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Reference Materials:

*Additional literary criticism resources are available online through our E-Research Tools

Circulating Materials:

All circulating British Literature materials are located on the second floor of the library under the listed call number ranges. Please check the online catalog for specific titles and call numbers.

Articles/Reference Resources/Videos available through NCLIVE:

Type your search terms in to the NCLIVE database quick search or search for a particular journal title in NCLIVE. Read the abstract to see if the article meets your needs, and then look for the “PDF Full Text" or "HTML Full Text” symbol at the bottom of the entry. If you need help searching NCLIVE, please ask a librarian.

Some ebook and journal titles available through NCLIVE include:

• A Short History of English Literature
• Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations series
• Bloom's Modern Critical Views series
• English Poetry
• Faber Poetry Library
• Literary Contexts in Novels
• Literary Contexts in Plays
• Literary Contexts in Poems
• Literary Contexts in Poetry
• Literary Reference Center
• Twentieth-Century English Poetry
• Journal of Victorian Culture
• Twentieth Century Literature
• Victorian Poetry

Internet Resources:

• Literary Criticism at Drexel University Full text literary criticism and historical context for a number of British authors
• Luminarium In-depth background information and resources on writers from the four major periods of British literature: the Medieval Period, the Renaissance, the 17th Century, and the Restoration.
• Project Gutenberg Online access to many books that are no longer in copyright including the full texts for many of the major novels, plays, and poems in British literature
• Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet Links to research about Shakespeare’s life and works
• W.W. Norton Anthology of English Literature Background and summary information on all major periods of British literature
• Contemporary British Literature at Kansas State Links to many twentieth-century author biographies and links to history and media resources
• The Victorian Web Comprehensive listing of, and links to, a wide variety of Victorian-era topics

Open Access Journals:

Open access journals are scholarly journals that are available online without cost or subscription requirements to the reader.

• Directory of Open Access Journals
• OpenDOAR, The Directory of Open Access Repositories
• Open J-Gate