Librarian
Wendel Cox
He/Him/His
Contact:
231 Baker
HB 6025 Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
HB 6025 Baker-Berry Library
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
Recommended Resources
- MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new windowThe most comprehensive index of scholarship in literature, language, folklore, film, new media, and rhetoric and composition. Covers articles in periodicals, books, and book chapters. Does not index book reviews.
- Literature Online (LION)Texts and criticism across vast spans of time and place.
- JSTOR This link opens in a new windowProvides image and full-text online access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, political science, demography, mathematics, biology, ecology, and other fields of the sciences, humanities, and social sciences.
- ProQuest central This link opens in a new windowProquest Central is the largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas, including Business, Health and Medical, Social Sciences, Education, Science and Technology, and Humanities.
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by ISBN: 0198715447Publication Date: 2015-07-14Clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma.
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How to Cite
- The MLA Style CenterWriting resources from the Modern Languages Association (MLA), including a quick guide.
MLA Handbook (9th edition) by Call Number: Berry Reference LB2369 .M52 2021ISBN: 9781603293518Publication Date: 2021-04-06The new, ninth edition builds on the MLA's unique approach to documenting sources using a template of core elements--facts, common to most sources, like author, title, and publication date--that allows writers to cite any type of work, from books, e-books, and journal articles in databases to song lyrics, online images, social media posts, dissertations, and more.
Dictionaries
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowA complete text of the 2nd. ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with quarterly updates, including revisions not available in any other form.
Dictionary of American Regional English (5 Vols.) by Call Number: Baker-Berry Reference PE2843 .D52 1985ISBN: 9780674047358Publication Date: 2012-03-20With this fifth volume of the Dictionary of American Regional English, readers now have the full panoply of American regional vocabulary, from Adam's housecat to Zydeco. Like the first four volumes, the fifth is filled with words that reflect our origins, migrations, ethnicities, and neighborhoods.
Handwriting, Transcription, and Paleography
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The National Archives (UK): Paleography TutorialGuides and games for interpreting English-language handwriting, 1500-1800.
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Handwriting of the Twentieth Century, 2nd ed. by ISBN: 1841509914Publication Date: 2007The main purpose of this book is to create a historical record ... techniques are illustrated that may be useful for teachers today, while the ever-changing views of the stylists provide examples, as well as a warning, to those who plan for the future.
