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This guide is designed to help you find information and resources for English Literature.

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Key Databases for English

A new version of Novanet was launched on May 17, 2022.

Novanet now searches all databases but Novanet search results may sometimes differ from search results in individual library database. For example, certain databases offer search features and options not available in Novanet.

Novanet can be a good place to start searching for articles on some topics but it does not replace searching individual library databases.

MLA (Modern Language Assocation) International Bibliography
Index to scholarly research in several languages covering topics in language, literature, linguistics, folklore and film. Includes citations from more than 4,400 periodicals and 1,000 book publishers as well as series, proceedings, theses.

Years Indexed: 1920s - present
World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
Index to Shakespeare-related scholarship and theatrical productions published or produced worldwide.

Years Indexed: 1960 - present.
JSTOR
Full-text archive of journals in the Arts & Humanities, Social Sciences and Sciences. Current and recent volumes (last 2 to 5 years) not available for most titles.
Literature Criticism Online
Literature Criticism Online provides full-text access to Gale's Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) beginning with volume 325 (2012) to volume 393 (2016)(no new volumes will be added as this title was cancelled in March 2016). Older volumes are available in print in the library (Basement Reference, PN 771 .C59). CLC provides full-text or excerpted criticism reproduced from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.

These are just a few of the library databases you can search to find scholarly information in the field of English Literature. For a complete list of key databases for English, please see:

Full List of English Databases

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New Books & E-Books

Just a few titles recently added to our collections:

(Re)Generation: The Poetry of Katerie Akewenzie-Damm by Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Dallas Hunt (Editor)
Call Number: On order -- Coming soon!
ISBN: 9781771124713
Publication Date: Wilfrid Laurier UP, 2021
"(Re)Generation contains selected poetry by Anishinaabe writer Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm exploring a range of issues: from violence against Indigenous women and lands to Indigenous erotica and the joyous intimate encounters between bodies."
An Anthology of Indigenous Literatures in English: Voices from Canada by Armand Garnet Ruffo, Katherena Vermette, Daniel David Moses & Terry Goldie, eds.
Call Number: PS 8235 .I6 A56 2020
ISBN: 9780199031719
Publication Date: Oxford UP, 2020
“Emphasizing the importance of the oral tradition, the newly revised and expanded anthology offers a diverse selection of graphic and short stories, songs, poems, plays, letters, and essays by exceptional writers from First Nations, Inuit, and Metis communities across Canada."
The Oxford Handbook of Chaucer by Suzanne Conklin Akbari & James Simpson, eds.
Call Number: PR 1924 .O94 2020
ISBN: 9780199582655
Publication Date: Oxford UP, 2020
Addresses "Chaucer's poetry in the context of several disciplines, including late medieval philosophy and science, Mediterranean Studies, comparative literature, vernacular theology, and popular devotion."
Mary Wollstonecraft in Context by Nancy E. Johnson & Paul Keen, eds.
Call Number: PR 5841 .W8 Z756 2020
ISBN: 9781108416993
Publication Date: Cambridge UP, 2020
"Leading international scholars reveal the intricate biographical, critical, cultural, and historical context crucial for understanding Mary Wollstonecraft's oeuvre.”
Bodily Evidence: Racism, Slavery, and Maternal Power in the Novels of Toni Morrison by Geneva Cobb Moore
Call Number: PS 3563 .O8749 Z779 2020
ISBN: 9781643361000
Publication Date: University of South Carolina, 2020
“Explores how Morrison uses parody and pastiche, semiotics and metaphors, and allegory to portray black life in the United States, teaching untaught history to liberate Americans."

To find more books and e-books, search Novanet and e-book collections listed on the library's E-books page.