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Literature: Reference Sources
(Literature in the English language)
Starting Points: Dictionaries
- The Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
The primary dictionary for the study of the English language. - Oxford Language Dictionaries Online"Smart-linked, fully searchable content from Oxford's largest modern English dictionaries and thesauruses ... comprehensive coverage of British, US, and World English - with audio pronunciations."
- Oxford Dictionary of Literary TermsIncludes 1,200 terms on drama, versification, rhetoric, and literary history, as well as bibliographies of recommended reading and a pronunciation guide to more than 200 terms.
Encyclopedias and other Reference Sources
- Oxford Reference Online: LiteratureContains over 30 Oxford literature reference titles, including the Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States, Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, and more.
- Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new windowComprehensive database of poetry, drama and prose, literature journals, author biographies, topic overviews, and critical essays.
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & CriticismThe JH Guide presents a comprehensive historical survey of the field's most important figures, schools, and movements. It includes more than 240 alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
- Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary StudiesJames Harner's annotated guide to reference sources essential to the study of British literature, literatures of the United States, other literatures in English, and related topics.