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Literary Research Resources on the WebResearch Databases | Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and Handbooks | Criticism and Biographical Material | Primary Sources Research Databases and Library CatalogsIt is always a good idea to begin your research with scholarly resources that are provided by the University Libraries. Below are two core literary research databases and a link to the KentLINK and OhioLINK catalogs.For a much more complete list of databases go to the English Research Databases Listing. Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL) (1920 - 1997)
Lists monographs, periodical articles, book reviews, and more in the areas of English language, literature, bibliography, and culture, dating back to the late 19th century.
KentLINK
KentLINK is the library catalog for all 8 campuses of the University. It identifies what books, journals, government publications, and media (computer files, films, CDs, etc.) are owned and indicates their availability.
MLA International Bibliography (1926 - Current)
Provides over a million citations to scholarly publications in literature, modern languages, and linguistics. Updated monthly.
OhioLINK Library Catalog
The OhioLINK Library Catalog is the database of all books and other materials owned by the 85 public and private colleges and universities that are OhioLINK member libraries. For any item not available at KSU, it is possible to request the item online and have it sent to any KSU library or another OhioLINK institution for pick up.
Encyclopedias, Dictionaries and HandbooksBrewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Provides short definitions of common litery terms, characters, phrases, myths and classical allusions.
Dictionary of Sensibility
Provides a list of terms pertaining to eighteenth-century sensibility. Each term links to an introduction and relevant excerpts from the literature using the term. Also provides bibliographies of primary works and secondary critical sources.
Glossary of Poetic Terms
A useful glossary of poetic terms by Ian Lancashire, Department of English, University of Toronto.
Literary Encyclopedia: Literature in English Around the World
This free scholarly reference work provides biographical and critical information on thousands of writers and works. Advanced features allow the creation of timelines and searching for groups of works by genre, region and date.
Oxford English Dictionary
Can be searched for both current and historical definitions of a word, as well as provide quotations and the ability to search for the occurrence of a word in any definition. Updated periodically.
Criticism and Biographical MaterialCamelot Project at the University of Rochester
Provides a database of Arthurian texts, images, bibliographies, and basic information, as well as links to other Arthurian sites on the web.
Electronic Archives for Teaching the American Literatures
Contains a variety of resources, including essays, syllabi, and bibliographies, for teaching United States literature
geoffreychaucer.org
An annotated guide to online sources that provide biographical, bibliographical, and critical information on this fourteenth-century author.
Humbul Humanities Hub
Systematic, extensive guide to Humanities web resources for academia. Hosted by the University of Oxford.
Jane Austen Information Page
Provides biobibliographical information on the author, historical information on the period in which Austen wrote, and the full text of some of her works.
Labyrinth
The Labyrinth, sponsored by Georgetown University, provides resources for Medieval Studies, including the full text of literary works, some in translation, others in their original language
Lewis Carroll Home Page
Click on the Carroll Studies link for biographical information and critical interpretations of the author's works.
Life in Elizabethan England: A Compendium of Common Knowledge, 1558-1603
Contains information on the food, fashion, religion, education, and other cultural aspects of England in the time of Queen Elizabeth.
LitLinks
Guide to websites on authors of fiction, poetry, drama, essays and critical theory. Also provides brief biographical material.
PAL: Perspectives in American Literature-A Research and Reference Guide
Offers primary and secondary bibliographies for the major periods and figures of American literature.
Postcolonial Web
This site offers access to both primary and secondary materials for the study of Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature and Culture. The project is funded by the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore.
Sublime Anxiety: The Gothic Family and the Outsider
This University of Virginia web site provides an excellent introduction to Gothic literature. It includes a link to the University's Special Collections Department which houses the Sadleir-Black Gothic Novel Collection.
Victorian Web
Contains information on the literature, politics, arts, social issues, economics, science and technology of the Victorian Age.
Voice of the Shuttle
Web site for Humanities Research. This site serves as a meta guide to websites of use to the scholarly community in the arts, humanities and social sciences. "VoS emphasizes both primary and secondary (or theoretical) resources."
William Blake Archive
Contains the full text of works by Blake and his contemporaries, images of Blake's art work, and a bibliography of over 500 scholarly articles and books.
Primary Sources for Literary StudiesAfrican American Women Writers of the 19th Century
An online collection of 52 full-text works. Users can browse the books by author, title, or literature type: fiction, poetry, biography and autobiography, and essays.
Electronic Text Center
Provides thousands of humanities texts in twelve languages, with more than 50,000 related images.
HTI American Verse Project
An electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920.
Humanities Text Initiative
The Humanities Text Initiative, a unit of the University of Michigan's Digital Library Production Service, provides online access to numerous full text primary and secondary resources in the Humanities.
Humbul Humanities Hub
Systematic, extensive guide to Humanities web resources for academia. Hosted by the University of Oxford.
Inter-Play: An Online Index to Plays in Collections, Anthologies and Periodicals
Provides access, via author or title search, to the locations of printed plays not indexed in the standard printed play indexes. Approximately 17,647 locations are currently cited to plays in many languages.
Internet Shakespeare Editions
Find here "scholarly, fully annotated texts of Shakespeare's plays." Also collects materials that deal with the overall structure of the Editions...refereed materials...a database of historical and current "performance records...and less formal texts useful to Shakespeare scholars."
Labyrinth
The Labyrinth, sponsored by Georgetown University, provides resources for Medieval Studies, including the full text of literary works, some in translation, others in their original language
Poetry Magazines
Funded by the Arts Council England, this is a digital archive of English 20th and 21st century poetry magazines. Visitors can search or browse the full text publications.
Postcolonial Web
This site offers access to both primary and secondary materials for the study of Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature and Culture. The project is funded by the University Scholars Programme, National University of Singapore.
Renascence Editions: Works Printed in English, 1477-1799
Offers an alphabetically indexed collection of electronic editions of works printed in English from 1477 to 1799. Some editions include links to annotations on the authors and their works.
Sublime Anxiety: The Gothic Family and the Outsider
This University of Virginia web site provides an excellent introduction to Gothic literature. It includes a link to the University's Special Collections Department which houses the Sadleir-Black Gothic Novel Collection.
Tales of Wonder: Folk and Fairy Tales from Around the World
Includes the full text of folk and fairy tales from 14 geographical regions and populations.
Voice of the Shuttle
Web site for Humanities Research. This site serves as a meta guide to websites of use to the scholarly community in the arts, humanities and social sciences. "VoS emphasizes both primary and secondary (or theoretical) resources."
Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875
Full-text database of early American fiction. Includes novels, novelettes, short stories and other prose from both famous and obscure writers.
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