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English Literature General Reference

This page offers a selective list of resources on 19th-century Anerican literature and culture available for free and through subscription from Johns Hopkins University MSE Library.

For two general literary Internet sites, see the authoritative Voice of the Shuttle or Jack Lynch's solid Literary Resources on the Net.

If you have any questions, comments, or recommendations, please email Leigh Anne Palmer, Librarian for English and American Literature.

Subject Terms for General Reference in Literature

Selected Library of Congress Subject Headings (Search JHU Catalog)

• American literature--Bibliography
• American literature Dictionaries
• Authors, English Biography Dictionaries
• Bibliography of bibliographies English literature
• Criticism--Dictionaries
• English literature 18th century Indexes
• English literature 19th century Encyclopedias
• English literature--Bibliography
• English literature Dictionaries
• Renaissance England Sources
• Women and literature Great Britain Dictionaries

Selected Hopkins Resources

This is a selection of ready-reference sources, including catalogs, dictionaries, directories, and general guides, that are currently available in electronic format or microform. Consult with Leigh Anne Palmer, Librarian for English and American Literature, information about additional printed reference materials.

 

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) contains records covering monographs, periodical articles, critical editions of literary works, book reviews, collections of essays and doctoral dissertations published anywhere in the world from 1920 onwards. The subject areas covered include: English language, English literature, bibliography, and traditional culture of the English-speaking world.

An index to the literature of the arts and humanities.

This link opens a new window - Info About Book Review Digest Plus Book Review Digest Plus  (All JHU (incl. International))

A bibliographic database that cites and provides excerpts of reviews of current English-language fiction and non-fiction books for children and adults. An abstract of each book is also provided. Periodical coverage includes approximately 109 leading magazines from the United States, Canada and Great Britain.

This link opens a new window - Info About Books in print. (Global edition) Books in print. (Global edition)  (All JHU (incl. International))

Index to books in print, forthcoming books, and recently out-of-print books.

This link opens a new window - Info About Britannica Online Britannica Online  (All US JHU)

Encyclopedia Britannica Online includes:
• Britannica Online and Book of the Year articles -- 
  More than 65,000 subjects are addressed in articles
  ranging from concise explanations to 
  comprehensive expositions and from historical
  treatments of subjects to current-events coverage.
• The Index to Britannica Online -- More than 
  400,000 references have been compiled, edited, 
  and hypertext-linked to text articles for easy 
  navigation. Additionally, there are more than 
  10,000 links to images and tables.
• Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth  
  Edition -- The best-selling dictionary, with its 
  comprehensive treatment of words, has been
  included for your convenience.

Includes Associations Unlimited; Biography and Genealogy Master Index; Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select; Dictionary of Literary Biography; etc.

A bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals in the fields of archaeology and classical studies, art and photography, folklore, general scholarship, history, journalism and communications, language and literature, literary and political criticism, music and performing arts, philosophy, and religion and theology. Periodical coverage includes some of the best-known scholarly journals and numerous lesser-known but important specialized magazines.
This link opens a new window - Info About Literature Online (LION) Literature Online (LION)  (All US JHU)
Includes over 350,000,000 full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama in English, together with the a substantial online criticism and reference library. Literature Online is the world's largest cross-searchable database of literature and criticism.
This link opens a new window - Info About LitFinder LitFinder  (All US JHU)

Lit Finder is a international literature resource covering all time periods, comprised of five databases, listed below, that provide extensive full-text content in English or English translation of the works included.

This link opens a new window - Info About MLA International Bibliography MLA International Bibliography  (All JHU (incl. International))

Index to materials on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore, excluding book reviews.

Fully searchable version of the OED, 2nd edition (1989). Includes definition and etymology searches, quotation searches, proximity searches, as well as boolean searching.

This link opens a new window - Info About Short Story Index Short Story Index  (All US JHU)

Short Story Index is the electronic version of the standard reference work Short Story Index. It is an index to short stories written in or translated into English that have appeared in collections and selected periodicals. The periodicals are those indexed in Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature and Humanities Index.

Biographical Information

Portraits of more than 17,400 men and women -- from all eras and walks of life.

This link opens a new window - Info About Biography index Biography index   (All US JHU)

Cumulative index to biographical information in books and magazines. The print volumes cover 1946- present, and the online version goes back to 1984.

Database of biographical information throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas. It combines more than 245,000 biographies from sources such as Contemporary Authors, Encyclopedia of World Biography, Newsmakers, Contemporary Theatre, Film, and Television, Contemporary Musicians, Historic World Leaders, Notable Twentieth-Century Scientists, Contemporary Black Biography, Religious Leaders of America, International Dictionary of Art and Artists, Writers Directory; with full-text articles from nearly 250 periodicals including American History, The Christian Century, Saturday Night, U.S. News & World Report.

Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketch in more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world.

Available through Literature Resource Center, Contemporary Authors gives information on the lives and writings of nearly 100,000 authors along with critical reaction to their works.

Biographical information on persons connected with the British Isles from all periods of history. The qualifications for inclusion are that subjects not be living, that they inhabited or were connected with the British Isles, and that they were noteworthy. The noteworthy and influential element in a subject's life may range from the great and good to the popular, philanthropic, pioneering, scientific, social, curious, or criminal. Building on the work originally incorporated in the Dictionary of National Biography all of whose entries were revised or rewritten for this work -- the Oxford DNB contains 50,000 biographies and 10,000 images of men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000.



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