English Language & Literature
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Library Specialist
Nancy W. Noe: noenanc@auburn.edu
2nd Floor RBD Library
Phone: 334.844.1774
Reference Tools
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (EB Online includes the complete encyclopedia, as well as Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and the Britannica Book of the Year. You can also use EB Online to search an Internet directory that includes more than 130,000 links to Web sites selected, rated, and reviewed by Britannica editors.)
A Glossary of Literary Terms (Ref PN 41 .A184 1988)
Middle English Compendium Online
The Oxford English Dictionary (Ref folio PE 1625 .O87 1989)
The Oxford English Dictionary Online
Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (Ref folio PE 1625 .W36 1981)
Handbooks and General Reference Books
The Art of Literary Research (PR 56 .A68 1993)
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism Online
Literary Research Guide (Ref PR 83 .H37 1989)
A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students : English and American Literature (PR 56 .B34 1995)
Simple & Direct : A Rhetoric for Writers (PE1408 .B436 1985)
Writing About Literature (PE 1479 .C7 M33 1987)
Subject Profile Call Numbers
PN Literature (General Works - History and Collections) PQ Romance Literature PR English Literature PS American Literature PT Teutonic Literature PZ Fiction and Juvenile Literature
Indexes and Databases
All databases are available on campus and remotely unless otherwise noted. To access a resource from home, you will need to type your library ID and last name. Your library ID is usually: two, zero, your Social Security Number, then zero. For example: A person with the Social Security Number 123-45-6789 has the library ID: 201234567890
Subject Databases
MLA (Modern Language Association International Bibliography) (Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, the MLA International Bibliography indexes critical scholarship on literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Coverage includes journal articles, series, monographs, dissertations, bibliographies, proceedings and other materials. The database includes all records indexed from 1963-Present, approximately 1,200,000 records. Requires library ID for off campus access.)
Literature Online (Chadwyck-Healey) A database of databases that includes editions of full-text literary works, indexes to criticism, and links to internet resources. The most comprehensive full-text database for literature. The library's subscription includes the following selected databases: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, Periodicals Contents Index: Literature, African-American Poetry (1750-1900), Twentieth Century African-American Poetry (1901-1998), American Poetry (1600-1900), Twentieth Century American Poetry (1901-1997), Early English Prose Fiction (1500-1700), Eighteenth-Century Fiction (1700-1780), English Drama (1280-1915), English Poetry (600-1900), and Modern Poetry (1972-1997). Only available on campus.)
LLBA - CSA (Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts) (Subjects covered include: linguistics and language behavior, applied linguistics, phonology, syntax, semantics, morphology, interpersonal behavior and communications, phonetics, hearing and speech physiology, hearing (pathological and normal), language (pathological and normal), learning disabilities, mental retardation, psychopathology, special education and psychometrics. 1973-Present. Requires library ID for off campus access.)
JSTOR (JSTOR provides access to the backfiles of scholarly publications covering the social sciences, humanities, and sciences. JSTOR includes the full runs of each journal,generally up to 1-7 years from the present. A sophisticated search engine supports full-text and cross-disciplinary searching of the journals and presentation of page images allows viewing of the articles exactly as they appear in print. Requires library ID for off campus access.)
Project Muse (Full-text of over 40 print journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics from the Johns Hopkins University Press covering 1990-present. Includes journals such as Configurations, Diacritics, and The Yale Journal of Criticism. Only available on campus.)
Women Writers Online (The Brown University Women Writers Project is a long-term research project devoted to early modern women's writing and electronic text encoding. The chief goal of the database is to bring texts by pre-Victorian women writers out of the archive and make them accessible to a wide audience of teachers, students, scholars, and the general reader. Only available on campus.)
General Databases
Academic Search FULLTEXT Elite
(Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and features full text articles for over 1,200 journals since 1990. Requires library ID for off campus access.)Alabama Major Microforms Collection (A listing of the majority of the major microform collections held by alabama academic libraries. A joint project of NAAL (Network of Alabama Academic Libraries) and Auburn University.)
Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Biography and Genealogy Master Index is a comprehensive index to nearly 12 million biographical sketches in more than 2700 volumes and editions of current and retrospective reference books, covering both contemporary and historical figures throughout the world. Requires Library ID for off campus access.)
Dissertation Abstracts (1861 – Present. The years 1998-1999 are available off campus, but earlier years are only available on campus.)
InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP (Indexes 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas. Articles in over 500 journals are full text. 1980 – Present. Requires library ID for off campus access.)
WorldCat (Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century. Useful for identifying sources not held by Auburn University Libraries. Requires library ID for off campus access.)
Current Awareness Resources
Reveal (An automated alerting service that delivers the table of contents of periodicals or results of keyword searches directly to your e-mail address. Available to AU faculty, graduate students and staff.)
UnCover (A database of article information taken from over 18,000 journals that allows faxing of articles not owned by AU Libraries. Available to AU faculty, graduate students and staff.)
Citation Database
Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science provides access to current bibliographic information and cited references from over 1,144 of the world's leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected, relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. 1984 – Present. Only available on campus.)
Research Guides
General
Book Reviews and Literary Criticism http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/bkrev.html
Linguistics
Linguistics Sources in the Library
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/ling.html
American Literature
Native American Literature
English Literature
Nineteenth-Century British Women Poets
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/19ctwm.htmlVictorian Periodicals
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/victorian.html
Technical Writing
Business Writing
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/engl408.htmlPublic Relations Research and Writing
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/resgd/prwrit.html
ENGL 1127 Library Instruction Session -- Goldstein
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/engl1127g.htmlENGL 1127 Library Instruction Session II -- Goldstein
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/engl1127g2.htmlENGL 1120 -- Library Instruction Session
ENGL 2207 -- Dykstal
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/engl2207.htmlENGL 4500 -- Wyss
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/engl4500.html
Associations and Societies
Association of Departments of English
http://www.ade.org
A division of the Modern Language Association, this organization lists member information as well as reports and ADE guidelines for member programs and teacher workloads.Jack London Society
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/Organizations/jl_society.html
An international non-profit organization that promotes study of the life and work of Jack London, was founded in 1990 as an author society affiliated with the American Literature Association, a coalition of author societies. It numbers over 300 members and continues to grow each year. Membership is open to anyone interested in London.Modern Language Association
http://www.mla.org
Founded in 1883, the Modern Language Association of America provides opportunities for its members to share their scholarly findings and teaching experiences with colleagues and to discuss trends in the academy.New Chaucer Society
http://ncs.rutgers.edu
The purpose of The New Chaucer Society is to provide a forum for teachers and scholars of Geoffrey Chaucer and his age. To advance such study, the Society organizes biennial international congresses of Chaucerians, publishes the annual Studies in the Age of Chaucer and a semiannual newsletter, and supports such important projects as the Variorum Chaucer, the Annotated Chaucer Bibliography (an electronic version of which is available on-line), and the Middle English Dictionary Project. Participation in NCS congresses is restricted to active members of the Society.
Discussions and Newsgroups
General
The Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-Conferences
http://www.n2h2.com/KOVACS
Index of mainly academic based electronic discussion lists.Electronic Mailing Lists at Auburn University
http://www.auburn.edu/helpdesk/internet/listserv.html
Contains links to help sites for all varieties of mailing lists.LISZT
(http://www.liszt.com)
Searchable index of Electronic Mailing Lists.The Reference to Internet Discussion & Information Lists
(http://tile.net/lists)
Searchable index of Electronic Mailing Lists.
Journals
Online
The Electronic Journal for Computer Writing, Rhetoric and Literature
http://www.cwrl.utexas.edu/~cwrl/index.htmlMississippi Review
http://orca.st.usm.edu/mrw
Auburn University Department of English Web Pages
Auburn University Department of English
http://www.auburn.edu/english
The English Channel: Department of English Newsletter
http://www.auburn.edu/english/news/edn/edn.htm
Department of English Faculty Directory
http://www.auburn.edu/english/directory.htm
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