Encyclopedias for Understanding Literature
- EBooks (Gale) This link opens in a new windowCross-searchable collection of over two thousand reference titles from Gale. Previously known as Gale Virtual Reference Library.
Extent: Multidisciplinary
- New Dictionary of the History of IdeasSurveys the history of Western thought and culture. Explores the origin, cultural interpretations, and historical themes of such subjects as beauty, love, feminism, diversity, and social capital.
Extent: Multidisciplinary - Oxford Encyclopedia of British LiteratureComprehensive coverage of the history of literature in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland in the major literary languages, including biographies and major themes or movements.
Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowDetailed etymologies of words comprising the English language. This online version of the venerable OED is a work in progress; hundreds of new entries are added yearly.
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