Literature

 

Emory & Henry Resources

Biography Resource Center
This database contains nearly 414,000 biographies on more than 320,000 people as well as full-text articles from more than 265 magazines specifically chosen for their renowned biographical content in a broad range of subject areas

Credo Reference
Online reference collection thst includes literature related works

Fiction Connection
Browsable by location, topic, character, genre, timeframe or setting

Gale Biography and Literature Databases
Intergrates biographies with full-text magazine articles, images, and website links. Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world

JSTOR
Online journal collection that includes backfiles of literature journals

Literature Resource Center
Single-search access to an assortment of traditional literary reference works; critical information on authors and their works; current journal articles; and additional resources

MLA
The MLA International Bibliography indexes books, articles and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics, providing coverage from 1926 to the present. It includes the MLA Theasurus and the MLA Directory of Periodicals, which lists detailed information on over 5,500 journals, including 4,400 indexed in the Bibliography

OmniFile Full Text Mega
Searchable database of journal articles that includes literature content

Oxford English Dictionary
Searchable online version of the Oxford English Dictionary

Oxford Reference Online
Online reference collection that includes literature related works

Project Muse
Searchable database of journal articles that includes some literature related journals

 

Course Guides

English 100
Foundations of Writing

English 101
Kelly Library Handbook

 

Emory & Henry Print Reference Resources

Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction PN/56/.P552/B43/1996
Brave New Worlds: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction REF/PN/3433.4/.P78/2006
Contemporary Authors PN/453/.C61
Contemporary Literary Criticism PN/771/.C59
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters PN/44/.M3/1998
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century PN/771/.E5/1999
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic Literature REF/PS/153/.M56/.G74/2005
Greenwood Encyclopedia of American Poets and Poetry REF/PS/303/.G74
Modern Black Writers PN/841/.M58/2000
New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture: Language REF/F/209/.N47/v.5
Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature REF/PS/21/.E537/2004
Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature REF/PR/19/.O95/2006
Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature PN/1008.5/.O94/2006
Supernatural Literature of the World: An Encyclopedia REF/PN/56/.S89/S86/2005

 

Internet Resources

AppLit - resources for readers and teachers of Appalachian literature for children and young adults
Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
English Online Resources
Famous Quotes and Authors
Irish Literature, Mythology, Folklore, and Drama
KYLIT - a site dedicated to Kentucky writers
Library of Southern Literature
The On-line Books Page
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
Project Gutenburg
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
The Online Medieval and Classical Library