Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- American National Biography OnlineAccess biographies of dead individuals, including non-Americans, from all eras who have influenced and shaped American history and culture.
- Brill's New Pauly Encyclopedia"The unrivalled modern reference work for the ancient world." OU login required.
- Comprehensive Old-English DictionaryPrint. Reference collection: PE 279 .B48 1982.
- Dictionary of National Biography OnlineBiographical essays of important dead people from the British Isles. Includes artists, novelists, playwrights, poets, etc.
- Gale Virtual Reference LibraryA cross-searchable collection of specialized dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks, etc.
- Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English DictionaryAn historical thesaurus covering virtually the entire vocabulary of the English language from its beginnings to the present. Print, 2 vols. Reference collection: PE 1591 .H55 2009.
- Middle English Compendium OnlineProvides access to three major Middle English electronic resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse, based on the MED bibliographies, and a Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse, as well as links to an associated network of electronic resources.
- Oxford English Dictionary OnlineThe OED online. Includes definitions, etymologies, and quotations. Also in print in 20 volumes. Reference collection: PE 1625 .O87 1989.
- Oxford Scholarship OnlineE-book versions of some Oxford UP titles. Multidisciplinary.
- Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, 4th ed.Cover the history, theory, criticism, form, and genres of world poetry. Print. Bizzell stacks: PN 1021 .N39 1993.
- Shakespeare's WordsNEW! Integrates the full text of Shakespeare's plays and poems with the entire glossary database, allowing you to search for any word or phrase in Shakespeare's works, and in particular to find all instances of all words that can pose a difficulty to the modern reader. You can see the word in context and then link to it in the play. Other features include circles showing all of the characters' relationships to one another, pronunciation, and more.
- Stanford Encyclopedia of PhilosophyAn excellent resource for all manner of philosophical studies. Freely available.
Indexes
Indexes and Bibliographies
- Oxford Bibliographies OnlineBibliographies on various subjects including ones related to literary studies. A good starting point for research.
- A Reference Guide for English StudiesContains descriptive entries of useful pre-World Wide Web reference material. Print. Bizzell Stacks: PR 56 .M37 1990.
Downloading and Printing from EEBO
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