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Research Guide - English

Axe Online Catalog & Other Book Sources

• Axe Library Catalog

Other Book Sources

• NetLibrary
• Library Catalogs Online
• WorldCat

Journal Databases

Primary Databases

• MLA International Bibliography
• Literature Resource Center

Multidisciplinary Databases Covering English

• With Full Text
  • Academic OneFile
  • Academic Search Premier
  • Art Full Text
  • Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ)
  • EBSCOhostEJS
  • ERIC
  • Expanded Academic ASAP
  • JSTOR
  • Research Library
  • Sage Full Text Collections
• Indexing, abstracts, and occasional links to full text
  • Article 1st
  • Google Scholar
  • Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective: 1907-1984
  • Ingenta
  • Reader's Guide Retrospective

"Serials Solutions"

Search by title, title keyword or subject group. The category "Lanugages & Literature" includes English

Online Reference Sources

Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources |

• ReferenceUniverse

Dictionaries, Glossaries & Encyclopedic Sources

• English Studies (WikiPedia)
• Gale Virtual Reference Library
• Online Etymological Dictionary

Selected Sources in Axe Library

• Bartlett's familiar quotations
• Cassell dictionary of slang
• Literary research guide
• MLA style manual and guide to scholarly publishing
• Oxford English dictionary

Related subject headings:

General:

• English Language
  • English language - Dictionaries
  • English Language - Etymology
  • English Language - Grammar
  • English Language - Rhetoric
  • English Language - Study and Teaching
  • English Language - Synonyms and Antonyms
• English Literature
  • English Literature - Middle English, 1100-1500
  • English Literature - Early Modern, 1500-1700
  • English Literature - 19th Century
  • English Literature - 20th Century
  • English Literature - History and Criticis

Noted Authors:

• Austen, Jane, 1775-1817
• Faulkner, William, 1897-1962
• Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961
• Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

Associations and Societies

• Association of Departments of English (ADE) - "The Organization for Department Administrators"
• Modern Language Association (MLA) - provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.
• National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) - The NCTE has worked to advance teaching, research, and student achievement in English language arts at all scholastic levels.

Selected Web Sites

Online Publications | Selected Authors | Tutorials & Guidelines

Online Publications

• Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal - Online versions are available (V.20, No.1 , Summer 1999 to the present). Prior issues are to be added later.

Selected Authors

• Jane Austen (1775-1817)
  • Google > Arts > Literature > Authors > A > Austen, Jane
  • Jane Austen Information Page - bibliographies, online transcriptions of Austen texts,
• William Faulkner (1897-1962)
  • The Faulkner Journal
  • Google > Arts > Literature > Authors > F > Faulkner, William
  • William Faulkner Foundation
  • William Faulkner on the Web
• Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)
  • Ernest Hemingway collection at the JFK Presidential Library & Museum
  • Google > Arts > Literature > Authors > H > Hemingway, Ernest
• Herman Melville (1819-1891)
  • Google > Arts > Literature > World Literature > American > 19th Century > Melville, Herman
• William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
  • Google > Arts > Literature > World Literature > British > Shakespeare
  • Shakespeare Resource Center

Tutorials & Guidelines

• Minimal Guidelines for Authors of Web Pages

Course Related Web Sites

PSU Department of English.
PSU 2006-2008 University Catalog - English