Research Guides
The following sources are provided to supplement the primary information source, L4U, our Online Public Access Catalogue. These titles are suggested as a starting point for your searches. If you need assistance using L4U or any of the materials listed below, please ask the library staff.
English Literature
Dictionaries/Encyclopedias/Handbooks
New York Public Library desk reference. REF. AG6 .N49 1998
Oxford companion to classical literature. REF. DE15 .O9 1951
Oxford companion to American literature. REF. PS21 .H3 1995
Oxford companion to English literature. REF. PR19 .D73
Oxford English dictionary. REF. PE1625 .O87
Encarta Dictionary. REF. PE1628 .S5824 1999
Stoddart Visual Dictionary. REF. PE1629 .C67 1986
Encyclopedia of word and phrase origins. REF. PE1689 .H47 1987
Oxford thesaurus. REF. PE2832 .U7 1992
Oxford Canadian dictionary. REF. PE3235 .C36 1998
Brewer's dictionary of phrase and fable. REF. PN43 .B63 1963
Masterplots / ed. By Frank N. Magill. REF. PN44 .M32 1964
Encyclopedia of contemporary literary theory. REF. PN81 .E43 1993
Glossary of literary terms / Meyer Abrams. REF. PN44.5 .A2
Dictionary of literary terms / Sylvan Barnet. REF. PN44.5 .B4
Concise Oxford dictionary of quotations. REF. PN6081 .O9
Dictionary of fictional characters / William Freeman. PR19 .F7
Handbook of Middle English / Fernand Mosse. PE535 .M623
Bibliographies
Bibliography of feminist literature. REF. PN98 .W64 G63
Shorter New Cambridge bibliography of English literature / ed. by George Watson. REF. Z2011 .S46
Harvard guide to contemporary American writing / ed . by Daniel Hoffman. PS221 .H357
Columbia literary history of the United States / Emory Elliott. PS92 .C64 1987
Biographical Sources
Contemporary literary criticism. REF. PN771 .C59
Twentieth century literary criticism. REF. PN 771 .T9
Periodicals
TLS, the Times literary supplement. AP4 .T45
