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This guide is intended to provide beginning and basic research for literature in English. If you need assistance with any of the following materials or with finding additional materials, please visit the Reference Desk or Ask a Librarian.
American Writers PS 129 .A55 and British Writers PR 85 .688
These sets provids biographical background and critical introductions to major writers and their works. Each essay includes a bibliography.
JSTOR SMU Only
Provides full-text of historical and contemporary articles, some publication coverage begins in the late 19th century and continues through current issues. Search the database or browse available titles by discipline.
See a list
of JSTOR's Language and Literature titles.
Literature Resource Center SMU Only
Includes biographies, bibliographies, and criticism for an array of
world authors, often with the full-text of entries from sources
such as Contemporary Authors and the Dictionary of Literary
Biography.
MLA International Bibliography SMU Only
Providing coverage since 1963, this database indexes journals, books and
dissertations published on modern literatures, languages, linguistics,
literary theory, drama and folklore.
Oxford English Dictionary SMU Only
The Oxford English Dictionary is the most comprehensive dictionary in the English language. Each entry provides origins, etymologies and examples of the word in context.
Project Muse SMU Only
Full-text of journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press, including
many premier titles in literary studies. See a
list of
Project Muse's literature journals.
Readers’
Guide Retrospective SMU Only
With coverage beginning in 1890 , the Reader’s Guide is one of the most comprehensive places to locate
historical periodical articles on a variety of subjects. The online
database includes articles through 1982. The print index (FLC
Reference AI 3 .R48) includes all the citations that the database does
and continues through the current day.
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