English

LC Classification

Language and Literature books may be found in the call numbers that begin with the letter P. PE concerns the English language (writing, spelling, etc)itself. English literature is in the PR section , American literature in PS. For specific titles, don't forget to check the Catalog.

Databases

Literature Online Reference Edition
A collection of literary reference and criticism resources, including biographies, author bibliographies, Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL), essays from New Essays on the American Novel, and full-text articles from 103 literature journals.

The MLA International Bibliography
MLA indexes are critical literary and language scholarship. They index literature, languages, linguistics, literary theory and criticism, dramatic arts, and folklore from over 4,400 journals and serials, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.

JSTOR
JSTOR is not a current issues database. Because of JSTOR's archival mission, there is a gap, typically from 1 to 5 years, between the most recently published journal issue and the back issues available in JSTOR The Arts & Sciences I Collection includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences. This collection also includes a selection of titles in the more science-oriented fields of ecology, mathematics, and statistics.

Literature Resource Center -
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.  USE NOTE: YHC has purchased only a 2 user license at this time. If both the licenses are in use, you will get an error message. Please try back at a different time.  If you continue to be unable to access the database, please let us know.

NoveList
An online readers' advisory tool that helps readers find new books based on books they've read or on topics in which they are interested. NoveList provides enhanced subject access to over 125,000 fiction titles and more than 90,000 full-text book reviews or annotations.

Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. It is an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.

Web pages

Asian American Writers - From the Chicago Public Library
Bartleby.com - the preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse
Project Gutenberg - Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free eBooks on the Internet
Princeton Dante Project - you'll need to register but it is free
Internet Poetry Archive - poems, bibliographies, biographies
Internet Public Library Literature Page - many good resources
Library of Southern Literature - The "Library of Southern Literature" includes a wide range of literary works of the American South published before 1924.
Life in Elizabethan England
Norton Anthology of English Literature - topics for study and discussion
Poetry Portal
Voice of the Shuttle - website for Humanities Research
Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database
ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies
Paris Review - online edition of the famous literary magazine

Literary Connection: William Shakespeare
Shakespeare's Globe
Complete Works of William Shakespeare online

Nuts and Bolts of College Writing - resources to help you write better
Online Writing Lab - from Perdue University
Villanova Writing Center: How to Write a College Paper
Eserver.org: Accessible Writing