Library Catalog 

FLIER--Research Appointment

How to Cite Sources in MLA

InterlibraryLoan

Feinberg Library Research Guide for English

Materials in Feinberg Library   
Online Materials

Finding Books: 
Books concerning literature can be found in the P through the PT sections of the library. American literature is in the PSs. English literature is in the PRs. 

Finding Articles:
Recommended Databases: 
JSTOR / Literature Resource Center / MLA Bibliography / Project Muse  

Magazines & Journals in the Library 
There are dozens of journals covering topics in English in the library and online. Your best bet is to use the databases listed above to search for articles on your topic and then check A to Z or the library catalog to see where the articles can be located.   

• Bartleby.com 

• Bibliomania

• The Internet Classics Archive

• Project Gutenberg

• The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

General Literature & Humanities Resources 

• Literary Resources on the Net - "This set of pages is a collection of links to sites on the Internet dealing especially with English and American literature, excluding most single electronic texts, and is limited to collections of information useful to academics..."

• Voice of the Shuttle: Web Site for Humanities Research - provides links to a variety of humanities related web pages 

• Aesop's Fables--The fulltext of over 650 fables with the moral of the stories summarized.
• Caldecott Award & Newbery Award pages
• Children's Books Online: the Rosetta Project -- "The Rosetta Project's collections currently contain about 2,000 antique children's books which were published in the 19th and early 20th century."
• Childrens Literature: A Guide to the Criticism--Taken from the published annotated bibliography this is a searchable web version of the bibliography's entries.
• Digital Librarian's Children's Lit. Resources--A large and impressive collection of web sites on various aspects of children's literature.
• International Children's Digital Library - a digital library of international children's books.
• Science Fiction and Fantasy for Children: an annotated bibliography for educators--A searchable database of science fiction and fantasy for children, also includes plot summaries and age and grade level recommendations.
• The Children's Literature Web Guide - internet resources related to books for children and young adults.

Literary Theory & Criticism

• List of Critical Terms and Definitions--by Malcolm Hayward at the University of Indiana.
• Online Literary Criticism Collection--A collection of over 2,500 critical and biographical websites from the Internet Public Library.

Poetry

• Academy of American Poets--Official website of the Academy. Includes audio of poets reading their poems as well as "poetry exhibits," both historical and thematic.
• Poetry Society of America--Since 1910 this organization has been promoting and supporting poetry, links to their events, journal, and resources provided.

• Anthology of Middle English Literature (1350-1485)--Award-winning site from Anniina Jokinen. Includes links to Chaucer, Sir Gawain, and others, Medieval plays and lyrics, and contemporary essays and articles.
• 16th Century Renaissance English Literature--Biographical and contextual information, full-text resources, and links to essays and images. From Anniina Jokinen.
• Early 17th Century Literature (1603-1660)--From Anniina Jokinen. Links to Donne, Johnson, Bacon, and Milton, as well as links to essays and articles
• Northwest Passages: Canadian Literature Online - Resource and bookstore so Canadian it has a section for "Hockey Lit".

• Purdue Online Writing Lab--Includes a very thorough list of links to handouts on various writing topics, such as punctuation, parts of speech, and sentence construction. Contains links to other writing resources. From Purdue University.
• Elements of Style--The original Elements of Style from William Strunk. From Columbia University.