Reference Sources for English

Use the resources below to get background information about your topic or limit your research. You'll be able to find synopses of literary periods, definitions and word origins, and pointers to literary criticism.

Print Resources

• Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia (SAWYER REF PN41 .B4 1987)
• The Oxford Companion to African-American Literature (SAWYER REF PS153.N5 O96 1997)
• The Oxford Companion to American Literature (SAWYER REF PS21 .H3 1995)
• The Oxford Companion to English Literature (SAWYER REF PR19 .O94 2000)

Online Resources

• Oxford English Dictionary Online
• Contemporary Authors
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism