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Writing SeminarsThis guide directs you to a handful of key resources that will help you get started in finding information in
Writing.
With a highly selective list of books, journals, databases, websites, etc., we hope to get you headed in the right direction. You can also further explore by trying a Writing-related MetaFind search.
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Books- Bartleby.com
- "The preeminent Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse providing students, researchers and the intellectually curious with unlimited access to books and information on the web, free of charge."
- International encyclopedia of the social & behavioral sciences
- The scope of this encyclopedia reflects an open view on the interactions and transactions between genetic, brain, behavioral, social, and cultural factors and processes.
- Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
- The Guide consists of 226 alphabetically arranged entries on individual critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods.
- Literature Online: the Home of Literature and Criticism
- Contains more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
- One world of literature
- Oxford reference online
- Searchable database of 100 language and subject dictionaries and reference works of Oxford University Press. Each topical division contains searchable versions of the latest editions of published dictionaries and encyclopedias. Includes English and bilingual dictionaries, dictionaries of quotations, etymology and euphemisms, and the World Encyclopedia. Covers general reference, language, science and medicine, humanities and social sciences, business and professional subjects.
- Word Spy
- An online dictionary devoted to 'lexpionage', the sleuthing of new words and phrases.
Databases- Find Articles
- A free index to leading academic, industry and general interest publications. You can limit your search to free articles, or browse by topic or publication title.
- Literature online
- Contains more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
- Literature resource center
- A complete literature database combining biographical, bibliographical, and contextual information on authors and their works (fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism). Includes full text scholarly journal articles from the Literature online (LION) Internet site ; Merriam-Webster's encyclopedia of literature ; and, Gale's literary index. Draws from several Gale sources such as: Contemporary authors ; Dictionary of literary biography ; Twentieth-century literary criticism ; Shakespearean criticism ; Drama criticism ; Poetry criticism ; Short story criticism ; Contemporary literary criticism. Also includes the Twayne author series.
- Literature, arts, and medicine database
- An annotated multimedia listing of prose, poetry, film, video and art that was developed to be a dynamic, accessible, comprehensive resource for teaching and research in MEDICAL HUMANITIES, and for use in health/pre-health, graduate and undergraduate liberal arts and social science settings. It is a multi-institutional project that was initiated by faculty of the New York University School of Medicine.
- MLA bibliography
- MLA bibliography is the largest and most comprehensive database covering scholarship in the modern languages, linguistics, literature, folklore, and drama, including film, opera, radio, television and theater. Literary criticism and literary theory are covered extensively. Approximately 4,000 journals and series are screened, and entries for books are included. Entries appear both for collections of essays and for their contents.
- Project Gutenberg
- Features Project Gutenberg, which has the goal of making information, books, and other materials available to the public in forms that are easy to read, use, quote, and search. Offers access to electronic text listings, recent releases, newsletters, articles, and other archives. Discusses electronic texts and publishing, how to make a donation, and how to volunteer.
- TLS Centenary Archive
- A searchable archive of the TLS, covering 1902 to 1980. Full text articles are facsimiles of the originals.
- Web of Science
- Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Science Citation Index. Contains the references cited by the authors of the journal articles they cover. A cited reference search enables you to find papers that cite a published work that you already know. In addition to cited reference searching, you can search by topic, author, or title.
EJournals- Literature and medicine
- Medical humanities
- Social science & medicine
- Sociology of health and illness
Websites- Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection
- Contains critical and biographical websites about authors and their works that can be browsed by author, by title, or by nationality and literary period.
- Voice of the Shuttle
- A structured and briefly annotated database of online humanities resources, including digital media.
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