English
Reference
- Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
- Literary Criticism
1. Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
 Oxford English Dictionary
The OED is the accepted authority on the evolution of the English language since 1150. It provides the meaning, history and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past; and it traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cookery books.
Oxford Reference Online
Includes the Oxford companions and dictionaries for literature, mythology and folklore, classics, and 17 other subject areas. This database is limited to a single user. Please log out when finished.
2. Literary Criticism
Finding Literary Criticism
Guide to finding critical essays on literature at Hamilton College.
Literature Resource Center
Full text database offers author biographical sketches, author portraits, critical essays, bibliographies and links to web sites. Includes the complete text of Contemporary Authors and Dictionary of Literary Biography. Selected articles are available from Contemporary Literary Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Drama Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism, and more.
Twayne's Authors Series
Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors.
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Articles - English
Core Resources:
MLA International Bibliography
Coverage: 1926-present.
Index of scholarly articles, edited books, and dissertations on literature, languages, film studies and folklore. Covers literatures from all countries and time periods except for classical Greek and Latin literature.
Additional Resources:
For more, consult the library's English databases page.
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Books
ALEX
Hamilton College Library's catalog. Use our call number locator to find items from your catalog search.
WorldCat
Catalog with more than 60 million records for books and other materials owned by libraries around the world. Use the  button to request items through interlibrary loan.
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Primary Sources
Finding Primary Sources
Guide to finding primary source material—including books, documents, images, magazines, newspapers, personal accounts and speeches—using Burke Library's general collection, its online resources, and interlibrary loan.
Digital Book Collections
Major book collections that have been reproduced in electronic form or on microfilm.
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Citing Sources
Ask your professor if he or she has particular citation style preferences. The English department follows rules set out by the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers.
The following resources can be especially helpful:
Citing Sources
The library's guide to documenting sources includes examples of citations for books, journals, and other commonly used resources.
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
Location: Ref Desk LB2369 .G53 2003
RefWorks
RefWorks is an online bibliographic manager that can be used to create, organize and store references. Information can be imported from most of the library's research databases and reformatted to create bibliographies in wide range of documentation styles, including MLA style.
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Get Help
For further assistance, contact:
Reid Larson
Reference Librarian
Burke Library
315-859-4480
rslarson@hamilton.edu
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(Reviewed: September 10, 2007)
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