English
& Literature Resources
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Style Guides,
Dictionaries, etc
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| Literature
Resource Center (Gale) |
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Designed to
meet the research needs of undergraduate and high school students,
the Literature Resource Center provides access to biographies,
bibliographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and
literary discipline. Combining Gale's most used literary databases
in a single Internet-searchable service, the Literature Resource
Center covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists,
journalists and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,000 of
the most-studied authors |
| MagillOnLiterature
(Ebsco) |
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The
online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses and brief plot summaries of the most studied
works in the history of literature. This database, which is compiled by Salem Press, contains all of Masterplots and Masterplots II,
Cyclopedia of World Authors, Cyclopedia of Literary Characters, and Magill's Literary Annual. |
| Net
Library |
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A
comprehensive source for books on line. Set up an account and log on
to read books up to 2 hours online. Sign
up through this link. Or go direct to search at Net
Library |
| Newspapers
Plus (Ebsco) |
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Provides full
text for 128 regional U.S. newspapers, fifteen international
newspapers, six newswires, The Christian Science Monitor and The Los
Angeles Times, for a total of 160 full text newspapers and other
sources |
| Sirs
Renaissance Collection |
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Arts and
Humanities database includes a glossary of the Arts, current events,
recommended references and award winners. |
| Expanded
Academic ASAP (Infotrac) |
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From arts and
the humanities to social sciences, science and technology, this
database meets research needs across all academic disciplines.
Access scholarly journals, magazines and newspapers - with full text
and images. |
| Sirs
Researcher |
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A general
reference database, includes maps of the world, issues in government
and today's news and other resources. |
| Facts
on File Reference Suite |
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Short topical
information on current events, history, world news. Includes
Issues and Controversies, Science on File and Editorials on File. |
| Storyfinder |
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Story Finder
provides thousands of full-text short stories plus explanations,
biographies, pictures and more. The database will be updated
constantly with classic and contemporary stories. |
Selected
Electronic Journals |
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Review
of English Studies |
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English
World-Wide |
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Reading
and Writing Quarterly |
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Selected
Web Resources |
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| Style
Guides, Dictionaries & General Literary Aids: |
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APA
Style Guide 4th Ed. from University of Mississippi |
| Bartleby.com
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Reference,
verse, fiction, non fiction, dictionaries, thesauri, Quotations,
English usage, Gray's Anatomy, Etiquette, Cookery, Religion &
Mythology |
| Citation
Style Guides |
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Includes
MLA, APA, and current information on citing Electronic sources, a concise and
easy to use guide from Auburn University |
| Electronic
Text Center |
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University
of Virginia English Language Resource Center with links to a variety
of online English texts old and new. |
| Electronic
Style Guides from the APA |
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Electronic reference
formats recommended by the American Psychological Association |
| Oxford
English Dictionary - . |
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The authority
on the evolution of the English Language |
| Plagiarism:
what it is and how to avoid it |
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A comprehensive site from
the University of Indiana, Bloomington with examples and comments |
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