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Find Articles about English
In All-Purpose Indexes
In Specific Subject Indexes
MLA International Bibliography
In Individual eJournals
College English
Review of English Studies
By Browsing Journal Titles
To see a list of journal titles available in various formats, check:
Our Journals List - Languages & Literature
Find Reference Sources about English
Available in the Reference Collection or online as noted:
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Various Language Dictionaries - Browse Ref PA through PM
Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language - Ref PE 1072 .C68
Dictionary of Literary Terms - Ref PN 44.5 .S46
Encyclopedia of English Studies and Language Arts - Ref PE 65 .E47
International Encyclopedia of Linguistics - Ref P 29 .I58
NTC's Dictionary of American Slang
Old English Dictionary - Ref PE 1625 .087
Online Etymology Dictionary
Oxford English Dictionary - Ref PE 1625 .O87
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Guides and Manuals
Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.
Fundaments of English Grammar: Description and Use by Don Hardy
Handbook to Literature - Ref PN 41 .H6
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism - Ref PN 81 .J554
The Reader's Encyclopedia - Ref PN 41 .B4
Oxford Companion to English Literature - Ref PR 19 .O73
Oxford Companion to American Literature - Ref PS 21 .H3
Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to Great Britain and Ireland - Ref PR 109 .E18
Criticism
Literature Resource Center (includes Contemporary Authors)
Contemporary Literary Criticism - Ref PN 771 .C59
Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism - Ref PN 761 .N5
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism - Ref PN 771 .G27
Biographies
American Women Writers - Ref PS 147 .A4
Latin American Writers - Ref PQ 7081 .A1 L37
Miscellaneous
Magill's Survey of Cinema - Ref PN 1993.45 .M3
Survey of Contemporary Literature - Ref PN 44 .M34
Various Quotation Sources - Browse Ref PN 6081...
Find Websites about English
These are some of the best starting places for finding websites about English:
Linguistics and rhetoric / writing resources.
Online Writing Lab (OWL) - Purdue University
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
Rhetoric and Composition / Carnegie Mellon University
Strunk, William. 1918. The Elements of Style.
Writing World
Also see recommended sites for Humanities.
For additional web sites, search the Schmidt Library Recommended Websites (Change "ALL" to "Schmidt Recommended Websites" before searching.)
