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A to Zoo: Subject Access to Children's Picture Books

(More Info)	American Literature Pages
Provides a timeline and information about major authors and literary movements and also includes a list of links to other American Literature web sites. Read the full annotation

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Arts & Humanities Citation Index

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Atlas of North American English

(More Info)	British Writers
The coverage of this sixteen-volume resource ranges from the fourteenth century to the present. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language
This accessible one-volume encyclopedia is organized into eleven sections, representing major themes in language study, such as popular ideas about language, the structure of language, and child language acquisition. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language
Similar in format and style to the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language (same editor), this resource is organized into six parts, with topics such as the history of English, vocabulary, grammar, and the use of the English language. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Cambridge History of American Literature
An eight-volume history of American literature covering the dates 1590-1995. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Children's Literature Dictionary
Includes entries on illustration techniques, literary forms and terms, and major awards. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Columbia Companion to American History on Film
This resource provides a useful introduction to the major themes of American history on film from the American Revolution to baseball and American politics. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Concise Encyclopedia of Sociolinguistics
Organized topically, with sections such as "Foundations of Society and Language," Language Variation," and "Language and Education." Also includes biographical profiles of influential figures. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
"[I]ntended as a comprehensive single-volume reference source describing the development and current trends in children's literature throughout the world" (Introduction). Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Critical Survey of Drama
Provides 538 profiles of dramatists. Each entry includes a brief biography of the playwright, a short analysis of his or her major works, and an annotated bibliography. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Cyclopedia of World Authors
Less comprehensive than the Dictionary of Literary Biography, but easier to use. It provides brief biographical sketches for a wide range of world authors. Read the full annotation

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Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)

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Dictionary of Literary Biography

(More Info)	Drama Criticism
This resource contains criticism of the most significant and widely studied dramatic works from all the world's literatures. Read the full annotation

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Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans

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Early American Imprints, Series I. Evans – Text Creation Partnership (TCP)

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Early American Imprints, Series II. Shaw-Shoemaker

(More Info)	Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature
Entries on significant themes, issues, works, and authors. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century
The four-volume set covers major and representative world authors, with biographical and critical essays. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Handbook to Literature
A standard guide to literary terms. Each entry provides a definition and often examples of the term. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Humanities Source (EBSCO)
Humanities Source is a valuable full-text database covering literary, scholarly and creative thought. It provides full text, indexing and abstracts for the most noted scholarly sources in the humanities. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature
Offers more of a theoretical as well as international approach to children's literature, with essays on critical approaches, forms and genres, cultural contexts, and literatures of other countries. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	International Dictionary of Theatre
A three-volume resource. Volume one studies plays, volume two focuses on playwrights, and volume three is devoted to actors, directors, and designers. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	International Encyclopedia of Linguistics
Includes articles on subjects such as language families, various linguistic theories, and approaches to language, as well as biographies of influential linguists. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Intute: Arts and Humanities
A major UK web portal for the finest Arts and Humanities web resources for education and research. More than 18,000 sites have been selected and evaluated by a network of subject specialists and made available through an intuitive search interface. Read the full annotation

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JSTOR

(More Info)	LINGUIST List
"The LINGUIST List is dedicated to providing information on language and language analysis, and to providing the discipline of linguistics with the infrastructure necessary to function in the digital world." Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Linguistic Resources on the Internet
Topically organized list of internet resources, compiled by SIL, "a faith-based organization that studies, documents, and assists in developing the world’s lesser-known languages." Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)
Covers broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. Wide range of subjects covered including plot summaries, literary criticism, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, short stories and novels, and author interviews. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Literary Resources on the Net
Focuses mostly on English and American literature, and websites that are "useful to academics." Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
This resource provides excerpts from the criticism of the works of fifteenth- through eighteenth-century novelists, poets, playwrights, and philosophers, from the first published critical appraisals to current evaluations. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Magill's Cinema Annual
Each entry includes an essay-review of a noteworthy English-speaking or foreign-language film released each year. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
Each entry includes a brief biography of the playwright and an analysis of his or her major works. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Middle English Dictionary
A 14-volume dictionary of Middle English from 1100 to 1475. Entries include meanings, grammatical forms, etymology, quotations, etc. Read the full annotation

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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)

(More Info)	Motion Picture Guide
The only comprehensive encyclopedia of English-speaking and noteworthy foreign-language films. Each entry includes basic credits and a synopsis/critique of the film. Read the full annotation

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New York Times Academic Pass

(More Info)	New York Times Encyclopedia of Film
This 13 volume work is a reprint collection of facsimile articles that appeared in The New York Times between 1896 and 1979. Arranged chronologically, they give a view of film history as it happened. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	New York Times Film Reviews
Reproductions of complete film reviews printed in the New York Times. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	NoveList Plus (EBSCO)
Covers both fiction and nonfiction. This resources offers extensive reader's advisory services including read-alike titles, series, and authors as well as professional reviews, reader reviews, articles, lists, genre overviews, discussion guides and more. Books are also tagged with appeal factors. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Companion to American Literature
This handbook contains concise entries on the major works, characters, authors, and literary movements of American literature. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Companion to English Literature
This companion offers brief entries on significant works, characters, and authors of English literature. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
This extensive encyclopedia covers significant authors, works, literary movements, and institutions in American literature. Available both in print (four volumes) and online. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature
A comprehensive encyclopedia "covering the entire history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages (Anglo-Saxon, English, Welsh, Scots, Irish, and Latin)." Read the full annotation

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

(More Info)	PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Reference and Research Guide
This research guide is more of an online encyclopedia, with introductory notes on the major movements in American literature, and extensive bibliographies. Read the full annotation

(More Info)	Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO)
Poetry & Short Story Reference Center is a rich full-text database of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, plus thousands of short stories, biographies, essays, lesson plans and learning guides. It also includes high-quality videos and audio recordings from the Academy of American Poets and other sources. Read the full annotation

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