LibGuides: E 314: Texts and Contexts, Eric Mallin : Resources for This Class

Library Resources for This Class

This library guide was designed by Gina Bastone, the English Librarian, specifically for E 314: Texts and Contexts, Honors taught by Dr. Eric Mallin.

Background Information

Find summaries, short articles, and descriptions on scholarly topics from vetted encyclopedias and dictionaries. Think "scholarly Wikipedia" (and unlike Wikipedia, you can cite these in an academic paper).

Credo Reference
Find scholarly summaries, overviews, and bibliographies on a wide range of topics, including literature, authors, plays, novels, and more.

Over 3 million full-text authoritative dictionary/encyclopedia-like entries alongside thousands of easily searchable images, audio files, and videos. Credo provides access to hundreds of in-depth titles covering major subjects from current Social Issues to Ancient History and Shakespeare to Einstein. Includes "Mind Maps", keyword visualization tools.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED)
The definitive dictionary of the English language. Includes etymologies, usage histories, and other contextual information on words in English.

Updated quarterly. Covers words from across the English-speaking world and offers etymological analysis, listings of variant spellings, and phonetic pronunciation. Corresponds to the print Oxford English Dictionary published in 1989 and the three Additions volumes published 1993-1997.

Scholarly Journal Articles & Scholarly Books

MLA International Bibliography
A key database for literary criticism and literary studies in peer-reviewed journals, scholarly books, and other forms of scholarship.

Updated ten times per year. Indexes critical materials on literature, criticism, drama, languages, linguistics, and folklore. Provides access to citations from over 4,400 journals, series, books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. Produced by the Modern Language Association.
For help searching the MLA International Bibliography, please see the MLA's video tutorials.

JSTOR's Understanding Shakespeare
Find scholarship that analyzes particular lines, passages, or scenes in Shakespeare's plays.

World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
A database specializing in scholarship on Shakespeare, including criticism, performance, and teaching.

Updated quarterly. Provides annotated citations for all important books, articles, book reviews, dissertations, theatrical productions, reviews of productions, audiovisual materials, electronic media, and other scholarly and popular materials related to William Shakespeare. Coverage is international.