Research Resources

English Literature Resources
Companions, Encyclopedias, Guides
- Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature. 2d ed. Jean-Albert Bédé and William B. Edgerton, general editors. New York: Columbia University Press, 1980.
PN 41 C65B43 1980 (CMU Reference) - Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada. Edited by William H. New. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002.
PS 8015 E53N49 2002 (CMU Reference) - A Handbook to Literature. C. Hugh Holman, William Harmon. New York: Macmillan; London: Collier Macmillan, 1992.
PN 41 H65H36 1992 (CMU Reference) - The Literary Encyclopedia (on the Web)
- The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English. Edited by Jenny Stringer. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
PR 471 O94S77 1996 (CMU Reference) - The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Canada. Albert & Theresa Moritz. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1987.
PS 8087 M67O94 1987 (CMU Reference) - Penguin Guide to English Literature. Edited by Marion Wynne-Davies. Markham, Ont.: Viking, 1989.
Z 2011 P46W96 1989 (CMU Reference)
Special Companions and Encyclopedias
- Encyclopedia of the Novel. Editor, Paul Schellinger. 2 Vols. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1998.
PN 41 E53S34 1998 (CMU Reference) - The Oxford Companion to Chaucer. Edited by Douglas Gray. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.
PR 1903 O94G73 2003 (CMU Reference) - The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology. Edited by Andrew Hass, David Jasper and Elisabeth Jay. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.
PR 145 O94H37 2007 (CMU Main)
Indexes to Articles and Reviews
- Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
- JSTOR
- MLA International Bibliography (full text)
- To find a particular journal title: Full Text Finder & CMU Periodicals List
Internet Journals
- Agora: An Online Graduate Journal
- Bryn Mawr Review of Comparative Literature
- Cardiff Corvey: Reading the Romantic Text
- Cervantes
- CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture
- Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal On-Line
- Post Identity
- Romantic Textualities: Literature and Print Culture, 1780–1840
- Romanticism and Victorianism on the Net
- More...
Internet Resources
- Art and Culture
- Corvey Women Writers on the Web (CW3) An electronic guide to literature 1796–1834
- English Literature and Religion
- Google Scholar
- John Lye's Course and Source Page
- Internet Shakespeare
- Voice of the Shuttle: Literature (in English)
- WLU's Writing Resources on the Internet
Electronic Texts
- Bartleby.com
- Bibliomania
- The EServer
- The Digital Temple — A Documentary Edition of George Herbert's English Verse
- The Online Books Page
- Project Gutenberg
Writing Resources
- Advice on Academic Writing (U. of Toronto)
- WritersNet — Writing resources, news and discussion for authors/writers, editors, publishers and agents
- Research Resources
- Reference Works
- Subject Resources
- Other Libraries
- Newspapers
- Writing Assistance
- New Materials
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