Electronic Databases
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- Academic Search Premier Abstracts and full text journal articles in all subject categories from more than 4,650 journals.
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index A citation index can be searched by author, topic and citation.
- Biography & Genealogy Master IndexLocates biographical information on thousands of people.
- British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries24,000+ letters and diaries of 91 women, biographies are included.
- Contemporary AuthorsBiographical and bibliographic information on writers, journalists, editors, etc. Full text. Also available in print REF PN451 .C58
- Humanities Full TextCovers the fields of art, history, communications, language and literature, literary and political criticism, philosophy and religion. Full text.
- International Medieval Bibliography This resource is in German. The World's leading interdisciplinary bibliography about the Middle Ages. This database covers Europe, the Middle East and North Africa during the period of 400-1500. Comprised of 300,000+ articles from over 4,500 journals.
- Literary IndexSearch for citations in all Gale literature series using the name of an author or title of a particular literary work. It's fast and easy.
- MLA Directory of Periodicals "Offers detailed information on over 7,100 journals, with 4,400 currently indexed in the International Bibliography. The detailed entries include editorial contact information, as well as frequency, circulation, subscription prices and submission guidelines."
- MLA International Bibliography "A bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association, the electronic version of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s and contains over 1.8 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers."
- Medieval Encyclopedias This resource is in German. Includes International Encyclopaedia for the Middle Ages and Europa Sacra. Covers Europe, North Africa and the Middle East during the period of 300-1500.
- Project Muse 400+ journals covering the subject areas of the arts, culture, history, literature, philosophy and politics.
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- Readers' Guide Full Text
Indexes and abstracts from more than 400 popular journals, from as far back as 1983. Also available in print, Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, 1900 - 1982 (Reference Area)
- Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period Archive of 60 volumes from 47 poets. Web resources, criticism and biographical essays are to be added regularly.
- General Electronic Databases
Print Resources
- Abstracts of English Studies (1960-1991) (Reference Storage)
- Book Review Index (Reference Area)
- Current Biography Ref CT100. C8
- Essay and General Literature Index (Reference Area)
- MLA International Bibliography (Reference Area)
- Media Review Digest (Reference Area)
Comprehensive Sites on English & Literature
- ALEX Catalog of Electronic Texts Collection of digital documents collected in the subject areas of English literature, American literature, and Western philosophy.
- The Complete Works of William ShakespeareThe complete works of Shakespeare's plays and poetry. This on-line version of Shakespeare comes complete with meanings for those hard-to-understand words and phrases. You can link to other Shakespeare sites, as well as Bartlett's familiar Shakespearean quotations.
- Celebration of Women Writers
- The English Server FICTION CollectionFrom the public domain resources. A Carnegie Mellon University site.
- Furness Shakespeare LibraryProvides access to rare materials from the Penn Library.
- Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch.
- Internet Classics Archive
- Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies
- Literary Resources on the NetThis comprehensive list includes listings for Classical and Biblical, Medieval, Eighteenth Century, Twentieth Century, American, Womens Literature and Feminism, General, Theory and more. Site maintained by Jack Lynch.
- Online Literary Criticism Collection (Internet Public Library) The Literary Criticism Collection contains nearly 2504 critical and biographical web sites devoted to specific authors and their respective bodies of work. Browse by author's name or browse by literary period.
- Poetry PortalA comprehensive directory to the Internet poetry world.
- Purdue University On-line Writing LabMany helpful resources on writing.
- Romantic Chronology Site filled with romantic literature which is divided by time periods.
- Voice of the Shuttle - Web Page for Humanities ResearchPart of the Web Page for Humanities Research maintained by Alan Liu at the University of California at Santa Barbara. An excellent resource.
- WWW Virtual Library - Humanities
- Writer's ResourcesKarrmann Library's guide to citing APA and MLA.
- Yahoo! Site for Humanities
Related Sites at UW-Platteville/Karrmann Library
English & Literature at UW-Platteville
- The English and Literature Office is located in 349 Gardner and the contact person is Patrick Hagen. For a listing of courses or for more information on this program, call (608) 342-1826.
- John Berg is the Karrmann Library's liaison to the Literature program. Contact John at (608) 342-1355 for individualized consultations and/or library instruction sessions in English/Literature. His email address is bergjo@uwplatt.edu