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English Language and Literature

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Book Databases

Columbia Granger's Poetry Database

An index of poems published in books, plus full-text poems, commentaries, and definitions. (Some full-text).

ebrary

Electronic books with full-text searching, bookmarks, and personal notes. (Full-text).
Free software is required: download ebrary Reader™

EBSCOhost E-Books (formerly NetLibrary)

Electronic books from academic, professional, and popular publishers. (Full-text).

netLibrary

Now known as EBSCOhost E-Books. (This cross-reference will be removed on 7/21/12).

Online Books Page

Find free books on the Web by author, title, or subject. (Full-text).

Oxford Reference Online

English and bilingual dictionaries, quotation dictionaries, and specialized subject dictionaries. (Full-text).

Oxford Scholarship Online

More than 2,500 electronic books from Oxford University Press. (Full-text).

Play Index

An index of plays in anthologies by title, author, subject, style, genre, type of cast, or grade level. (Citations only).

Poets' Corner

Poems by 780 poets. Browse by author, title, or subject. (Full-text).

Pop Culture Universe

Resources on American popular culture from 1900 to the present. (Full-text).

Radical Scatters: Emily Dickinson's Fragments and Related Texts, 1870-1886

A digital archive of unpublished manuscripts. (Full-text).

Scribner Writers Series

Short essays about the lives and works of important authors from around the world. (Full-text).

Short Story Index

An index of stories published in books, journals, or magazines, plus full-text for 1,600 stories. (Some full-text).

Twayne's Authors Series

Electronic books about authors of novels, stories and poems. (Full-text).

Twentieth Century American Poetry

Thousands of full-text poems by prominent American poets. (Full-text).

Twentieth Century English Poetry

Thousands of full-text poems by prominent English poets. (Full-text).

UHD Library Catalog

Find books and videos in the UHD Library's print and electronic collections.

WorldCat

A catalog of books, dissertations, sound recordings, and videos in libraries around the world. (Citations only).

 

 

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