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Welcome to Research@USCB, our online research guides in the field of English Literature .  You will find links for locating print and electronic resources, general search tips, MLA guides and APA guides on citing sources, copyright, and other information resources supporting baccalaureate degree English language and literature research and study. 

To locate books, journals, and other resources use our online catalog.

To locate articles within journals, search through the databases listed in the right-hand column.

To determine if USCB has access to a certain full text journal search TDNet

Librarians are available to assist you in the research process at both campus libraries. Contact Melanie Hanes-Ramos, Dudley Stutz, or Janelle Hubble at the South Campus Library and Geni Flowers or Mae Mendoza at the North Campus Library.

 

Print reference sources in the USCB Libraries: 

Contemporary Literary Criticism
Ref PN 771 .C59 v.1-133; North Library

Dictionary of American Regional English
Ref PE 2843 .D52 1985 v.1-4; North Library

Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Ref P 29 .E483 2005, v.1-2; North Library

Feminism in Literature
Ref PN 471 .F43 2005 v.1-6; North Library

Glossary of Literary Terms
Ref PN 41 .A184 1999b; North Library

Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American Literature
Ref PS 153 .M56 G74 2005 v.1-5; North Library

Literary Research Guide : an Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies
PR 83 .H3 2002; North Library (library use only)

Literary Terms and Literary Theory
PN 41 .C83 1999; North Library

MLA Handbook
Ref LB 2369 .G53 2003; North & South Libraries

Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
Ref PN 761 .N5 v.1-31; North Library

Oxford English Dictionary
Ref PE 1625 .O87 1989 v.1-20; North Library

Oxford Guide to Library Research
Z 710 .M23 2006; North Library

Poetry Criticism
Ref PN 1010 .P499 v.1-29; North Library

Shakespearean Criticism
Ref PR 2965 .S44 v.1-44; North Library

Short Story Criticism
Ref PN 3373 .S56 v.1-41; North Library

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
Ref PN 771 .G27 v.1-101; North Library

 

Useful Reference Materials Online

American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th ed.
 Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed.
 Brewer/s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
 Bulfinch's Mythology
 Columbia Encyclopedia
 Glossary of Poetic Terms
 Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
 Oxford English Dictionary
 Oxford Reference Online
 World Mythology: The God Checker

      
  Article Indexes and Databases

The study of English literature includes materials from a wide variety of research areas and relevant information can be found in other indexes and databases, both general in nature and subject specific.

WWW searchers:

Online Full-Text Sites:

Literature & Literary Criticism Online:

Professor-Recommended Internet Sites for Students