Database Listing: Literature And Language

Producer:	La Societe Internationale de Bibliographie Classique
Description:	An international, multi-lingual bibliography of all aspects of classical studies.
Usage Tips:	This online version starts coverage in 1949. The database includes over 500,000 citations from about 1,500 periodicals and hundreds of monographic volumes. Truncation Most searching terms, including words and "ancient authors," can be truncated by adding an asterisk () to search for variations on that term. Example: homer. Combining Terms When doing a "Full Text" search, you can search for citations containing two or more search terms. Example: homer* funeral* Abbreviations Many of the journal titles in citations are expressed in acronyms. To identify a complete journal title, go to the main search screen, scroll down to the red box, find "List of Journal Abbreviations".
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Classics Humanities - General Literature and Language Philosophy History -- Outside U.S.

Producer:	Wiley
Description:	Updated monthly, this journal features peer-reviewed survey articles on research and issues in Anglophone writing in the following areas: American; Medieval; Renaissance; Shakespeare; Seventeenth Century; Romanticism; Eighteenth Century; Victorians; Twentieth Century.
Usage Tips:	Browsing A list of recently-published issues (with links) is displayed on the opening page, along with a link to "See all" issues. Searching You can search through the contents of the database with the "Search... in this journal" box on the right side of the page. If you want to search for a multi-word phrase or term, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "jonathan edwards"
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

Producer:	Modern Language Association (MLA Bibliography)
Description:	An international index to scholarly materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Coverage: 1926-present. To see the journal titles included in the MLA, go to "Title List" in the top bar.
Usage Tips:	Combining Terms The "and" operator specifies that both words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you're searching for that record to match. For example, hamlet and murder finds only those records in which both the word hamlet and the word murder occur. The "or" operator specifies that one or the other or both of the words on either side of the operator must occur in the part of a record you're searching for that record to match. For example, dreams or daydreams finds records in which either the word dreams or the word daydreams or both occur. Truncation An asterisk () stands for any number of characters, including none, and is especially useful when you want to find all words that share the same root. For example, pigment matches pigment, pigments, pigmentation, etc. A question mark (?) stands for exactly one character and is especially useful when you're uncertain of a spelling. For example, a search like relev?nce means you can match the word relevance even if, like many of us, you can't remember whether it's spelled with ance or ence. An exclamation point (!) stands for one or no characters and is especially useful when you want to match the singular and plural of a word but not other forms. For example, product! matches product and products, but not productive or productivity. The exclamation point can also be used inside a word to match certain variant spellings. For example, colo!r matches both color (American) and colour (British).
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Humanities - General Literature and Language Theater Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Producer:	Oxford University Press
Description:	An important annual "qualitative narrative bibliographical review of scholarly work on English language and literatures written in English... Each volume includes a detailed overview from Old English to contemporary critical works for a given year." Volumes dated 1996-to-date are available online. The library also holds printed volumes.
Usage Tips:	Browsing To read entries in the most recent volume, click on "View Current Issue." To view earlier years, click on "Browse the Archive." Searching You can search through the text of all volumes, including the pre-1996 volumes, by using the "Search this Journal" option. To search for entries containing a multi-word phrase, enclose the search words within quotation marks. Example: "caribbean literature"
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

ARTFL (American and French Research on the Treasury of the French Language)

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Producer:	University of Chicago
Sources:	Sources
Description:	ARTFL, the implementation of the FRANTEXT database, consists of nearly 2,000 texts, ranging from classic works of French literature to various kinds of non-fiction prose and technical writing. The eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries are about equally represented, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts. Genres include novels, verse, theater, journalism, essays, correspondence, and treatises.
Usage Tips:	You cannot retrieve the entire texts or chapters of any of the works in the database, because of copyright restrictions. However, the search capability allows you to retrieve individual pages, paragraphs, and/or sentences containing one or more terms. Searching Choose "Search FRANTEXT." The resulting search page, labeled "The Database Using PhiloLogic," allows two basic search techniques. The various "Bibliographic Searching" options include Author, Title, Genre, and Date, using techniques outlined here. A second basic search option is to "Search Text(s) for," which allows you to search for words appearing anywhere in the database's texts. Check these rules. Results The default display results of a search will be a "concordance report," which displays your search term(s) within the context of the text. These results will include options to display entire paragraphs or pages of individual entries. Printing Use your browser's printing features. Tags: France Fiction Poetry
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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ARTstor

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Producer:	Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Description:	ARTstor is a continually growing library of art images, including data. Currently, ARTstor contains over a million art images.
Usage Tips:	To learn how to use ARTStor to its fullest advantage, go to ARTStor's Help menu. YouTube has various short instructional videos that are excellent. You must REGISTER first if you want to save image groups or use ARTstor off-campus. Downloading the Offline Image Viewer(OIV) is necessary to create presentations. Saving images •Double click on image (this will allow you to download) •Save the image to your desktop – DO NOT CHANGE THE NAME OF THE FILE •Open your desktop •There will be two files with the same name on your desktop. •One of them is the jpeg; this is the one you need to work with. •Right click on the name field and rename the image. •Open it up and save it to your desktop or H: drive. •You can now import the picture in Powerpoint or some other program. For Technical Help, contact the Instructional Technology Services at x8098 or contact Yolanda Merrill in the library at x8662.
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Music Art and Architecture Classics History -- United States Humanities - General Literature and Language Religion Theater Medieval and Renaissance Studies History -- Outside U.S. Islamic Studies East Asian Studies

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All Things Chaucer: An Encyclopedia of Chaucer's World

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Producer:	Greenwood
Description:	This two-volume set (2006) contains about 150 alphabetically-arranged entries on Chaucer's life, works, world, characters, and literary references. The above link takes you to Volume 1 (A-J) and this link takes you to Volume 2.
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this e-book either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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American Heritage Book of English Usage

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Producer:	Houghton Mifflin Company
Description:	A "practical and authoritative guide to contemporary English." Covers grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Arab Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide, 1873-1999

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Producer:	American University in Cairo Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description:	Edited by Radwa Rashour and first published in Arabic in 2004, this 2008 translation "traces the development of Arab women’s literature through the end of the twentieth century" with country-by-country essays. Also includes a comprehensive bibliography.
Usage Tips:	You may find material within this ebook either by browsing within the sections and chapters or by searching for a particular word. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing, see this page.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Women's and Gender Studies

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Behind the Name

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Producer:
Description:	the etymology and history of first names
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Blackwell Guide to Literary Theory

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Producer:	Blackwell / NetLibrary
Description:	2007 guide by Gregory Castle provides: a brief history of the rise of literary theory in the twentieth century, placing different theories within historical contexts; an alphabetically-organized series of entries on key figures and publications, from Adorno to Žižek; descriptions of the major movements in literary theory, from critical theory through to postcolonial theory. You can view the table of contents here.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. Click on the appropriate plus-sign (+) to open the chapter you want and then on the title of the desired section. You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column. You then can copy the page number into the "Page" box above the book's text. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

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Description:	Over 18,000 identifications of historical/literary allusions. (1898 edition)
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Bulfinch's Mythology

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Producer:	Bartleby.com
Description:	The 1913 edition of this venerable guide classical, Arthurian, and medieval mythology and folklore.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Classics Humanities - General Literature and Language

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Cambridge Companion to Feminist Literary Theory

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press / Cambridge Collections Online
Description:	2006 volume "presents a range of approaches to the field. Some of the essays demonstrate feminist critical principles at work in analysing texts, while others take a step back to trace the development of a particular feminist literary method." You may preview a copy of the table of contents. You can search the contents of this and over 290 other volumes in Cambridge Collections Online.
Usage Tips:	For help with browsing, searching, and printing, see this page.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Women's and Gender Studies

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Cambridge Companions Online

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press
Sources:	Sources
Description:	From the printed Cambridge Companions series, this ever-growing database currently contains over 2,000 essays offering "introductions to major writers, artists, philosophers, topics and periods." It includes the contents of over 290 volumes in the Cambridge Companions series in Literature, Classics, Philosophy, Religion, and Culture. The library also holds many of these titles in printed form.
Usage Tips:	Searching Three of the "Advanced Search" options are particularly useful for finding material on a topic: "Full text" -- Search through all content in the database. Perhaps best for finding obscure topics. "Text of extract/abstract" -- Search through essay summaries. Quickly identify the most relevant essays. "Title/volume" -- Search for words within the titles of entire volumes. To search for forms of a word, use an asterisk (). Example: modern finds modern, moderism, modernity,, etc. To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "latin america" To search for entries containing two or more words, connect them with AND. Example: orwell AND socialism Browsing You can browse through each volume, starting on this page, which is available on the site's home page.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Classics Literature and Language Philosophy Religion Politics -- Political Philosophy

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Cambridge Histories Online

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press
Sources:	Sources
Description:	Contains the complete texts of over 250 volumes published since the 1960's in this prestigious series of authoritative works on major historical topics. Several series are still active and new volumes will be added to the database as published, as will any new series when they begin.
Usage Tips:	You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within a certain subject or across the entire collection. Browse When you click on "Browse," you will see a list of 15 subject categories. You can open any of these categories, such as "Political and Social Theory," by clicking on its title. You then can see a list of volumes in the series, any of which can be opened by clicking on the title of the individual volume. The subsequent page displays the volume's table of contents (lower right). When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "manifest destiny"
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Music History -- United States Literature and Language Philosophy Religion Theater History -- Outside U.S.

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Cambridge History of American Literature

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press
Description:	This eight-volume set, completed in 2005, is a "comprehensive narrative and analysis of four centuries of achievement in all genres of writing. The authors include many of the most eminent scholars working in the field today." You may view a list of the volumes. The library also has printed volumes, as well as the first edition.
Usage Tips:	You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection. Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "literary journalism"
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press
Description:	This 2003 volume is a "comprehensive history of English literature written in Britain [including Scotland and Ireland] between the Reformation and the Restoration." You may view a copy of the table of contents. The library also has the printed volume.
Usage Tips:	You may browse through this individual volume or search for content within it. Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "civil war"
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Cambridge History of English and American Literature

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press
Description:	Originally published in the first two decades of the 20th century, this is considered one of the most important collections of literary history and criticism ever published, with more than 11,000 pages on poetry, fiction, drama, essays, and history.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Cambridge History of Latin American Literature

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press
Sources:	Sources
Description:	Three-volume set (1996) covers the "whole sweep of Latin American literature (including Brazilian) from pre-Columbian times to the present, and contain chapters on Latin American writing in the USA." The library has printed copies of the volumes.
Usage Tips:	You may browse among individual volumes or search for content within this collection. Browse The opening page displays a list of the volumes, any of which you can click on to browse. The first page of any volume displays the volume's table of contents in the lower right. When you click on a broad "part" or section, you will see a list of chapters within that part. When you click on the chapter you want, you will see an overview of that chapter, with an option to "view full chapter" (above the chapter title), which will open a PDF file. Search The search box on the home page (upper right) provides the ability to search through the entire database. The search boxes on all other pages offer the choice of searching the "all content" or an individual category or volume. You can search the content of any subject category or volume by browsing to that level (as above) and then using the "Search" box (upper right). The "Advanced search" option (under the "Search" box) allows you to perform more complex or focused searches. Note: To search for a multi-word phrase, enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "mexican revolution"
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Columbia Anthology of Chinese Folk and Popular Literature

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Producer:	Columbia University Press / Ebrary
Description:	In this 2011 volume, two of the world's leading sinologists, Victor H. Mair and Mark Bender, "capture the breadth of China's oral-based literary heritage," with "works drawn from the large body of oral literature of many of China's recognized ethnic groups -- including the Han, Yi, Miao, Tu, Daur, Tibetan, Uyghur, and Kazak -- and the selections include a variety of genres. Chapters cover folk stories, songs, rituals, and drama, as well as epic traditions and professional storytelling, and feature both familiar and little-known texts." You may preview the contents.
Usage Tips:	You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language East Asian Studies

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Companion to Herman Melville

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Producer:	Blackwell / NetLibrary
Description:	Edited by Wyn Kelley, this 2006 work is comprised of 35 original essays by scholars from around the world, representing a range of different approaches to Melville, including postcolonial and feminist perspectives. You may view the table of contents here. Purchase was made possible by Hal F. and Barbra B. Higginbotham.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. You can open the alphabetical list of entries by clicking on the tiny plus-sign (+) immediately above "Contents" in the Table of Contents. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Companion to Medieval English Literature and Culture

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Producer:	Blackwell / NetLibrary
Description:	This 2006 volume contains a collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. You may view the table of contents here.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. Click on the plus-sign (+) above "Contents" in the left-hand column to browse the list of essays, organized into four Parts. Open each Part by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign. You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column. You can then type a desired page number in the "Page" box above the book display. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. If that icon does not appear, point your cursor in the blank green space above the book text and right-click on your mouse to display the "Print" option to be able to print the page on the screen. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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Companion to Satire

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Producer:	Blackwell / NetLibrary
Description:	This 2006 volume is a collection of 29 original essays, surveying satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present. You can view the table of contents here.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use the table of contents to navigate the book. The essays are divided into Parts I-through-IV. You can open the any of these parts by clicking on the tiny plus-sign (+) immediately above the section's title. You also can browse the alphabetically-aranged "Index," at the bottom of the Table of Contents. However, to move to any of the pages cited in the "Index" you must copy a page number into the "Page" box, above the e-book's text. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Companion to Walt Whitman

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Producer:	Blackwell / NetLibrary
Description:	Edited by Donald Kummings, this 2006 volume contains more than 30 substantial essays written by leading scholars and constitutes an "exceptionally broad-ranging and in-depth guide to one of America's greatest poets." Includes contributions devoted to specific poetry and prose works, a compact biography of the poet, and a bibliography. You may view the table of contents here. Purchase was made possible by Hal F. and Barbra B. Higginbotham.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. You can open the alphabetical list of entries by clicking on the tiny plus-sign (+) immediately above "Contents" in the Table of Contents. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, enter the word(s) within the box beneath "Search this eContent," on the left side of the screen. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Companion to the Literatures of Colonial America

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Producer:	Blackwell / NetLibrary
Description:	2005 volume provides "a broad introduction to the field of early American and comparative colonial studies... essays discuss major issues shaping the field today, and help contextualize early texts by situating them in relation to broader historical and cultural movements and moments..." You may view the table of contents here.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. Click on the plus-sign (+) above "Contents" in the left-hand column to browse the list of essays, organized into four Parts. Open each Part by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign. You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column. You can then type a desired page number in the "Page" box above the book display. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. If that icon does not appear, point your cursor in the blank green space above the book text and right-click on your mouse to display the "Print" option to be able to print the page on the screen. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	History -- United States Literature and Language

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Contemporary Authors

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Producer:	Gale
Description:	Contemporary Authors (CA) is a bio-bibliographical guide to over 120,000 current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television, and other fields.
Usage Tips:	CA is now a part of the Literature Resource Center database. Look for CA material within the "Biographies" section of any author search. If you are looking for a particular author, you may enter his/her first and last name in any order in the "Author Search" space. For example: either barry lopez or lopez barry.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Critical Companion to Dante

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Producer:	Facts on File / NetLibrary
Description:	2008 work by Jay Ruud contains a concise biography of Dante, synopses and critical assessments of Dante's work, including extensive coverage of the three parts of The Divine Comedy, descriptions of Dante's characters, related people, places, and topics, including friends and literary influences, etc.
Usage Tips:	For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing NetLibrary e-books, see this page. To open a chapter listed in the table of contents (column on left), click on the tiny plus-sign (+) above the chapter title. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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Devil's Dictionary

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Description:	Ambrose Bierce's famous collection.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Dictionary of Chinese Characters: Accessed By Phonetics

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Producer:	Routledge / NetLibrary
Description:	2008 volume arranges "frequently used characters under the phonetic element they have in common, rather than only under their radical," encouraging students to link characters according to their phonetic.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language East Asian Studies

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Dictionary of Critical Theory

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	2010 collection of over 750 alphabetically-arranged entries "covering the whole range of critical theory, including the Frankfurt school, cultural materialism, cultural studies, gender studies, film studies, literary theory, hermeneutics, historical materialism, internet studies, sociopolitical critical theory, and much more."
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Philosophy Sociology

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Dictionary of Literary Symbols

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Producer:	Cambridge University Press / NetLibrary
Description:	Second edition (2007) of Michael Ferber's compilation of symbolic items "based on literature, rather than ‘universal’ psychological archetypes or myths." The library also has the first edition in its collection.
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Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Dictionary of Modern Proverbs

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Producer:	Yale University Press / Ebrary
Description:	2012 work is a unique volume devoted exclusively to English-language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, listing more than 1,400 individual proverbs.
Usage Tips:	Proberbs are listed alphabetically by designated keyword and the entire text is searchable by keyword. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
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Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Elements of Style

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Description:	Strunk's 1918 edition.
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Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Encyclopedia of American Indian Literature

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Producer:	Facts on File / Infobase
Description:	2007 volumes contains alphabetically-arranged entries on authors, genres, works, and "topics such as alcoholism, orality, humor, trickster figures, and sovereignty."
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Anthropology and Archaeology

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Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature of the United States

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Producer:	Greenwood / ABC-Clio
Description:	Two-volume set (2009) contains over 300 alphabetically arranged entries which "survey contemporary lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgendered, and queer American literature and its social contexts."
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Sociology

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Encyclopedia of Hip Hop Literature

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Producer:	Greenwood
Description:	2008 volume contains about 180 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries covering "the world of Hip Hop literature" and "its social and cultural contexts," including authors, genres, works, musical artists, fashion designers, directors, and other figures.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language African-American Studies

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Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature

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Producer:	Fitzroy Dearborn / NetLibrary
Description:	One-volume collection (1997) of signed entries "about writers, works, and topics relating to the literature of Latin America, which is defined to include the French- and Spanish-speaking Caribbean islands and Mexico as well as the countries of Central and South America." The library also has a printed copy in its collection.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature

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Producer:	Routledge / NetLibrary
Description:	2005 volume contains about 200 signed entries "on all aspects of literature, including authors, critics, major works, magazines, genres, schools and movements in these regions from the beginning of the twentieth century..."
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Facts On File Companion to American Poetry

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Producer:	Facts on File / Ebrary
Description:	Two-volume set (2007) contains over 1,000 signed entries on "the various writers, works, themes, and movements" relating to American poetry. The collection includes over 100 entries contributed by W&L alumnus Temple Cone.
Usage Tips:	Volume 1 covers "Beginnings to 1900," while Volume 2 is concerned with "1900 to the Present." Entries in each volumed are arranged alphabetically. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Facts On File Companion to the American Short Story

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Producer:	Facts on File / Ebrary
Description:	Second edition (2010) features "entries on individual authors, groups or movements (Lost Generation), characters, settings, individual short stories, broad themes, theoretical stances (Marxist criticism, poststructuralism), major magazines and awards, and literary movements (realism, new criticism). Also covered are genres, themes, literary terms (caricature, hyperbole), and historical or cultural terms (Reconstruction, Spanish-American War)."
Usage Tips:	You can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion

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Producer:	Gale
Description:	Published as a six-volume set in 2004, this resource explores the history of women and feminism throughout literature, from classical antiquity to modern times. Essays include biographical entries and coverage of such topics as women in the medieval world and feminist literary theory. A copy of the table of contents is here. This purchase was made possible by the Alice M. Dean Fund.
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word. Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Please note that the list is divided into 6 "volumes," beginning with "Antiquity-to-18th Century, Topics and Authors." You may open any of the article lists, such as "Women and Women's Writing from Antiquity Through the Middle Ages," by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Search this eBook option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains two or more particular terms. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the "Basic Search" or "Advanced Search" options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Women's and Gender Studies

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Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature

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Producer:	Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description:	Four-volume set (2009) contains nearly 500 entries on American writers which "analyze an author's work as a reflection of the heritage, traditions and experiences of the author's personal life and the beliefs, events, and lifestyles of the United States at the time." You may view a copy of the table of contents.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Glossary of English Grammar

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Producer:	Edinburgh University Press / NetLibrary
Description:	Geoffrey Leech's 2006 collection of definitions of grammatical terms, with examples of use.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Gothic Literature

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Producer:	Edinburgh University Press / NetLibrary
Description:	Part of the Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature series, this 2007 volume by Andrew Smith "provides a thorough grounding in both the history of Gothic literature and the way in which Gothic texts have been (and can be) critically read." You may view a copy of the table of contents.
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Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion

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Producer:	Gale / Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description:	Three-volume set (2006) covers "all facets of the gothic, including visual and performing arts, society and culture, themes and settings and much more." Volume 1 contains thematic essays, while the remaining volumes cover about 25 major authors. You may view a copy of the table of contents.
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Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Greenwood Encyclopedia of Folktales and Fairy Tales

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Producer:	Greenwood
Description:	Edited by Donald Haase, this three-volume set (2007) contains nearly 700 signed, alphabetically-arranged entries covering major approaches, important authors and scholars, geographical areas, and themes. The above link takes you Volume 1, which covers A-to-F. Here are links to Volume 2 (G-to-P) and Volume 3 (Q-to-Z, bibliography, and Index covering all volumes).
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Green’s Dictionary of Slang

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf
Description:	Jonothon Green's landmark collection (2010) of over 100,000 "impertinent, vile, censored, hip, witty, and fascinating slang words of the English language" reflects many years of research. Covers 500 years of English-language use, with supporting citations, from all English-speaking countries and regions, including the U.K., U.S.A., Australia and New Zealand, Ireland, the Anglophone Caribbean, and South Africa.
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Digital Reference Shelf ebooks, see this page.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature

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Producer:	Routledge / Ebrary
Description:	Interdisciplinary volume (2010) brings together scholarship from several fields, with signed essays arranged within three broad areas: readers and reading; literary criticism; social contexts. You may preview the contents.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Historical Companion to Postcolonial Literatures: Continental Europe and its Empires

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Producer:	Edinburgh University Press / NetLibrary
Description:	2008 volume contains essays "about the political, cultural and economic contexts of postcolonial literatures that have their provenance in the major European Empires of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain, as well as places like Latin America and the Philippines." You may preview a copy of the table of contents.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Historical Dictionary of German Literature to 1945

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Producer:	Scarecrow / Ebrary
Description:	2010 volume contains 200 alphabetically-arranged entries on authors, poetry, novels, historical narrative, "philosophical musings," and drama.
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Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Historical Dictionary of Postwar German Literature

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Producer:	Scarecrow / Ebrary
Description:	This 2009 work is "devoted to modern literature produced in the German language, whether from Germany, Austria, Switzerland or writers using German in other countries." It includes hundreds of alphabetically-arranged entries on writers, works, genres, movements, literary styles, and forms.
Usage Tips:	You can open the contents by clicking on "The Dictionary" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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How Literature Works : 50 Key Concepts

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Ebrary
Description:	Literary critic John Sutherland's guide offers "concise definitions and clear examples of the fifty concepts that all book lovers should know," including basic descriptive terms, the core vocabulary of literary culture, and devices employed by authors. You may preview the contents.
Usage Tips:	You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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International Companion Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

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Producer:	Routledge / NetLibrary
Description:	Second edition of Peter Hunt's encyclopedia contains fifty new articles, and all the other articles from the first edition have been updated or substantially revised. New topics include Postcolonialism, Comparative Studies, Ancient Texts, Contemporary Children's Rhymes and Folklore, Contemporary Comics, War, Horror, Series Fiction, Film, Creative Writing, and 'Crossover' literature, and the international section has been expanded.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use this table of contents to navigate the book. You can open any of the chapters by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign, and then click on the desired sub-section title. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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J.R.R. Tolkien Encyclopedia: Scholarship and Critical Assessment

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Producer:	Routledge / NetLibrary
Description:	This 2007 volume contains about 500 signed alphabetically-arranged entries reviewing the most recent scholarship on Tolkien, as well as outlining the author and scholar's life and work within historical and cultural contexts. His fiction and his sources of influence are examined along with his artistic and academic achievements, including his translations of medieval texts.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing You can use the table of contents to navigate this book by clicking on the appropriate letter of the alphabet for the entry you want. (You can preview the entries by clicking on "Alphabetical List of Entries.") You also can browse the book's Index by clicking on "Index" in the left-hand column and then copying the appropriate page number to the "Page" box above the book's text. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. If that icon does not appear, point your cursor in the blank green space above the book text and right-click on your mouse to display the "Print" option to be able to print the page on the screen. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Key Terms in Literary Theory

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Producer:	Continuum / Ebrary
Description:	2012 collection of "precise definitions of terms and concepts in literary theory, along with explanations of the major movements and figures in literary and cultural theory."
Usage Tips:	You can preview lists of alphabetically-arranged entries by browsing the "List of Key Terms" and "List of Major Figures" sections in the table of contents (TOC), but the easiest way to read a specific entry is to use the "Search Document" option. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Literature Resource Center

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Producer:	Gale
Sources:	Sources
Description:	Large database containing extensive biographical and critical information on writers, movements, and works from virtually all time periods.
Usage Tips:	Use the Help Menu in the database
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Literature of Latin America

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Producer:	Greenwood / Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description:	Rafael's Ocasio's 2004 volume contains lengthy essays which consider "works of Latin American literature not only in terms of literary merit, but also with regard to their place in the literary heritage." You may view a copy of the table of contents here. The library also has a printed copy.
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word. Table of Contents You may browse through the table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk () for missing letters. Example: feminis finds feminism, feminist, feminists, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article either by using your browser's print options or by clicking on the "View PDF pages" option displayed in the upper-right portion of the screen. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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MLA Literary Research Guide

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Producer:	Modern Language Association
Description:	Based on the fifth edition (2008) of James L. Harner's "comprehensive and reliable tool" (Times Literary Supplement), now kept up-to-date in an online form. The guide surveys English-language literature -- English, American, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Caribbean, and [what used to be called] Commonwealth Literature -- with more than 1,000 entries describing the research process and specific reference works and online resources. You may preview the table of contents. Purchase of this product was made possible by funds from the University Library's Parents Weekend book sale.
Usage Tips:	The Contents tab will take you to a list of types of resources (such as "Literary Handbooks"), guide to genres (such as "Irish Literature"), and more. The Search option (upper-right) enables you to look for specific terms within the database. Note: When looking for multi-word search terms, be sure to enclose the words within quotation marks. Example: "native american" When you retrieve the entry for a specific resource, note that the options to the right usually include "Locate in library catalog," which should lead you to information in Annie, the W&L library catalog. Additional information is available by clicking on the Introduction tab at the top of the screen.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Middle English Compendium

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Producer:	UMDL
Description:	The Compendium weaves together three separate resources: the Middle English Dictionary; the HyperBibliography; and the Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse. The MEC was develped at the University of Michigan's Digital Library Production Service. It represents decades of effort, with almost 55,000 entries taken from nearly 900,000 quotations.
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Librarian:	Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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Middle English Dictionary

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Producer:	University of Michigan
Sources:	Sources
Description:	"A comprehensive analysis of lexicon and usage for the period 1100-1500, based on the analysis of a collection of over three million citation slips." The printed set is available in the library collection.
Usage Tips:	Searching and understanding entries in this resource are more challenging than in most dictionaries, due in great part to the presence of unfamiliar characters within words. The following instuctions address the basics of searching. For more complete details on searching and understanding what you find, see this help page. Searching The initial page offers three means of searching the database -- Lookups, Search MED Entries, and Search MED Quotations. *Lookups* most closely resembles the type of searching normally done with dictionaries -- looking for the meaning of a specific word (the "headword" and its common forms) when you are fairly certain of the spelling. Please note that you can use an asterisk () to search for forms of a word. Example: shour to find shoures. Search the MED Entries is a broader search, covering not only the headwords and word forms, but also the words within definitions, etymologies, and quotations. Use this search when you are less sure of spellings. *Search the MED Quotations* finds words within the quotations which accompany each entry.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Medieval and Renaissance Studies

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Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook

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Producer:	Greenwood / Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description:	Signed entries for more than 70 modern Irish writers, including a brief biography, a discussion of major works and themes, an overview of the author's critical reception, and a bibliography of primary and secondary works. You may view a copy of the table of contents.
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word. Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk () for missing letters. Example: nationalis finds nationalist, nationalism, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article either by using your browser's print options or by clicking on the "View PDF pages" option displayed in the upper-right portion of the screen. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics

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Producer:	Princeton University Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description:	"Comprehensive reference work dealing with all aspects of its subject -- history, types, movements, prosody, and critical terminology... Entries vary in length from relatively brief notices to substantial articles of about 20,000 words." This is the 1993 edition, edited by Alex Preminger & T.V.F. Brogan
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or by searching for a particular word. Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option, which is divided into 24 groups, beginning with " Abecedarius-Anagram." You may open any of these sections by clicking on the appropriate plus-sign (+). Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk () for missing letters. Example: myth finds myth, myths, mythological, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article by clicking on the "Print" option displayed in the upper-left portion of the screen to re-format the article, then using your browser's printing features. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-left corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Notable Latino Writers

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Producer:	Salem Press / Gale Virtual Reference Library
Description:	This 2005 three-volume set is a collection of essays on 120 writers who are/were Latin American authors or U.S. authors of Latin descent. It also includes (at the end of Volume 3) a handful of essays on specific literary forms. You may view a copy of the table of contents here.
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing in the table of contents or in the index, or by searching for a particular word. Table of Contents You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged table of contents by clicking on the eTable of Contents option. The set is divided into three "volumes," beginning with "1. Demetrio Aquilera Malta-Romulo Gallegos." Click on the volume you want, then on "Go," and then open the contents of the volume by clicking on a plus-sign (+). Index You may browse through the alphabetically-arranged index by clicking on the eBook Index option, which opens a list of hundreds of references, each of which is clickable. Searching You may want to use the Quick Search/Find option to find obscure references or to find articles which contains one or more particular terms. Be sure to click on the "within this publication" box. To find entries containing various forms of a word, use an asterisk () for missing letters. Example: feminis finds feminism, feminist, feminists, etc. Gale Virtual Reference Library This encyclopedia is one of several in our Gale ebook collection. You can search through all the sources in that collection by using the Basic Search or Advanced Search options, near the top of the page. Delivery Printing -- You may print the text (and graphics) of an article either by using your browser's print options or by clicking on the "View PDF pages" option displayed in the upper-right portion of the screen. E-Mail -- You may e-mail an article by choosing the "E-mail" option, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Please note that you will have several format options for delivering the e-mail.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Latin American and Caribbean Studies

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Oxford Companion to American Literature

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	Sixth edition (1995) contains over 2000 biographical profiles of American authors (with information regarding their style, subjects, and major works), as well as other figures who have been important in the nation's social and cultural history. Includes more than 1,100 summaries of American novels, stories, essays, poems, plays, biographies and autobiographies, etc. The library has printed copies of various editions in its collection.
Usage Tips:	Searching The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of this encyclopedia. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "new journalism". To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: catholic will find catholic, catholics, catholicism etc. To find articles containing all of several words, connect with words with AND. Example: south* AND women* Browsing Choose the "Browse" option (in the navigation bar near the top of the screen) to browse through an alphabetical list of all essays.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Companion to English Literature

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	Seventh edition (2009) contains over 7,000 entries, including some lengthy essays, provide extensive coverage of writers, works, literary theory, allusions, and characters. Edited by Dinah Birch. We also have earlier editions.
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Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	This 1996 volume contains entries on "English-language writers and writing throughout the twentieth century," including authors, works, periodicals, and literary movements. The library also has a printed copy.
Usage Tips:	The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: colonial will find colonial, colonialism, colonialist, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Literature").
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Companion to the Book

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Digital Reference Shelf
Description:	Published in 2010 as a two-volume work, covering "the broad concept of the book throughout the world from ancient to modern times." Includes over 40 lengthy historical essays, plus about 5,000 alphabetically-arranged shorter entries, including definitions and biographical entries. Purchase was made possible by a generous gift from the Washington and Lee Friends of the Library.
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Digital Reference Shelf ebooks, see this page. You can find the lengthy historical essays by using the "Browse" feature for entries beginning with the word Essay.
Descriptors:	History -- United States Literature and Language Journalism and Mass Communications History -- Outside U.S.

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Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	Third edition (2008), written by Chris Baldick, contains about 1,200 entries covering "everything from the ancient "dithyramb" to the contemporary "dub poetry," from the popular "bodice-ripper" to the aristocratic "masque," and from the "social realism" of Stalin's era to the "magic realism" of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Previous editions are also available in the library's collection.
Usage Tips:	The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: alliter will find alliteration OR alliterative. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Literature").
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Dictionary of Reference and Allusion

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	Third edition (2010) offers summaries of about 1,900 references to "literature, mythology, and the Bible."
Usage Tips:	You may find material in this ebook either by browsing among the entries or by searching for a particular word. For help with browsing, searching, navigating, and printing Oxford Reference Online ebooks, see this page.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	First edition (2006) "contains rhymes for 45,000 words, including proper names, place names, and foreign terms used in English."
Usage Tips:	The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: silv will find silver, silviculture, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("English language Reference").
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

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Producer:	Oxford University Press
Description:	This 2004 publication contains about 350 signed essays by leading scholars, covering American literary history from the 1600's to the present day. Essay topics include individual authors, works, movements, themes, etc.
Usage Tips:	Searching The initial screen ("Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "new journalism". To find articles containing all of several words, connect with words with AND. Example: war AND poetry To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: puritan will find puritan, puritans, puritanism etc. Browsing Choose the "Browse" option (in the navigation bar near the top of the screen) to browse through an alphabetical list of all essays.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

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Producer:	Oxford University Press
Description:	A five-volume set in printed form (2006), this encyclopedia contains 500 signed substantial essays which cover "the entire history of British literature from the seventh century to the present, focusing on the writers and the major texts of what are now the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland," including biographies and topical essays with detailed analyses of particular themes, movements, genres, and institutions.
Usage Tips:	The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the " Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "bloomsbury group". To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: narrat will find narrative, narration, narrator, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Literature").
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature

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Producer:	Oxford University Press
Description:	This four-volume set (printed form, 2006) contains over 3,200 entries that comprehensively document and interpret books read by children throughout the world, with attention to significant international trends and the multicultural expansion of the field. It includes brief biographies of major authors and illustrators and feature essays on genres, individual works, and prominent trends and themes.
Usage Tips:	The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the " Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "snork maiden". To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: satir will find satire, satires, satirical, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("Literature").
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

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Producer:	Oxford University Press
Description:	The OED is the accepted authority on the history of words in the English language. It is the most important guide to the meaning and history of over a half-million words, both past and present, tracing the meanings of these words through the use of over 2.5 million quotations, drawn from a wide range of sources. The database contains the Second Edition and additions, including quarterly updates of at least 1,000 new and revised entries. The library also has the first and second editions in printed form.
Usage Tips:	Searching Use the basic "Quick Search" option to find entries featuring a particular word or multi-word term. Results will be arranged by parts of speech (noun, verb, etc.) Please note that each individual resulting entry is displayed in a brief "Outline" form; to view the more complete entry, click on "Full entry," above the definition(s). The "Advanced Search" option (beneath the search box) can be useful when you are searching for a particular meaning or connotation of a word. Example: Enter the gay as a "Headword" and the word homosexual in "Full Text" (or "Definition"). The Historical Thesaurus feature enables you to research "words associated with a given idea."
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Oxford Reference Online
Description:	Second edition (2008) contains 4,000 entries offering respected advice on current use of the English language. The library also has related earlier publications in printed form.
Usage Tips:	The initial screen ("Quick Search") is set up for a search of the complete text of the database. If you want to browse through an alphabetical list of all entries, choose the "Browse this book" option. The results of searches are arranged by relevance, with those articles containing search words in the title or other prominent location. Quick Search To find articles containing a multi-word phrase, enter the words within quotation marks. Example: "split infinitive". To search for various forms of a word, use an asterisk () as a wild-card term. Example: verb will find verb, verbs, verbal, verbiage, etc. Advanced Search This option, located within the blue bar near the top of the screen, enables you to search through this reference source, plus some or all of the other Oxford Reference Online sources in this same broad subject area ("English Language Reference").
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Routledge Dictionary of Literary Terms

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Producer:	Routledge
Description:	This 2005 volume, containing over 200 entries, is a revision and expansion of Roger Flowler's Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms, first published in 1973.
Usage Tips:	Using NetLibrary While you are using this book, nobody else at W&L can open it. When you are finished, be sure to click on the "Close Item" option near the top of the screen, above the left-hand column. Otherwise, this book will be unavailable for 15 minutes. To open the book, click on "View this eBook." The next screen will display a graphic of the book's cover on the right side of the screen and a copy of the table on contents on the left side. Browsing The table of contents displayed in the left-side column gives you the option of browsing any of the book's sections by clicking on the appropriate title. If a title is preceded by a plus-sign (+), you can click on the plus-sign to access individual parts of any section. Searching To search for a particular word or phrase within the book, click on the "Search" option, on the left side of the screen, then enter your word(s) within the "Search this eContent" box. Navigating Once you have opened an article, you can move from one page to another only by using the "Next" and "Previous" buttons, near the upper-right corner of the screen. Printing You may print only one page at a time. Use the Adobe Acrobat "print" icon (image of a printer), in the bar immediately above the article. Be sure to click on the "Close Item" option when you are finished.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

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Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other Forms of Minimalist Communication

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Producer:	Oxford University Press / Ebrary
Description:	From Alexander and Nicholas Humez, this delightful 2010 book explores the "ever-growing field of minimalist genres, ranging from the bank robbery note to the billboard, from the curse hurled from a car window (or the Senate floor) to the suicide note, and from the ghost-word to the ring tone. You may see an overview of the table of contents.
Usage Tips:	You also can preview the contents by clicking on "Contents" in the TOC column on the right side of the opening page. For help with browsing, searching, and printing while using the Ebrary e-book interface, see this guide.
Librarian:	Dick Grefe
Descriptors:	Literature and Language

Producer:	ProQuest
Description:	EEBO provides digital access to over 125,000+ literary and historical classics. All works are in full image format, meaning that images accurately reflect the way the works appeared in their original printed editions. Besides literary and historical works, the database also includes musical exercises, prayer books, pamphlets, proclamations, almanacs, calendars, and many other primary resources. Funding was made possible by a gift from William Buice, Class of 1961.
Usage Tips:	When complete, EEBO will contain all the works in the microfilm series Early English Books I & II, combining the Short-Title Catalog (Pollard & Redgrave, 1475-1640), the Short-Title Catalog II (Wing, 1641-1700), the Thomason Tracts, a compendium of broadsides on the English Civil War printed between 1640 and 1661; and the Early English Books Tract Supplements. There are no links to individual EEBO titles in Annie, our online catalog. Searching EEBO is searchable by Keyword, Author, or Title; and can be browsed by Subject. You may also construct Boolean searches, limit a search by source library, language, or collection, review search histories, and combine previous sets results. Viewing Results Initial results include brief bibliographic citation. After receiving them, you can view more detailed records, mark specific documents for printing or downloading, and sort results alphabetically, by relevance, or by date. The digitized images of original pages can be enlarged by the zoom function. Printing When you have the text or image on your screen, do the following: Change the "View as" box to "PDF". You need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your computer. Type the letter "G" to open up the Graphics Select Tool. Your curser will turn into a tool that can select a specific part of the text or image. Left-click your mouse and drag your mouse to outline the part of the text or image that you want to print. Click the Print button. BEFORE you say OK, make sure the box to "Expand small pages to paper size" is checked. This will enlarge the text so that it fits the page, and will be easier to read. You should now see a print preview in which the captured text or image fits the page. Then click OK.
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Literature and Language Medieval and Renaissance Studies History -- Outside U.S.

Producer:	University of California, Irvine
Description:	The Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG) is a research center at the University of California, Irvine. Founded in 1972 the TLG has already collected and digitized most literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. Its goal is to create a comprehensive digital library of Greek literature from antiquity to the present era.
Usage Tips:	To start your first visit to the TLG , you should click on "Establish a New User Profile". This will enable you to save your searches, and to set up your preferences. Also, on the first page, you will see a choice between unicode and beta. Most computers have a "unicode-capable/OS": so you should enter through that door. This means that you don't have to install special fonts on your computer and that you can copy and paste the Greek into another program without losing the accents and formatting. To see a listing of the authors available, click "Search the Canon by Author" -- on the left side of your screen--and, once you're there, click on "Complete List." To access a text, type in the author you want, and then follow the prompts. Notice, that you can tell the TLG in the settings for your account that you want to have a connection to Perseus, and this will enable you to access a translation. It will also allow you to access dictionaries -- just click on the word you're interested in and Perseus will provide you with the dictionary form of the word. On the left side of your screen, you'll see the question: "Perseus links?" To search the Greek texts for particular words, click on the "search selections" button. Once you're on the new page, tell TLG what you want to search for. You can do a simple or an advanced search. For further guidance, click on Help in the TLG.
Tutorial:	http://www.tlg.uci.edu/help/Help.html
Librarian:	Yolanda Merrill
Descriptors:	Classics Literature and Language Philosophy Religion Anthropology and Archaeology

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