LITERATURE & LANGUAGES
Reference
On the shelf
African Writers (Ref PL8010 .A453 1997) 2 vols.
American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies (Ref PS129 .A55) 16 vols.
British Writers (Ref PR85 .B688) 8 vols.
European Writers (Ref PN501 .E9 1983) 14 vols.
Latin American Writers (Ref PQ7081.A1 L37 1989) 3 vols.
Variety of foreign language dictionaries (in Ready Ref)
Online
Credo Reference
Search across specialized encyclopedias, including subjects on literature and the humanities
Oxford Classical Dictionary
Find brief articles on major topics, places, and people relating to ancient Greece and Rome.
Oxford English Dictionary
The most comprehensive dictionary of English, with detailed etymologies.
Books
If you’re browsing the shelves, books related to Literature and Language can be found in call numbers beginning with the following letters:
- Linguistics: P
- Literature (General): PN
- English Literature: PR
- American Literature: PS
Library Catalog
Books at Howard Colman Library.
WorldCat
Locate books available elsewhere and request via interlibrary loan.
Article Databases
MLA International Bibliography
Best and largest collection of scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations on language and literature. Some full-text.
Academic Search Complete
Covers many subjects, in addition to significant coverage of literature and languages.
TOCS-IN
Citations for scholarly journal articles in Classics (on ancient Greece and Rome). No full-text.
Internet Resources
Project Gutenberg
Contains over 57,000 free e-books with access to some of the world’s greatest literary classics with a focus on older works for which copyright has expired.
HathiTrust
Partnership of academic and research institutions providing access to millions of digitized book titles.
Europeana
A single site with millions of primary sources from Europe’s leading galleries, libraries, archives, and museums.
