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English Literature Encyclopedias & Reference

Gale Literature
Combined interface for searching across multiple literature criticism resources simultaneously. Coverage: varies. encyclopedias reference literary criticism reference
MLA Handbook Plus
The go-to resource for writers of research papers and anyone citing sources. citation style guides encyclopedias reference

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Cambridge Histories
Cambridge Histories is the essential reference collection spanning 350 volumes in 10 subject areas. encyclopedias reference primary sources

Gale Literature
Combined interface for searching across multiple literature criticism resources simultaneously. Sources searched include Dictionary of Literary Biography, Contemporary Authors, Shakespearean Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, and more. Coverage: varies. encyclopedias reference literary criticism reference

Literary Reference Center Plus
Contains author biographies, literary criticism, journal articles and book reviews. Coverage: Details not available. encyclopedias reference literary criticism reference
Literature Criticism Online
Extensive, searchable compilation of literary commentary. Scholarly and popular commentary from broadsheets, pamphlets, books and periodicals, with page images of the print originals. Combines the contents of Contemporary Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, Classical & Medieval Literature Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400-1800, Drama Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Short Story Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, and Children's Literature Review into a single online resource. Coverage: through June 2012. encyclopedias reference literary criticism reference

MLA Handbook Plus
The go-to resource for writers of research papers and anyone citing sources. MLA Handbook Plus includes the full text of the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook as well as the first editions of both the MLA Guide to Digital Literacy and the MLA Guide to Undergraduate Research in Literature. citation style guides encyclopedias reference

Oxford English Dictionary – OED
Corresponds to the 2nd (1989) edition of the printed OED. The online version will be updated quarterly with new and revised definitions. Includes extensive coverage of word etymologies. This version is also searchable by the date that a word entered the English language. Coverage: 1989 Edition, with updates. dictionaries encyclopedias reference literary criticism reference

ProQuest Learning: Literature
Provides full-text works of poetry, prose, and drama from around the world. Also offers secondary sources such as author biographies and multimedia, as well as literary criticisms, essays, reviews, and interviews drawn from full-text literary magazines and journals. encyclopedias reference literary texts