Language & Literature Research Guide
Encyclopedias,
Dictionaries, etc. | Find Books |
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Web Sites | Citing Sources
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries, etc.
American
Writers. Reference PS 129 A55
Benet's
reader's encyclopedia. Reference PN41.B4 1996
Bloomsbury
Guide to Women's Literature. Reference PN 471 B57 1992
Contemporary
literary criticism. 180 vols. Reference PN771.C62
Dictionary of
literary biography. 1980-1999. Reference PS221 D5
1989
Encyclopedia
of folklore and literature. Reference PN41.E48 1998
Encyclopedia
of the novel. 2 vols. Reference PN41.E487 1998
Encyclopedia
of world literature in the 20th Century. 4 vols. Reference
PN771.E5 1999
Literary
research guide : an annotated listing of reference sources in
English literary studies. Reference PR83 .H27 2002
Magill's
survey of world literature. 6 vols. Reference PN523.M29 1993
Oxford
Companion to English literature. Reference PR19.O94
2000
Oxford
English Dictionary. 20 vols. Reference PE1625.O87 1989 or
online
Twentieth-century literary criticism. 142 vols. Reference
PN94. T94
Find Books
To find books, videos or other materials located in Pickler Memorial Library, search the Library Catalog. It is usually a good idea to start with a keyword search so you can combine search terms that relate to your research project. For example:
heroes and literature
shakespeare and criticism
abjection and literature
Check the Subject Headings listed in the records you retrieve to find other useful terms and phrases to search. Below are some subject heading examples for language and literature. Each link performs the subject search in Truman's Library Catalog.
| shakespeare, william | |
| myth in literature | |
| greek poetry | slavery in literature |
The Curriculum Library, on the second floor, contains a collection
of textbooks used in the public schools and a collection of
children's books. These are all listed in the Truman's Library
Catalog. You can
search for children's books by
author,
title,
keyword, or
children's subject
heading.
If Pickler Memorial Library doesn't have what you want, try your
search in MOBIUS to
find books in other libraries in Missouri. You can order books
online, and they will be delivered usually within 3-4 working days.
This service is available to current Truman students, faculty, and
staff.
Find Articles
Databases in this section are restricted to use on the Truman network unless otherwise indicated.
Academic Search Elite (EBSCO). 1985+. A multi-disciplinary database offering full text for more than 2,000 journals, including more than 1,500 peer-reviewed titles.
Humanities Abstracts. 1984+In print under various titles 1907-1996. Reference AI 3 S6
Contains citations from more than 465 periodicals in archaeology and classical studies, area studies, communication, folklore, history, language, literature, performing and visual arts, philosophy, religion and theology. Coverage: Click here to show journal list.
Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective. Indexing of over 1200 periodicals, some going back as far as 1907. Also has coverage of many important scientific journals up to the 1950s.
Literature Resource Center - 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, produced by Thomson-Gale. (1 simultaneous user)
MLA Bibliography. 1926+. A bibliography of scholarship in literature, language, linguistics, and folklore. Contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4400 journals and series and 1000 book publishers. About 75% are language and literature journal articles. You can limit your searches by the following languages: Chinese, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish, and Ukrainian.
JSTOR. Archive of scholarly journals. Truman campus has access to the Arts & Sciences I and II collections, Ecology & Botany collection, and General Science collection.
Project MUSE. Full-text titles from over 100 scholarly journals in the Basic Undergraduate Collection.
L'Année Philologique Online. Database published by the Société Internationale de Bibliographie Classique covering volumes 30 to 73 with more than 480,000 bibliographic records.
Anthropological Index Online. Free to the public to search.
ARTFL Project,
years of coverage varies
Over 2000 French texts from the 13th-20th centuries are included, ranging from
classical works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and
technical writing.
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819. Full-text access to a comprehensive set of American books, pamphlets, and broadsides from the early 1800s, based on Ralph R. Shaw's and Richard H. Shoemaker's "American Bibliography, 1801-1819. Part of the Readex Archive of Americana database.
ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center), 1966+
On the Web through
FirstSearch
On the Web through
The Educator's Reference Desk.
Free to the public.
On the Web through the
Dept. of Education. Free to the public.
ERIC is a comprehensive database containing abstracts of
journal articles, reports, curriculum guides, conference
proceedings, etc. It covers all areas of education at all age and
grade levels. ERIC Documents 1993+ are available online through
the ERIC Document
Reproduction Service. Documents before 1993 are on microfiche.
The library's microfiche subscription ended with ED455358. Journal
Coverage: Click
here to show journal list.
ITER:
Gateway to the Middle ages & Renaissance
A bibliography of articles from selected interdisciplinary journals pertaining
to the Middle Ages and Renaissance (400-1700), years vary by journal title.
Reader's Guide Retrospective. 1890-1982. Index to older magazine articles.
Print Indexes
Communication Abstracts, 1967-2001
Reference P90 C65
Provides coverage of recent literature in the areas of general communication,
mass communication, advertising and marketing, broadcasting, communication
theory, interpersonal and intrapersonal communication, small group
communication, organizational communication, journalism, public relations,
radio, public opinion, speech, and television.
Essay and General Literature
Index,1900-2001
Reference AI 3 E752
A detailed index by author, subject, and some titles to essays published in
books.
Reference P87 M37, beginning dates vary to 1990
Often referred to as the Matlon guide, this subject and author index covers a number of important communication journals.
Language Teaching, 1982+
In print only under various titles: Periodicals PB35 L322
Indexes scholarly journals on learning and teaching languages.
Web Sites:
Language/Linguistics
| Literary Criticism/About
Authors | Classic
Literature/Digital Archive
Center for Applied Linguistics
Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center
ERIC Clearinghouse on Languages & Linguistics
Ethnologue---a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries
Glossary of Literary Terms
Lexicon of Linguistics
Linguistic Bibliography
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Old English Pages
Online Dictionaries and Translators
Contemporary Writers in the
UK
Gender
Inn --- Feminist literary criticism and gender studies database
Geoffrey Chaucer
- Harvard University's site on Geoffrey Chaucer
Geoffreychaucer.org
Internet Public
Library: Online Literary Criticism Collection
Literary Encyclopedia
Literary history
Alex
Catalogue of Electronic texts---collection of public domain
documents from American and English literature as well as Western philosophy
American and English
Literature Internet Resources
American
Verse Project---electronic archive of volumes of American poetry
prior to 1920 at University of Michigan
ARTFL
Project (Project for American and French Research on the Treasury of the
French Language)
Bartleby: Great Books
online---Comprehensive literature works collection
Bartlett's
Familiar Quotations---at Columbia University
Cambridge History of English and
American Literature
Camelot Project
-- at University of Rochester
Electronic
Text Center---digital collection of publications in about 12
languages at University of Virginia, part of it is freely accessible
English Prose
Drama Database ---more than 1,600 plays written by more than 350
different authors
The English Server
Drama Collection---at Carnegie Mellon University
Folklore and
Mythology Electronic Texts---collected by D. L. Ashliman of University of
Pittsburgh. Coverage is international, but is particularly rich in
Nordic/Germanic selections.
Internet Classics
Archive
Jane
Austen Info Page, Pride and Prejudice Hypertext
Literary
Resources on the Net
Literature.Org ---Online Literature Library with full text of 100
classic works
Luminariam:
Anthology of Middle
English, Renaissance, and Early 17th Century Literature
Mr. William Shakespeare
and the Internet
The Online
Books Page---website that facilitates
access to books that are freely readable over the Internet hosted by the
University of Pennsylvania Library
The Online Medieval and
Classical Library---at Berkeley Digital Library SunSITE
Playwriting seminars
Project Gutenberg - oldest
producer of free e-books on the internet
Reading Women
Writers and African Literature
Science fiction and Fantasy
Research Database
Shakespeare's
Complete Works
Sonnet Central---an archive
of English sonnets
William Blake Archive - access to high-quality
electronic reproductions of a growing portion of Blake's work including
both images and texts organized, interlinked, and searchable in ways that only
hypermedia systems allow.
Citing Sources
Selected guides to
help you cite sources correctly in APA, Chicago/Turabian, and MLA
styles.
For further assistance, visit or call the Reference Desk
(660-785-4051) or contact the Reference librarian for Language and
Literature.
Daisy Rearick, Reference Librarian for Education
(660) 785-4048
drearick@truman.edu
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