Literature

Library Specialist

Robert H. McDonald: mcdonrh@auburn.edu
3rd Floor RBD Library
Phone: 334.844.1742
FAX: 334.844.1744
Homepage: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/docs/mcdonald/rhm.html

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)

The Oxford English Dictionary (Ref folio PE 1625 .O87 1989)

The Oxford English Dictionary on CD-ROM (2nd Floor Ref. Desk)

Webster's Third New International Dictionary of the English Language, Unabridged (Ref folio PE 1625 .W36 1981)

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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)

Literature Online (Chadwyck-Healey)

Women Writers Online

JSTOR

Project Muse

WorldCat

General Databases

Academic Search FULLTEXT Elite   http://www.lib.auburn.edu/EBSCOHOST

Covers abstracts and indexing for over 3,000 scholarly journals and features full text articles for over 1,200 journals since 1990.

InfoTrac's Expanded Academic ASAP   http://www.lib.auburn.edu/searchbank

Indexes 1500 journal titles in a variety of subject areas.  Articles in over 500 journals are full text. 1980 – Present

Dissertation Abstracts   http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/

1861 – Present.  The years 1998-1999 are available off campus, but earlier years are only available on campus.

Current Awareness Resources

Reveal   http://uncweb.carl.org:80/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   http://csi.carl.org:3001/Scripts/gateway.cgi

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.

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Web Sites

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Research Guides

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Associations and Societies

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Discussion Lists and Newsgroups

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Electronic Mailing Lists at Auburn University   http://www.auburn.edu/helpdesk/internet/listserv.html#classmail

Contains links to help sites for all varieties of mailing lists.

LISZT
http://www.liszt.comSearchable index of Electronic Mailing Lists.

The Reference to Internet Discussion & Information Lists
(http://tile.net/lists)
Searchable index of Electronic Mailing Lists.

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Auburn University Department and Course Pages

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