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English Research Guide: Home

This research guide will provide information and resources related to English literature and the study of English.

English Research Guide Overview

This guide will serve as a starting point for your research in the field of literature and writing. When using this guide, you can click on the tabs across the top of the page for specific areas of interest.

Books & E-books: Examples of books specific to the study of English are found under this tab.

Databases and Open Access Resources: Use this tab when looking for English related open access journals or when looking for databases related to English.

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries: Use this tab when you are looking for general, broad information on your topic or you need to define terms.

Websites: Use this tab for links to freely accessible content on the web.

Writing Tips: Subpages on this tab offer guides to important aspects of writing. Topics include:  choosing a topic, evaluating sources, and writing literature reviews.

Websites for Citation Help

Center for College Success (Tutoring)

  • The Center for College Success offers help to students with their formatting, citations, grammar, and subject specific help.  

APA Style Website: Style and Grammar Guidelines

  • The APA Style website provides what you need to know when using the APA format.

Chicago Manual of Style Center

  • The Chicago Manual of Style website provides guidelines on using the style for formatting and making citations.

MLA Style Center

  • The MLA Style Center provides what you need to know about using the MLA format.

MLA Style Writing Guide

  • The MLA Style Writing Guide will outline the basic elements of MLA formatting.

Library of Congress Classifications

P – General Linguistics

   (201-299) Comparative Grammar

   (301) Style, Composition, Rhetoric

PA- Classical languages and literature

    (3051-4500) Greek Literature: (Classic)

PN – Literary History & Collections

     (980-990) Criticism

     (442-1009) Literary history

     (1010-1551) Poetry

      (1600-3307) Drama

       (4500) Essays

       (6010-6790) General Collections

       (6080-6095) Quotations

PQ – Romance Literature

        (1-3999) French Literature

        (6001-8929) Spanish Literature

PR – English Literature

PS – American Literature

PT – Germanic Literature

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