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Subject PortalsEnglishMaintained by:Claudia Frazer Contribute:Don't see what you are looking for? Suggest a new resource or subject area.
Dig deeper into sub-categories...(move back to Subject Portal Home) Including individual books and groups of books held by Cowles Library Cowles Library CatalogThe online catalog of Drake University's Cowles Library. Can search by author/title/subject and word phrase. Good Word GuideAvailable on-line through CREDO Reference. Modern communications are breaking down distinctions between formal and informal English, raising ever more questions as to how to speak and write correctly.
This resource offers information and advice on spelling, grammar, punctuation, pronunciation, confusables and the latest buzzwords.
OCLC WorldCatCan't find a book you need in Cowles Library? OCLC WorldCat lists over 57 million books cataloged by library worldwide. Search for books by subject, author, title or keyword. Including research databases that are subscribed to by Cowles Library and not available to the general public 1- Humanities DatabasesAll humanities databases available at Cowles Go there... Academic Search CompleteAcademic Search Complete includes more than 5,300 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format Britannica OnlineComprehensive online encyclopedia. Enter a word, phrase or question and retrieve everything from definitions to images to "best" web sites. Contemporary AuthorsContemporary Authors is the beginning source of research for biographical information on twentieth century authors (novelists, poets, playwrights, etc.). Also includes New Revision Series. Contemporary Literary Criticism SelectFull-text, timely critical analysis of key literary works of authors now living or who died after 1/1/2000. Emphasis is on established authors.
Coverage Dates: Sporadic coverage of v 1-74;
v 75 - covers 90% ebrary (eBooks)Database of over 10,000 electronic books in a wide variety of academic subject areas. You will need create your own account & download plug-in (ebrary reader) to proceed. JSTOR (JournalSTORage)Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of 320 journal titles in 24 academic disciplines.
Click on SEARCH to begin Literary Reference CenterThe Literary Reference Center was developed with undergraduate research in mind. It combines information from major reference works, books and literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing providing users with information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Literary Reference Center includes
-130,000 author biographies
-3,000 author interviews
-over 1,000 images of key literary figures
-25,000 classic and contemporary poems
-11,000 classic and contemporary short stories
-full text of over 7,500 classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006)
-full text of over 300 literary journals
-more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
-75,000 articles of literary criticism
-500,000 book reviews
-Citation Tool
-Glossary of literary terms
-Timeline with geographic contexts MLA (Modern Language Association)--Directory of Periodicals--EBSCOContains information for over 7,000 language & literature journals (many of which are indexed in the MLA Bibliography database).
Coverage Dates: Current MLA Bibliography (Modern Language Association)--Bibliography--EBSCOIndex of journals and books in language and literature. Links to some full-text where available. netLibrary (eBooks)Access to thousands of electronic books. Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED)2nd edition of the world-famous 20-volume set. It is the "unsurpassed" guide to the meaning, history, & pronunciation of over 1/2 million words, both past and present. Project Muse Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses Including lists of subject specific journals owned by Drake or accessible electronically English journalsHere is a list of all the English journals held by Cowles Library. Also try searches on "language" and "literature." Yahoo's List of Literary E-journalsIncluding sites that are generally free and contain content deemed to be pertinent to the subject Best Information on the NetComprehensive list of "everything" about the study of English, compiled by the librarians at St. Ambrose University. Department of EnglishEnglish departmental webpage, listing the various programs of study, majors, faculty member information, as well as other resources. |
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