English Language and Literature Research Guide: ENGL 494

The Oxford English Dictionary is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language over the last millennium. As the OED is a historical dictionary, its entry structure is very different from that of a dictionary of current English, in which only present-day senses are covered, and in which the most common meanings or senses are described first. For each word in the OED,the various groupings of senses are dealt with in chronological order according to the quotation evidence, i.e. the senses with the earliest quotations appear first, and the senses which have developed more recently appear further down the entry.

The MLA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, consists of bibliographic records pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore and includes coverage from 1926 to the present. It also covers relevant monographs, working papers, proceedings, bibliographies, and other formats.

JSTOR is the "scholarly journal archive." A non-profit cooperative project of university libraries, JSTOR has converted the contents of over 4,000 core journals in academic disciplines into electronic form.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) provides full text publications, including peer-reviewed journals. Multidisciplinary coverage spans virtually every area of academic study.

Provides reliable information on authors and their works in an easy to understand, engaging format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. Dictionary of Literary Complete Online includes the main series, documentary, and yearbook volumes. (Publisher's Description)

An open access partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world.

Oxford Reference is the premier online reference product, spanning 25 different subject areas, bringing together 2 million digitized entries across Oxford University Presss Dictionaries, Companions and Encyclopedias.

Create an account with Ebook Central to find ebooks and chapters; read online or download; search within the ebook; take notes, highlight passages, and share your research. You need to be on campus to create your ProQuest account, then sign in from anywhere! Learn more from Proquest's LibGuide .

The Oxford African American Studies Center provides students, scholars and librarians with articles by top scholars in the field. The core content includes:
- Africana
- Encyclopedia of African American History, 1619-1895
- Encyclopedia of African American History, 1896 to the Present
- Black Women in America, Second Edition
- African American National Biography

The Archives of Sexuality & Gender: LGBTQ History and Culture since 1940 present important aspects of LGBTQ life in the second half of the twentieth century and beyond. The archive includes historical documents, interviews, gay and lesbian newspapers from more than 35 countries, reports, policy statements, and other documents related to gay rights and health, including the worldwide impact of AIDS, LGBTQ activism, and more.

Women's Studies Archives: Women's Issues and Identities provides coverage of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and allows for the serendipitous discovery of commonalities among a variety of archival collections. Global in scope, the archive presents materials covering the social, political, and professional aspects of women's lives and offers a look at the roles, experiences, and achievements of women in society.

A source for literary research on writers and their works throughout history and the world. Content is obtained from Facts On Files print literature collection, Harold Blooms essays, and critical articles published by noted scholars under the Blooms Literary Criticism imprints. Content includes overviews, synopses, analyses, and literary criticism. Also, contains advice on how to write quality essays on frequently assigned authors.

Communication & Mass Media Complete (CMMC) is a robust communication studies database. It provides full-text, indexing and abstracts for many top communication journals covering all related disciplines, including media studies, linguistics, rhetoric and discourse.

Drama Online is a high-quality online research tool for drama and literature students, professors, and teachers. It is the only resource to combine exclusively available playtext content and scholarly publications with filmed live performances, film adaptations, and audio plays.

The definitive research database for theatre and dance studies. In addition to all the comprehensive indexing of the International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD), it contains full text for top performing arts journals and books

The mission of the Loeb Classical Library has always been to make Greek and Latin literature accessible to the broadest range of readers. The digital Loeb Classical Library extends this mission into the twenty-first century. More than 520 volumes of Latin, Greek, and English texts are available in a modern and elegant interface with up-to-date texts and accurate translations, allowing readers to browse, search, bookmark, annotate, and share content with ease.

Full text for more many education journals including: Booklist, Education, Education Digest, Educational Leadership, High School Journal, Reading Teacher, etc. Content includes: abstracted and indexed journals, full-text journals, peer-reviewed, abstracted and indexed journals, peer-reviewed, full- text journals, and educational reports.

Something About the Author Online provides online access to all volumesin Gale's long-standing Something About the Author series, which examines the lives and works of authors and illustrators for children and young adults and is the preeminent source on authors and literature for young people. Something About the Author Online includes both the main series and Something About the Author Autobiography Series.

Provides indexing and abstracts for hundreds of peer-reviewed education journals.

ERIC, the Educational Resource Information Center, provides access to education literature and resources. The database provides access to information from journals included in the Current Index of Journals in Education and Resources in Education Index. ERIC documents since October 2002 ("ED" numbers) are available in PDF format at GPO Access.