ENGLISH & LITERATURE GUIDE
Books
Need a book on English and literature? The following call number ranges, located on the second floor of the library, are a good place to start.
| English Literature | |
| PR 1490-1799 | Anglo-Saxon Literature (to 1066 AD) |
| PR 1803-2165 | Medieval Literature (1066-1500 AD) |
| PR 2199-3195 | English Renaissance (1500-1640 AD) |
| PR 2750-3195 | Shakespeare |
| PR 3291-3785 | 17th & 18th Centuries (1640-1770 AD) |
| PR 3991-5990 | 19th Century (1770-1900 AD) |
| PR 6000-6076 | 20th & 21st Centuries (1900-Current) |
| American Literature | |
| PS 700-893 | Colonial Period (17th & 18th Centuries) |
| PS 991-3390 | 19th Century |
| PS 3500-3549 | 1900-1960 AD |
| PS 3550-3576 | 1961-Current |
Use the search box below to find books through our online catalog. If you need more search options, try using the advanced search.
We also have several ebooks through NetLibrary which you can browse right from your computer. Adobe Reader is required to view them.
If we don't have it, somebody does. WorldCat is a catalog maintained by libraries world wide. If you can find a book in WorldCat, you can request it via interlibrary loan.
Articles
Our periodical collection (journals & magazines) is located on the first floor. You may find the journal title search on the articles page helpful as well. The list below includes some of our related periodicals:
| American Literature | 1929 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Chaucer Review | 2001 - current |
| Christianity & Literature | 1978 - current |
| College Composition & Communication | 1995 - current Online |
| College English | 1940 - 1981 Online |
| Comparative Literature | 1975 - 1982 1995 - current Online |
| Criticism | 1959 - 1985 1995 - current |
| E L H (English Literary History) | 1934 - 1962 |
| Early American Literature | 1982 - current |
| Eighteenth Century Studies | 2001 - current |
| English Journal | 1937 - 1938 1950 - 1982 Online |
| English Language Notes | 1963 - 1965 1966 - current |
| Essay & General Literature Index (Ref area) | 1900 - current Online |
| Humanities Index | 1974 - current |
| International Journal of American Linguistics | 1980 - 1985 1995 - current Online |
| Journal of American Folklore | 1995 - current |
| MLN (was Modern Language Notes) | 1966 1969 - 1983 1995 - current |
| Mark Twain Journal | 1984 - current |
| Mississippi Quarterly | 1994 - current |
| Modern Fiction Studies | 1995 - current |
| PMLA | 1915 - 1982 1995 - current Online |
| Philosophy & Literature | 1983 - 1994 |
| Poe Studies | 1968 - current |
| Poetry | 1995 - current |
| Publishers Weekly | Current Year |
| Renaissance Quarterly | 1967 - current Online |
| Renascence | 1980 - 1984 1994 - current Online |
| Review of English Studies | 1995 - current Online |
| Shakespeare Quarterly | 1950 - 1962 1964 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Southwest Review | 1975 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Studies in Romanticism | 1979 - 1983 1995 - current |
| Studies in Short Fiction | Online |
| Studies in the Novel | 1969 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Texas Studies in Literature & Language | 1995 - current |
| Victorian Poetry | 2002 - current |
| Victorian Studies | 1994 - current Online |
Databases
Databases are an effective way of researching articles. Databases allow thousands of journals to be researched within a single search. The following should get you started:
Internet Sites
The following internet sites have been reviewed by our staff or suggested by professors in the relating field:
- Beowulf Resources - Collection of links to websites dedicated to the study and teaching of Beowulf.
- Chaucer Metapage - Collection of links to websites dedicated to the study of Chaucer.
- Diana Hacker's A Writer's Referece - Good site for model MLA papers.
- Eighteenth Century Studies - Links to primary eighteenth-century texts and some criticism.
- The Geoffrey Chaucer Website - Website for Harvard's Chaucer classes. Currently, the website focuses on the Cantebury Tales.
- Internet Public Library: Criticism - contains critical and biographical websites about authors
- Introduction to Eighteenth Century Clothing - Mostly related to colonial American clothing, but interesting nonetheless.
- Jack Lynch's Eighteenth Century Resources — Literature
- Jack Lynch's Literary Resources — Renaissance
- Literary Resources on the Net - provides links to literature categorized by century and age (Middle, Classical, etc.)
- LitLinks - portal to sites, annotated and categorized by fiction, drama, poetry, essays, & critical theory
- MIT Literature Links
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet - An anotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the Internet.
- Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
- The OWL at Purdue - The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and they provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects.
- A Research Guide for Students - Research, Writing, and Style Guides
- Romantic Chronology - Extensive timeline of the Romantic Period.
- Romantic Circles - Romantic Circles is a refereed scholarly Website devoted to the study of Romantic-period literature and culture.
- Romantic Links, Electronic Texts, and Home Pages
- Resources for the Study of Beowulf
- Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net - Open access international refereed electronic journal devoted to Nineteenth-Century Literature.
- Victorian Research Web - Links to articles and other resources on focused and sometimes eccentric Victorian areas of interest.
- Victorian Resources Online - A good site for finding bibliographies related to Victorian studies.
- The Victorian Web
- Voice of the Shuttle