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English Composition

English Composition Research Guide

 

 

EDITH (Online Library Catalog)

 

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Electronic Databases

 

Electronic databases are available on all Library computers.  Please see a Librarian or contact us for a password to accessthese electronic databases from home.

 

 

A to Z List

Searchable online title database providing access to the Library’s print and full-text electronic journals.

Academic Search Elite

 

Multidisciplinary database covering a wide range of academic areas such as social sciences, art and literature, computer science, education, humanities, language and linguistics, multi-cultural studies, and science.

 

Contemporary Authors

Provides biographical information for over 10,000 contemporary novelists, playwrights, poets, nonfiction writers, journalists, and scriptwriters.

 

Encyclopædia Britannica Online

 

Provides access to the complete encyclopedia, plus Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary & Thesaurus, Notable Quotations, Year in Review, World Data, and Gateway to the Classics.  Includes numerous illustrations, photographs, and audio & video clips.

 

NoveList

 

Database provides access to reviews, annotations, and much more for over 135,000 fiction titles.

 

SIRS Researcher

 

Provides access to numerous full-text articles covering social, scientific, health, historic, business, economic, political & global issues.

 

 

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Periodical Holdings List for English Composition

 

For more periodicals, please see the Library's complete Periodical Holdings List .

 

 

 

American Literature

v. 1 (1929) – Dec 2005

College English

Oct 1958 - Apr 1992
Microfiche: 1993 - present

Commentary

Jan 1968 - June 2002

Explicator

Feb, May, Nov 1956; Nov 1959 - Jan 1966; Fal 1980 - Sum 1984, Sum 1988; Fal 1990 - present
Microfiche: Oct 1942 - June 1956; Sept 1975 - 1992

Modern Fiction Studies

1955 - present

Modern Language Quarterly

 

1966 - 1967; Dec 1970 – 1989; 1991 - 1994
Microfiche: 1988 - present

Nineteenth Century Literature

1959 - 1968; Mar 1971 - Dec 2005

Poetry

Nov 1972 - present

Review of Contemporary Fiction

Spr 1986 - present

Studies in English Literature Quarterly

1963 - 1965; Win 1971 - Spr 1974; Win 1986 - Sum 1988; Win 1998 - Win 2000

Studies in Literary Imagination

Spr 1998 - Spr 2006 (v. 39, no. 1)

Studies in Short Fiction

Fal 1988; Win 1989 - Fal 1999
Microfiche: 1976 – 1998

Twentieth Century Literature

1955 - present

Virginia Quarterly Review

1968 - 2006

Yale Journal of Criticism

Microfiche: 1989 - present

 

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Internet Resources

 

 

Grammar Guides

 

Better English

Common Errors in English

Edufind

Guide to Grammar & Writing

 

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Vocabulary

 

English: Vocabulary Guide

Everyday English

Word Surfing

 

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Writing

 

Alphabet as Art

Purdue Online Writing Lab


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Literature

 

American Literature

 

BUBL Link: American Literature to 1900

Voice of the Shuttle: American Literature

 

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Electronic Books Online

 

Alex Catalogue of Electronic Texts

Project Gutenberg

 

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English Literature

 

English Literature on the Web

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature

Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature

 

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Glossaries

 

Glossary of Literary Terms

Glossary of Poetic Terms

 

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Poetry

 

American Verse Project

E-Poetry

Haiku Habit

Poets' Corner

Poets.org

 

 

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Updated:              9/17/2009

 

 

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