch of Rutgers University.
BookSpot
A collection of resources and links dealing with various aspects of books and literature including literary criticism and author information. Scroll down until you a see a heading in the yellow strip on the left that says “Behind the Books”. That section has the links dealing with literary topics.
Librarians' Internet Index: Literature and Books
Links to websites about literature, books, authors, genres, and literary criticism, all reviewed for content by librarians in California and Washington.
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection
The IPL Literary Criticism Collection contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
Literary Criticism Links
Collection of literary criticism websites by genre created by the Westchester, New York library system.
Electronic Poetry Center
Collection of poetry links and author information from the University at Buffalo in New York.
Nobel Prize Internet Archive
Listings of all Nobel Prize winners by subject including the Nobel Prize for Literature. Has links to further information about Nobel winners and their works.
Pulitzer Prize Winners
Pulitzer Prize homepage that includes listings of current and former Pulitzer Prize winners as well as related information of interest.
English Literature, pre-1800
Chaucer MetaPage
A webportal dedicated to gathering together scholarly and curricular resources on Chaucer from across the web. Includes links to the full text of Chaucer's works, and audio files of scholars reading Chaucer in the original Middle English. Hosted by the University of North Carolina.
Luminarium: Anthology of Middle English Literature (online)
A collection of resources related to the major authors featured in the Norton anthology, maintained and updated since the site's inception in 1996.
The English Renaissance in Context
An excellent site from the University of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Humanities that features interactive examinations of original texts and historical documents side-by-side online to allow students to study comparative works of the period first-hand. Includes sections on: Romeo & Juliet, Merchant of Venice, King Lear, Richard III, and the Making of Books.
Shakespeare in Quarto
The British Library has digitized 93 copies of the 21 plays by Shakespeare printed in quarto
before the theaters were closed in 1642. Compare versions of the same play side by side.
Read background information about the quartos; view a timeline; click on links to other Shakespeare
web resources.
Complete Works of Shakespeare
Full text of the complete works of Shakespeare online.
Edmund Spenser Home Page
A collection of resources for the Spenser scholar or student from University of Oregon and University of Cambridge, England.
English Literature, post-1800
Voice of the Shuttle: the Romantics
A large collection of academic links on the Romantic authors and works of the 1800s from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Voice of the Shuttle: the Victorians
A similar collection of links from UCSB on the Victorian authors and works, including Brontë, Browning, Carroll, and Dickens (among others).
A 19th Century British Timeline
Created by Robert Brinley at Virginia Tech.
Colonialism: a definition
This article from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Online defines the concept and consequences of colonialism throughout world history in some detail.
Statistics of the Extent of European Colonialism (around 1900)
From Vincent Ferraro, compiled from a variety of cited sources, Mount Holyoke College.
American Literature
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
A general portal to American Literature resources online from a professor emeritus at California State University Stanislaus.
Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events, Pre-1620 to 1920
From Washington State University.
Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures
Links to educational resources, online texts, and critical essays from Georgetown University's American Studies Program.
World Literature
Voice of the Shuttle: Literature in English, Literatures Other than English
A list of resources and links for literature worldwide, spanning all time periods and genres.
Online Libraries & Texts
Project Gutenberg
A collection of over 12,000 full text older works that are in the public domain with a searchable database by author or title.
eBooks@Adelaide
Over 700 full text classic works of literature, philosophy, science, and history created by the University of Adelaide in Australia.
Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts
A comprehensive collection of full text literature searchable by author or title. Start your search with this version of Alex-the newer version link only has a few titles while this one is quite extensive.
Bibliomania
Provides the full text of roughly 200 poems, short stories, fiction, drama and biographical information about the authors.
Film
Internet Movie Database
This website provides extensive listings of films both foreign and domestic, as well as the ability to look up actors, writers, and directors for free.
ScreenSite
A web portal with resource links for students researching film studies programs in the United States as well as the general film lover who is looking for local film festivals.
Google Video
Search a collection of thousands of video clips, many which can be accessed for no charge. Includes free access to the Archive of American Television's interviews with famous actors such as Michael J. Fox.
Motion Picture Association of America
"The Voice and Advocate of the American Motion Picture, Home Video, and Television Industries." Includes information on film ratings.
American Film Institute
Official website for the American Film Institute, which includes AFI's list of 100 Greatest Movies
Wikiquote: Film Quotations
Like its sister-website, Wikipedia, Wikiquotes is a publicly-created resource-- in this case, of famous and memorable quotations, including quotes from many films.
Greatest Movie Misquotes
A listing of famous popular misquotations of films, including sound clips of the actual quotes, organized by date.
Citation Guides
NoodleBib
MLA and APA-style bibliography composer. This is a subscription service so if you are accessing from off-campus, please obtain the username and password from the library.
Link to UCC Library MLA Works Cited handout
Link to UCC Library Citing Critical Analyses handout
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed.This is the definitive resource for using MLA citation style. The MLA Handbook goes into detail on how to cite research sources as well as other aspects of writing research papers. REF 808.02 G
Using MLA Format
MLA citation style and format information with examples created by the Online Writing Lab at Purdue University.
Research and Documentation Online
Research and citation information for different academic disciplines including MLA citation style created by Diana Hacker and Bedford/St.Martin’s.
MLA Style
MLA Style information from the Modern Language Association
Page updated on April 27, 2007 by UCC Library.
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