English & Comparative Literature: electronic resources

Contact the Subject Librarian for English and Comparative Literature: Mark Preston

Library notes

• English and Comparative Literature subject guide [pdf]
• Guide to William Shakespeare in the Library [pdf]
• MHRA referencing [pdf, courtesy of ECL department]

Recommended e-resources from our A-Z list

• Literature Online (LION) Full text drama, fiction, poetry, reference works and critical essays
• MLA (Modern Languages Assoc.) International Bibliography Index to language and literature journals

• African writers series (LION) Full text
• American Filmscripts Online Full text
• Asian American Drama Full text
• Black Drama Full text
• Box of Broadcasts Freeview TV and radio programmes for the past 5 years
• Credo reference
• JSTOR Full text journals
• Latino Literature Full text
• Literary encyclopedia
• North American Women's Drama Full text
• Orlando On women's writing
• Poets on Screen (LION)
• Project MUSE Full text journals
• Shakespeare audio plays
• Theatre in Video Performances, documentaries etc
• Twentieth-century Drama (LION) Full text

Other English resources on the Internet

• Medieval Studies Resources
• First World War Poetry Digital Archive
• Columbia University Bartelby Library The selected works of approximately 35 authors.
• The complete works of William Shakespeare
• The Times Literary Supplement - Archive Users can purchase a daily or weekly pass to access the 1902-2005 archive.
• The Intute Humanities hub A directory of recommended web resources for HE including English Studies and Comparative Literature site
• http://www.shl.lon.ac.uk/resources/books.shtml#Books Senate House library information which includes a list of full text books online

Electronic books from the library catalogue

You will come across ebooks as you search the library catalogue. You can search for 'ebook english' to get an idea of the sort of ebooks you can access, or use the dropdown menu under 'other categories' and choose 'ebooks'.

Electronic journals from the library catalogue

This is just a selection of titles. Look on the library catalogue in 'journals search' for other titles. Use databases like JSTOR and projectMUSE for searching for journal articles.

• American literature (2000-): www.jstor.org
• Angelaki (2000-): www.tandfonline.com
• Comparative American studies (2003-): www.ingentaconnect.com
• Critical quarterly (1997-): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
• English literary renaissance (2002-): http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com
• Essays in criticism (2001-): http://eic.oxfordjournals.org
• Gothic studies (1999-): www.ingentaconnect.com
• Interventions (2000-): www.ingentaconnect.com
• Irish studies review (2000-): www.tandfonline.com
• Language and literature (1999-): http://online.sagepub.com
• Metaphor and symbol (2000-): www.tandfonline.com
• Modern language review (2001-): www.ingentaconnect.com
• Nineteenth century literature (2001-): www.jstor.org
• Postcolonial studies (1998-): www.ingentaconnect.com
• Review of English studies (2001-): http://res.oxfordjournals.org
• Samuel Beckett today/Aujourd'hui (2002-): www.ingentaconnect.com
• Shakespeare quarterly (2001-): www.jstor.org