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Subjects: English and Creative Writing, Government, History, Law, Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Newspapers and News

Recommended Resources

  • MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
    The 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.
  • Cover ArtOxford Research Encyclopedia: Literature by Paula Rabinowitz
    ISBN: 0190201096
    Publication Date: 2014-
    A dynamic platform that maps the world’s literary expressions and criticism. It synthesizes the fields and approaches that make up literature in its broadest sense. ORE of Literature offers a rigorous yet accessible overview of current literary research. It acts as a living resource as the discipline evolves, constantly reflecting and inspiring new debates within the academic community.
  • Literature Online (LION)
    Texts and criticism across vast spans of time and place.

Research Skills Module

  • Link to Canvas Commons module
    Working on a literary honors thesis? Writing a paper for a seminar? Here's an introduction to fundamental research skills for contemporary literary scholars like you. Save time, improve your research, and watch a squirrel dance when you complete this challenge!

Highlighted Collections!

  • Chinese Science Fiction
    by Wendel Cox Last Updated Sep 19, 2024 57 views this year

Nien Lin Xie and I collect Chinese science fiction in original form and English-language translations. This guide is a brief introduction to leading authors--and Ken Liu, a leading Chinese-American author and translator--as well as collections of short fiction. Far from comprehensive, this guide is a starting point for the genre.

Manage Your Research

  • Zotero
    A free citation and research management tool created for historians by historians.
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    A free citation and research management tool with particular strength with PDFs and recommendations based on your research history.

How to Cite

  • The MLA Style Center
    Writing resources from the Modern Languages Association (MLA), including a quick guide.
  • Cover ArtMLA Handbook (9th edition) by The Modern Language Association of America
    Call Number: Berry Reference LB2369 .M52 2021
    ISBN: 9781603293518
    Publication Date: 2021-04-06
    The 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 window
    A complete text of the 2nd. ed. of the Oxford English dictionary with quarterly updates, including revisions not available in any other form.
  • Cover ArtDictionary of American Regional English (5 Vols.) by Joan Houston Hall (Editor-In-Chief)
    Call Number: Baker-Berry Reference PE2843 .D52 1985
    ISBN: 9780674047358
    Publication Date: 2012-03-20
    With 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.
  • Cover ArtThe Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by Chris Baldick
    ISBN: 0198715447
    Publication Date: 2015-07-14
    Clear and concise definitions of the most troublesome literary terms, from abjection to zeugma.

Handwriting, Transcription, and Paleography

  • Cover ArtHandwriting of the Twentieth Century, 2nd ed. by Rosemary Sassoon
    ISBN: 1841509914
    Publication Date: 2007
    The 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.
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