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english resources @ CSC library
online databases
subject specific databases
African American Experience a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of African Americans, as well as the greater Black Diaspora
America History and Life index of literature covering the history and culture of the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present. includes citations and links to book and media reviews. NO FULL TEXT
American National Biography Full Text biographies of prominent Americans
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry contains 250,000 poems in full text and 450,000 citations
The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism A comprehensive historical survey: alphabetically arranged entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods
Literary Reference Center a comprehensive literary reference database, provides users with a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. Combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, hundreds of literary journals, and unique sources not available anywhere else
Latino American Experience a full-text digital resource exploring the history and culture of U.S. Latinos
St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture
other databases
Academic Search Premier (EBSCO) multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals, including more than 3,700 peer-reviewed titles
Credo Reference A collection of online Reference Books
EJS E-Journals (EBSCO) articles
Integrated Search Search all the EBSCO English databases at once
netLibrary e-books
Newspaper Source (EBSCO)cover-to-cover full text for 25 national & international newspapers; full text television & radio news transcripts are also provided
Oxford Online Reference A collection of online Reference Books
primary sources
American Civil War: Letters and Diaries Full text
Black Thought and Culture: African Americans from Colonial Times to the Present Full text non-fiction published works of leading African Americans
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries Full text
Cleveland Colby Colgate Archives at Colby-Sawyer College
Early Encounters in North America Full text of letters, diaries, memoirs covering people, cultures, and environment
Historical New York Times Full text 1851 to 2005
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries, and Oral Histories Full text
North American Women's Letters and Diaries: Colonial to 1950 Full text
English websites
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century From the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture at the New York Public Library: free, full-text access to a rich digital collection of 52 works written by African American women during the 19th century
Children's Literature Web Guide A guide to Internet resources, including prize lists, authors' sites, reviews, discussion groups, etc. related to books for Children and Young Adults
Folklore and Mythology Electronic Texts provides texts for a broad range of tales alphabetized by theme, title, type, and national origin. Also, provides an index of folk and fairy tale web links
Greek Mythology Link a collection of the Greek myths written on line by Carlos Parada, author of the book Genealogical Guide to Greek Mythology, published in 1993
Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet an annotated guide to the scholarly Shakespeare resources and unique Shakespeare material unavailable elsewhere on the Internet
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum features images from the museum's collections as well as links to research and educational resources on the cultural history and heritage of the American West
The Poetry Foundation publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. The website provides information on poets; access to poems by subject, author, title, & keyword search; reading guides; reviews; literary criticism; poetry news and more
ProCon.org an independent, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization, provides pros and cons on diverse controversial topics with facts and quotations from thousands of experts
Storytellers: Native American Authors online a “Native Wiki” whose purpose is to make the writing of modern Native American authors, particularly the poets, both more visible and more widely available. The site consists of direct links to web sites of Native American authors and poets, organized by tribe
Sur La Lune Fairytales includes texts of 47 major tales, annotated to include each tales' history, modern interpretations, a gallery of books and illustrations on the tale, full text of related tales from other cultures, and full bibliography
Voice of the Shuttle From UCSB English Department, a dynamic database that offers a wide range of links to scholarly resources on literature and other subject areas in the humanities
books
Use the CSC Library catalog to find books about English. To find books by or about an author, search for the author's last name using author browse or author keyword to find journals about English, use the subject keyword search English - periodicals
Most English books are classified under P and are found on the main level of the barn, and in the Reference Collection on the library's main level. PN (Literature, general), PQ (French, Italian, Spanish, Portugese literature), PR (English Literature), PS (American Literature), PZ (adolescent literature). Most children's literature can be found in the Curriculum Lab, downstairs behind the Circulation desk.
