Language & Literature

Article Databases

Literature Resource Center

Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.

MLA Bibliography

Comprehensive index covering literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.

Magill’s Literary Annual

“Essay-reviews of 200 outstanding books published in the United States during the previous year.” 1977-present year.

Chaucer Bibliography

Index of The Chaucer Review.

eBooks

Ebrary

50,000 eBooks on all academic subjects.

EBSCOhost eBook Collection

Electronic books including bible commentaries, business, psychology, literary classics, and more.

Dictionaries

Merriam-Webster Dictionary & Thesaurus
Oxford English Dictionary
VisuWords Online Graphical Dictionary

Web Sites

American Authors
American Writers
BBC Languages
Biography.com
Blue Book of Grammar & Punctuation
British women romantic poets, 1789-1832
Contemporary American Poetry Achieve
Electronic Literature Directory
Ethnologue: Languages of the World
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts
Gale’s Literary Index
Geoffrey Chaucer
Guide for Writing Research Papers
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Hyperizons: Hypertext Fiction
Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
LibriVox Audiobooks
Literary Resources on the Net
Modern Word
One Look Dictionary
Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
Plagiarism: Online Writing Lab
Playwriting Seminars
Poetry Portal
Poets.org
Project Gutenberg
Reading Women Writers and African Literatures
Sonnet Central
TEAMS Middle English Texts
Voice of the Shuttle