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Reference Books

Literature

African American Writers
REF PS153.N5.A344 2001(Mohegan)

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
REF PN43.B65 (Mohegan and Thames)

Cassell's Encyclopedia of World Literature (2 vol.)
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PN41.C3 1954 (Mohegan)

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
REF PN41.C67 1990 (Mohegan)

Critical Survey of Drama (8 vol.)
REF PN1625.C74 2003 (Mohegan)

Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
REF PN44.M3 (Mohegan and Thames)

Cyclopedia of World Authors II (4 vol.)
REF PN451.C93 1989 (Mohegan)

Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory
REF PN41.H36 (Mohegan)

Encyclopedia of Caribbean Literature (2 vol.)
REF PN849.C3.E53 2006 (Mohegan)

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (5 vol.)
REF PN774.L433 (Mohegan)

Gay and Lesbian Literature
REF PN56.H57.G36 1993 (Thames)

Handbook to Literature
REF PN41.H6 (Thames Valley)

Harper Handbook to Literature
REF PN41.F75 (Mohegan)

Heroes and Heroines in Fiction
REF PN43.W33 1966 (Thames)

Latin American Writers
REF PQ7081.A1.L37 1989

Masterpieces of World Literature
REF PN44.M3448 1989 (Mohegan)

Masterplots
REF PN44.M33 (Thames)

Masterplots II: African American Literature Series
REF PS153.N5.M2645 1994 (Mohegan)

Masterplots II: Drama Series
REF PN6112.5.M37 1990 (Mohegan)

Masterplots II: Non-Fiction Series
REF PN44.M345 1989 (Mohegan)

Masterplots II: Poetry Series
REF PN1110.5.M37 1992 (Mohegan)

Masterplots II: Short Story Series
REF PN3326.M27 1986 (Mohegan)

Masterplots II: Women's Literature
REF PN471.M37 1995 (Mohegan)

Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
REF PN41.M42 (Mohegan) 

Multicultural Dictionary of Literary Terms
REF PN41.C28 (Thames)

Notable Playwrights (2 vol.)
REF PN1625.N68 2005 (Mohegan)

Poetry Criticism (74 vol.)
REF PN1010.P499 (Mohegan)

Twayne Companion to Contemporary World Literature
REF PN771.T93 2003 (Mohegan)

Writing African American Women (2 vol.)
REF PS153.N5.W756 2006 (Mohegan)

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Writing

Bedford Handbook
REF PE1408.H277 2002 (Mohegan and Thames)

Concise Rules for APA Style
REF BF76.7.C66 2005 (Mohegan)

Mastering APA Style: student's workbook and training guide
REF BF76.8.G452 2002 (Mohegan)

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
REF LB2369.G53 2003 (Mohegan and Thames)

Pocket Style Manual
REF PE1408.H26 2004 (Mohegan and Thames)

Publication Manual of the APA
REF BF76.7.P83 2001(Mohegan and Thames)

Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age
REF LB2369.H33 2006 (Mohegan and Thames)

A Writer's Reference
REF PE1408.H2778 2007 (Mohegan and Thames)

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Databases

JSTOR -- Arts and Sciences I:

Includes the complete back runs of 119 titles in fifteen disciplines. Established in 1997, it is JSTOR's first collection and includes many of the core research and society published journals in economics, history, political science, and sociology, as well as in other key fields in the humanities and social sciences.
On-campus    
Off-Campus

Literary Reference Center:

Contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. Provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else.
On-campus     Off-Campus

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Internet Resources

Literature

American and English Literature Internet Resources - Includes selective links to online texts and to American and British literature sites by genre as well as to a list of pages devoted to specific writers, with an emphasis on canonical authors of the nineteenth century. Each entry is annotated.

How to Excel in an Undergraduate Literature Course - Advice from a professor on what to expect and how to excel in college literature courses.

The Independent Literature Institute - A non-profit co-operative for self-publishing authors and independent publishers.

Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection - A collection of links, to literary criticism and biographical information, organized by author, title, nationality, and period. The site includes a search engine. Some of the links are out of date, but those that are active tend to be of good quality.

The Libyrinth - Site focuses on 20th century contemporary literature and author resources available online

Literary Resources on the Net - A selective directory of Web resources of interest to scholars in English and American literature. Arranged by period, it also includes sections on the history of the book, theory, women's literature, ethnicities, and literature of other nationalities.

Literature Resources - Collection of material devoted primarily to English and American literatures, including links to dictionaries, concordances, biographies, journals, style manuals, and full texts of novels, poems, and plays.

Literature Webliography - Annotated links to collections of literary guides and criticism, journals, bibliographies, OPACs, dictionaries, discussion forums and news groups, societies and associations, style guides, and full text collections.

The Online Books Page - Provides links to over 20,000 full-text books and journals in English and allows searching by author and title. The site includes special exhibits on women writers, banned books, and prize winners.

SparkNotes.com - Study guides and discussion forums offered on various academic subjects. Literature section includes brief analyses of characters, themes and plots.

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Writing

Advice on Academic Writing - Tips on writing assignments from instructors at the University of Toronto. Topics range from general skills to specific writing formats and guides for non-native English speakers.

 Guide to Grammar & Writing Includes definitions of sentence parts, usage rules for commas and other punctuation marks, plurals and possessives, spelling, nouns and modifiers, words and phrases to avoid, capitalization, spelling and abbreviations and more.

JISC Plagiarism Advisory Service -  Aims to raise awareness of plagiarism in the academic community by providing generic advice for institutions, academic staff, and students, offering educational tools for students, a portal to external online resources on the issue of plagiarism, and guidance on related copyright and data protection issues.

Letters, Letter-writing and Other Intimate Discourse - List of links to resources concerned with the epistolary tradition, including Jane Austen's views on letter writing, fictitious letters by Mark Twain, Einstein's letters to F D Roosevelt, letters from war fronts, and a selection of love letters.

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing - This guide covers the process of writing from the thinking and planning stages to the finished product. Research, style, structure, and mechanics are all covered in this comprehensive guide. Unlike many such guides which focus on English and English literature course requirements, this one uses a "writing-across-the-curriculum perspective."

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant - Aims to aid writers by concentrating on helping students conceive a writing product, rather than giving detailed instructions on grammar and style. Includes information on organizing, revising and editing work and writing various types of essay.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab - The Online Writing Lab is designed to offer distance learning for the Purdue community as well as other Internet users. The primary goal is to help writers improve their writing skills by offering a variety of online services and materials.

Research and Documentation Online - Provides excellent information on finding and documenting sources. Also includes sample papers for MLA, CM and APA styles with exhaustive notes about formatting, writing and citing.

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