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Bibliographies -
ABELL: Annual bibliography of English language and literature
   
Coverage: 1920-
Provides citations and indexing to articles, books, dissertations, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published
worldwide since 1920 pertaining to bibliography and English language and literature. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.
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Link to list of LION collections
Link to LION home page
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ECCO : Eighteenth Century Collections Online
A comprehensive searchable digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language
title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, ephemera. Subject categories include history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; law; general reference. Also included are significant collections of women writers of the eighteenth century, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous eighteenth-century editions of the works of Shakespeare. Where they add scholarly value or contain important differences, multiple editions of each individual work are offered.
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EEBO : Early English books online
Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English
printed elsewhere from 1473-1700. Access info: Content presented as images online, or can be downloaded in PDF format for viewing off-line. No plugins required to view images online.
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LION, literature online
A virtual library containing more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 200+ full-text literature journals, and other key
criticism and reference resources. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users
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African-American poetry
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American poetry
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Bibliography of American literature
Online version. "The Bibliography of American Literature (9 vols, Yale University Press, 1955-1991) provides nearly 40,000 records of literary works of
approximately 300 American writers from the period of the Revolution to 1930"--About BAL.
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Bibliography of English women writers 1500-1640
A list of recovered writers and located texts, canonical and non-canonical, identifying many unknown writers and familiar figures, and also women refugees
such as the recusants, women in the colonies, Marrano women (Anusot), women translators, and English women writers in French, Greek, Latin, Spanish, Irish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic and Welsh.
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Early English Books - A Bibliography
A bibliography of Early English Books.
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Early English books online (see EEBO : Early English books online)
Contains digital facsimile page images of virtually every work printed in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and British North America and works in English
printed elsewhere from 1473-1700.
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Early English Books: Catalogs and Collections
ESTC = "English Short-Title Catalogue" [1473-1800] Formerly the "Eighteenth-Century Short-Title Catalogue," the ESTC's name changed in 1995 when the eighteenth-century
records were merged with those for Pollard and Redgrave's STC (books published 1475 to 1640) and Wing (books published 1641 to 1700); this catalog exists only in electronic form.
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Eighteenth Century collections online (see ECCO : Eighteenth Century collections online)
A comprehensive searchable digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language
title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, ephemera. Subject categories include history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; law; general reference. Also included are significant collections of women writers of the eighteenth century, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous eighteenth-century editions of the works of Shakespeare. Where they add scholarly value or contain important differences, multiple editions of each individual work are offered.
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ESTC : English short title catalogue
Coverage: Between the years 1473 and 1800
"... lists over 460,000 items published between 1473 and 1800, mainly in Britain and North America, mainly, but not exclusively, in English, from the collections
of the British Library and over 2,000 other libraries."--Publisher's website.
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Literary research guide
"a selective, annotated guide to reference sources essential to the study of British literature, literatures of the United States, other literatures in
English, and related topics... evaluates important bibliographies, abstracts, surveys of research, indexes, databases, catalogs, general histories and surveys, annals, chronologies, dictionaries, encyclopedias, and handbooks."--Introduction.
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Middle English compendium
Provides integrated access to three major Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose
and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources, including a large collection of Middle English texts.
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Milton, a bibliography (1624-1799)
A listing of all manuscripts and editions of Milton's works, all studies and critical statements of Milton's life and works, allusions, quotations, and
significant imitations.
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Oxford bibliographies online. American literature
OBO American literature offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on American literature and the American literary tradition over the past 500 years.
Includes perspectives on postmodern theory, debates about the canon, slave narratives, comic books, and other topics while inviting trans-disciplinary collaboration with fields as varied as history, cultural studies, politics, and women's studies. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
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Oxford bibliographies online. Victorian literature
OBO Victorian literature offers peer-reviewed annotated bibliographies on the literature of the Victorian period, which encompasses the reign of Queen
Victoria from 1837 to 1901. Bibliographies are browseable by subject area and keyword searchable.
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Scientific and medical writing in Old and Middle English
Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room. Software has been installed on the "Windows XP -- CD Station" computer.
Call Number: HESB RES Electronic PR 231 .V654 2000
Provides information on more than 8,500 texts from the earliest significant body of technical and learned writing in English. Features citations to Old
and Middle English manuscripts found in American and British museums and libraries.
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Shakespeare in Performance: A Select Bibliography of Materials
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World Shakespeare bibliography online
Coverage: Currently covers 1962-current. Each year, coverage will move forward one year and backwards at least three years.
When complete, will provide annotated entries for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions,
audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to Shakespeare and published or produced since 1900. Each year coverage moves forward one year and backwards at least three years.
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Biographies -
Literature resource center
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text articles from numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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18th century collections online (see ECCO: Eighteenth Century collections online)
A comprehensive searchable digital edition of The Eighteenth Century microfilm set, which has aimed to include every significant English-language and foreign-language
title printed in the United Kingdom, along with thousands of important works from the Americas, between 1701 and 1800. Consists of books, pamphlets, broadsides, ephemera. Subject categories include history and geography; fine arts and social sciences; medicine, science, and technology; literature and language; religion and philosophy; law; general reference. Also included are significant collections of women writers of the eighteenth century, collections on the French Revolution, and numerous eighteenth-century editions of the works of Shakespeare. Where they add scholarly value or contain important differences, multiple editions of each individual work are offered.
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19th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
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20th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
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Biography and genealogy master index
Indexes hundreds of biographical sources covering individuals, living and dead, from every field of activity worldwide.
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Biography in context
Database of biographical information on more than 500,000 people from all times, places and subjects. Sometimes known as: Biography resource center.
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Contemporary authors (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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Dictionary of literary biography (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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Jack Kerouac romnibus
Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room. Software has been installed on the "Windows XP -- CD Station" computer.
Call Number: HESB RES Electronic PS 3521 .E735 Z633 1995
Multimedia presentation of the life and work of Jack Kerouac, Beat Generation author and poet, via text, photographs, graphics, sound, animation, and video;
complete works and excerpted writings of Kerouac, archival materials, biographical information, interviews, and bebop music.
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Nineteenth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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Oxford dictionary of national biography
The classic, authoritative biographical source for British history. Usage info: Licensed for 3 simultaneous users.
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Samuel Johnson & James Boswell
Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room.
Call Number: HESB RES Electronic PR 3539 .J22 A11 1997
"... presents the complete works of Samuel Johnson in the Yale Johnson series, as well as several rare editions from the British Library. It also includes
the six-volume L. F. Powell edition of James Boswell's Life of Johnson, The Hypochondriac, additional letters, and essays."--Publisher's description.
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Twentieth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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Dictionaries -
Anglo-Norman on-line hub
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Bartleby.com: Great books online
Provides a free-of-charge, full-text collection of selected literature, reference and verse. Includes works such as the Oxford Shakespeare, Columbia encyclopedia,
Roget's Thesaurus, the Harvard classics, Bartlett's familiar quotations, and Columbia gazetteer.
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Dictionary of Old English
The Dictionary of Old English: A to G online includes the first release of the letter G, containing some 1319 headwords, as well as revised versions of
the seven previously published fascicles (1986-2003).
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LEME : lexicons of Early Modern English
"... a historical database of monolingual, bilingual, and polyglot dictionaries, lexical encyclopedias, hard-word glossaries, spelling lists, and lexically-valuable
treatises surviving in print or manuscript from the Tudor, Stuart, Caroline, Commonwealth, and Restoration periods. Texts of word-entries whose headword (source) or explanation (target) language is English tell what speakers of English thought about their tongue in the period served by the Short-title and Wing catalogues, from the advent of printing to about 1700."--Introduction.
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Middle English compendium
Provides integrated access to three major Middle English electronic resources: the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose
and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and an associated network of electronic resources, including a large collection of Middle English texts.
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OED : Oxford English dictionary
A complete text of the 2nd. ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with quarterly updates, including revisions not available in any other form.
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Oxford dictionaries online
"fully searchable content from Oxford's largest modern English dictionaries and thesauruses ... comprehensive coverage of British, US, and World English
-- with audio pronunciations ... detailed writing, grammar, and spelling guidance"--About page.
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Oxford English dictionary (see OED : Oxford English dictionary)
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Webster's third new international dictionary, unabridged
Directories -
MLA directory of periodicals
Presents detailed information on more than 5,800 periodicals in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Includes editorial addresses,
phone numbers, fax numbers, e-mail addresses, frequency of publication, descriptions of the periodicals' scopes, circulation figures, subscription prices and addresses, advertising information, and submission guidelines.
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Encyclopedias -
Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory & criticism
A full-text searchable database of articles on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical
innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
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Bartleby.com: Great books online
Provides a free-of-charge, full-text collection of selected literature, reference and verse. Includes works such as the Oxford Shakespeare, Columbia encyclopedia,
Roget's Thesaurus, the Harvard classics, Bartlett's familiar quotations, and Columbia gazetteer.
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Literary encyclopedia
Provides profiles of the lives and works of important world authors whose works are available in English. Includes coverage of English, American, Canadian,
German and Russian literatures with growing coverage of French, Italian, Japanese, Classical Greek, Latin, Hispanic and East European literatures.
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New Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics
Deals with all aspects of poetry and poetics: history, types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology. Entries vary in length from relatively brief
notices to substantial articles of about 20,000 words.
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Guides and finding aidsHandbooks and manuals -
Oxford chronology of English literature on CD-ROM
Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room.
Call Number: HESB RES Electronic PR 87 .O95 2002
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Scientific and medical writing in Old and Middle English
Mode of access: CD-ROM in Reserve Book Room. Software has been installed on the "Windows XP -- CD Station" computer.
Call Number: HESB RES Electronic PR 231 .V654 2000
Provides information on more than 8,500 texts from the earliest significant body of technical and learned writing in English. Features citations to Old
and Middle English manuscripts found in American and British museums and libraries.
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News sources -
17th-18th century Burney Collection newspapers (see Seventeenth-eighteenth century Burney Collection newspapers)
Searchable full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817)--the
largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. More than twelve hundred titles and almost one million pages are included. gkldjgl;kj;l
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19th century British Library newspapers (see Nineteenth century British Library newspapers)
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19th century UK periodicals (see Nineteenth century UK periodicals)
"When complete it will make available full runs of nearly 600 titles ... of interest to historians and students of nineteenth-century literature and culture,
empire, feminism, the history of the book, the creative and performing arts, sport and leisure, science and medicine, the professions ..."--"About" page.
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20th century American newspapers (see America’s historical newspapers)
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America's historical newspapers
A growing collection allows users to search more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1998 [and beyond], including titles from
all 50 states. Created by Readex through partnerships with the American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress, Wisconsin Historical Society and others.
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Early American newspapers (see America's historical newspapers)
"... allows users to search more than 1,000 U.S. historical newspapers published between 1690 and 1922, including titles from all 50 states. Created by
Readex through partnerships with the American Antiquarian Society, Library of Congress, Wisconsin Historical Society and others ..."--"About" page.
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Eighteenth century journals
Coverage: 1680-1835
Portal to newspapers and periodicals c1680-1835 with integrated access to the Hope Collection at the Bodleian Library, Oxford (Eighteenth Century Journals
I), the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas (Eighteenth Century Journals II), the British Newspaper Library at Colindale, London and the Cambridge University Library (Eighteenth Century Journals III), Chetham's Library in Manchester and Brotherton Library, University of Leeds (Eighteenth Century Journals IV), and Birmingham Central Library, British Library, Cambridge University Library and Liverpool John Moores University Library(Eighteenth Century Journals V). "The titles chosen for this project have been screened carefully against EEBO, Early English Newspapers and ECCO so that there is minimal overlap with these projects."--Introduction.
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Guardian and The observer (ProQuest historical newspapers)
Coverage: 1791-2003
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London Times digital archive, 1785-1985 (see Times digital archive, 1785-1985)
A complete digital archive of The Times (London), including every article, advertisement and illustration.
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Nineteenth century British Library newspapers
Searchable full text of newspapers specially selected by the British Library to best represent nineteenth-century Britain. Includes national and regional
newspapers, as well as newspapers from established country or university towns.
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Nineteenth century UK periodicals
"When complete it will make available full runs of nearly 600 titles ... of interest to historians and students of nineteenth-century literature and culture,
empire, feminism, the history of the book, the creative and performing arts, sport and leisure, science and medicine, the professions ..."--"About" page.
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Seventeenth-eighteenth century Burney Collection newspapers
Searchable full-text access to the British Library's collection of the newspapers, pamphlets, and books gathered by Reverend Charles Burney (1757-1817)--the
largest and most comprehensive collection of early English news media. Includes more than 1,200 titles.
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Times digital archive, 1785-1985
Searchable database of full-text and full-image articles from the Times of London for the years 1785-1985. Digital reproduction, cover to cover, of the
paper in PDF files. Includes advertisements, illustrations, and photos.
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Times literary supplement historical archive
Searchable full-text access to the Times literary supplement (TLS) from 1902 through 2006. Includes more than 300,000 reviews, letters, poems and articles
on writers, current theatre, cinema, music, and exhibitions.
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Twentieth century American newspapers (see America’s Historical Newspapers)
QuotationsReviews (book, film, etc.) -
ABELL: Annual bibliography of English language and literature
Coverage: 1920-
Provides citations and indexing to articles, books, dissertations, critical editions of literary works, book reviews and collections of essays published
worldwide since 1920 pertaining to bibliography and English language and literature. Usage info: Licensed for 4 simultaneous users.
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Link to list of LION collections
Link to LION home page
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Literature resource center
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text articles from numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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19th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
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20th century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
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Contemporary authors (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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Dictionary of literary biography (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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MagillOnLiterature (EBSCO)
Includes the complete contents of 31 sets of reference books, including nearly 20 Masterplots and Masterplots II titles, the Cyclopedia of world authors,
the Cyclopedia of literary characters, as well as 10 years of Magill's literary annual and Magill book reviews.
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Masterplots (see MagillOnLiterature)
Includes the complete contents of 31 sets of reference books, including nearly 20 Masterplots and Masterplots II titles, the Cyclopedia of world authors,
the Cyclopedia of literary characters, as well as 10 years of Magill's literary annual and Magill book reviews.
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Nineteenth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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Times literary supplement historical archive
Searchable full-text access to the Times literary supplement (TLS) from 1902 through 2006. Includes more than 300,000 reviews, letters, poems and articles
on writers, current theatre, cinema, music, and exhibitions.
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Twentieth century literary criticism (see Literature resource center)
Provides biographical, bibliographical, and critical content on literary figures from all time periods; draws on Gale Group's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary
Literary Criticism Select, and Dictionary of Literary Biography; selected full text from Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism; includes full text of numerous literary journals and periodicals.
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