English Language and Literature
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Academic Search Premier*
A multi-disciplinary database that provides full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including full text for more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles.
Gale Virtual Reference
Electronic books providing reference and analysis in the liberal arts.
Humanities International Complete*
Provides comprehensive coverage of the humanities with full-text content.
JSTOR
An archive of core scholarly journals in the arts and sciences.
Literary Reference Center*
A comprehensive literary reference database covering antiquity to the present day, LRC includes information from books, major literary encyclopedias, reference works and journals.
LitFINDER*
Poems, stories, essays, speeches, plays, biographies, etc. for children and young adults.
Merriam–Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
Database containing 225,000 entries, including more than 10,000 new words and definitions.
MLA International Bibliography
Citations from journals, books and dissertations dating back to the 1920s.
NoveList*
A database for readers' advisory and recommendations.
NoveList K-8*
A database for readers' advisory and recommendations for K-8 literature.
Omni File Full Text Select
Multidisciplinary full text database.
Oxford English Dictionary
Authoritative dictionary containing definitions, etymologies, and quotations illustrating usage.
Oxford Reference Online
200+ reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Project Muse
Full-text journals in literature and criticism, history, visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, etc.
Roget's International Thesaurus
Synonyms and antonyms with 85,000 hyperlinked cross-references, proverbs and quotations.
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Dictionary of American Regional English
Literary Criticism
History
Voice of the Shuttle: Literature in English
The Cambridge History of English and American Literature
Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Norton Anthology of English Literature
Poetry
American Verse Project
U.S. Poet Laureate
Poetry Magazine
Poets.org
Plays
Federal Theater Project Collection
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
Traditional Drama Research Group
Writing/ Style Guides
Dictionary.com
Purdue Online Writing Lab
Yahoo Digital Style Guide
American Psychological Association Style
The Elements of Style
Chicago Manual of Style
LOGOS E-Translation
Modern Language Association Style