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Bing Honors College English

Bing Honors College English - Fall 2015 - Instructor: Alice Staveley
Last Updated: 3-Sep-2015

A guide to resources covered in the workshop for the Bing Honors College English.

Subject Librarians

Rebecca Wingfield
Curator for American and British Literature
Cecil H. Green Library
(650) 787-5283

Subjects

American literary studies
British and Commonwealth literary studies

Bibliography management

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Reference sources

Reference universe [electronic resource].
[Sterling, VA] : Paratext, 2002-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
A searchable database of back-of-the-book indexes to subject encyclopedias and other reference works in a wide variety of subject areas.
Oxford reference online [electronic resource].
Premium collection Oxford ; New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, c2002-
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Oxford bibliographies. American literature [electronic resource].
Oxford : Oxford University Press.
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Oxford bibliographies. British and Irish literature [electronic resource] / editor in chief: Andrew Hadfield.
Oxford : Oxford University Press.
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Oxford bibliographies online. Victorian literature [electronic resource] / editor in chief, Juliet John.
Oxford : Oxford University Press.
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Secondary sources

These databases are recommended for finding articles, book chapters, reviews, and other secondary sources.

MLA international bibliography [electronic resource].
[New York] : H.W. Wilson, 1987-
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Extensive coverage of scholarship on language and literature, including literature in English.
Literature online [electronic resource].
[S.l] : Chadwyck-Healey, [1996]-
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Collection of literature resources including the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (ABELL), full-text journals, reference works and essays, author bibliographies and biographies.
Periodicals index online [electronic resource].
[Ann Arbor] : ProQuest Information and Learning Co.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » eResource
Indexes journal articles in the humanities and social sciences.
Academic search premier [electronic resource].
Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Pub.
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Multidisciplinary database covering most fields in the humanities, social sciences, education, and general science.
JSTOR [electronic resource]
[New York] : JSTOR [New York] : ITHAKA, 1995-
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Covers core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and general sciences to within a couple of years of current publication.
Project Muse. Premium collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » NONEAQD4378
Online journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

More resources in American literary studies

The following are additional electronic resources in American literary studies.

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  1. 19th century masterfile [electronic resource].

    Indexes nineteenth century literature, including newspapers, periodicals, books, and government publications.

  2. African American periodicals, 1825-1995 [electronic resource].

    African American Periodicals, 1825-1995 features more than 170 wide-ranging periodicals by and about African Americans.

  3. African-American poetry [electronic resource].

    "The early history of African American poetry, from the first recorded poem by an African American (Lucy Terry Prince's 'Bars Fight', c.1...

  4. Afro-Americana imprints, 1535-1922, from the Library Company of Philadelphia [electronic resource].

    "Created from the Library Company of Philadelphia's acclaimed Afro-Americana Collection - an accumulation that begain with Benjamin Frank...

  5. American Antiquarian Society (AAS) historical periodicals collection [electronic resource].

    Index and full text of historical American periodicals held by the American Antiquarian Society. The completed collection will cover a wi...

More resources in British and Commonwealth literary studies

The following are additional electronic resources in British and Commonwealth literary studies.

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  1. 19th century masterfile [electronic resource].

    Indexes nineteenth century literature, including newspapers, periodicals, books, and government publications.

  2. Annual bibliography of English language and literature [electronic resource] : ABELL

    Lists English-language articles, books, doctoral dissertations and reviews published anywhere in the world pertaining to bibliography, En...

  3. Attributions of Authorship in the Gentleman's Magazine [electronic resource]

    Emily Lorraine de Montluzin. 1997

    Over 5000 attributions of authorship for the first English magazine, searchable as a single database.

  4. The BBC Shakespeare plays [electronic resource]

    by William Shakespeare ; a BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life Television. 2009

    This collection provides access to the 37 Shakespeare plays produced by the BBC between 1978 and 1985.

  5. British Literary Manuscripts Online

    British Literary Manuscripts Online presents facsimile images of literary manuscripts, including letters and diaries, drafts of poems, pl...