Literature Study Guide

Suggested Databases for Literature:

• Academic Search Elite (EBSCO) 
• American Humanities Index (EBSCO) Full Text
• Arts and Humanities Search via FirstSearch (OCLC)
• Book Review Digest Plus (Wilson)
• Essay and General Literature Index (Wilson)
• Literature Resource Center (Gale)
  Full-text resource providing access to biographies, bibliographies and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Contains a link to Gale's Literary Index
  Gale Sets Owned by SCC Library
  Contains a link to Encyclopedia of Literature (Merriam-Webster, Inc.) Encyclopedia of Literature contains entries for authors, works, literary marks, critical terms, mythological folkloric figures, fictional characters, literary movements and prizes, and other miscellaneous matters.
• MLA (SCC's UCF Identification Number required. Inquire at the Reference Department to get the current password. Use of these links is limited to the current students, faculty, and staff of SCC.)
• OmniFile Full Text Mega Edition (Wilson)
• What Do I Read Next? (Gale)

Internet Sites (These sites apply to all or more than one type(s) of literature.)

American Literature

• American Authors on the Web (Mitsuharu Matsuoka)
• American Writers (C-SPAN)
• Authors--UCF American Literature Web Site
• Literary Resources -- American (Jack Lynch)

British Literature

• British and Irish Authors on the Web
• British Literature (About.com)
• British Author Biographies (Incompetech)
• Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English Resources
• Cambridge History of English and American Literature
• Dickens Project
• EnglishLiterature (Voice of the Shuttle)
• Jane Austen's Writings
• Literary Resources -- Twentieth-Century British & Irish (Lynch)
• Luminarium (Middle English Literature (1350-1485); Renaissance English Literature(1485-1603); Early 17th Century English Literature(1603-1660)
• Renaissance/Baroque
• Timeline of English Literature (Skylar Hamilton Burris)

Gothic Literature

• Gothic Literature (Franz J. Potter)
• Literary Gothic (Jack Voller)

Literary Criticism Guides

• Critical Reading: A Guide (Brock Univ.)
• Voice of the Shuttle: Literary Theory Page (U. California, Santa Barbara)

Literary Dictionaries

• Glossary of Literary and RhetoricalTerms(Jack Lynch)
• Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary: the World Guide to Literature in English

Literary Periods

• Archive (Norton Anthology of English Literature)
• Contemporary Literature
• Eighteenth Century
• Gale Sets
• Harlem Renaissance
• Literary Periods of British and American Literature (Ren?Goodvin)
• Medieval
• Modern Literature
• Nineteenth Century
• Norton Anthology of English Literature
• Period/Movement (About.com)
• Postmodern
• Realistic/Naturalistic Literature
• Renaissance

Mega

• Author Guides (LSU Libraries Webliography)
• Authors A to Z (LookSmart)
• Great writers (Book Lovers)
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
• Literature (Yahoo)
• Literary Index: Internet Resources in Literature (Vanderbilt)
• Literary Resources on the Net (Jack Lynch, Rutgers)
• Resources for Readers and Writers (Marylaine Block)
• Theatrecrafts.com
• Voice of the Shuttle (Alan Liu, U. California, Santa Barbara)
• Voices From the Gaps: Women Writers of Color (University of Minnesota)
• World Literature (About.com)

• Native American Literature Online (Syracuse)

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