UMR Curtis Law Wilson Library




Curtis Laws Wilson Library
400 W. 14th Street
Rolla, MO 65409-0060


Main office: 573-341-4227
Circulation: 573-341-4008
Interlibrary Loan: 573-341-4006
Reference: 573-341-4007
Fax: 573-341-4233
Email: library@mst.edu

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English and Technical Communications Resources

For assistance, please contact Sherry Mahnken at mahnkens@mst.edu


DatabasesElectronic JournalsPrint ResourcesWeb Resources


Library Databases

Use these databases to find journal articles and other materials on literature and related topics.

Communication and Mass Media Complete

This database indexes articles in journals related to all aspects of communications, including technical communication. Full text content is available for many journals.

Dictionary of National Biography

The Dictionary of National Biography includes 55,000 biographies of people who played a significant role in the history of the British Isles. In addition to biographical information from primary and secondary sources, entries are accompanied by bibliographies and are often illustrated with portraits.

JSTOR

JSTOR provides access to the full images (including photos, tables, and graphs) of articles from back issues of a variety of scholarly journals, including literature journals. Coverage extends back to the 19th century for some journals. Recent years' issues are generally not accessible in this database.

MLA Bibliography

MLA indexes articles in the modern languages, literatures, linguistics, and folklore. It includes journals, books, dissertations, and collections of essays. Complete coverage begins in 1963, although basic records for earlier articles in journals available in the JSTOR database are also included in MLA.

Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary is the most authoritative and comprehensive dictionary of English in the world. The online dictionary provides information on the meaning, usage, and evolution of over 600,000 words.

Project Muse

Project Muse provides access to the full text of articles from almost 200 journals, many of them in the humanities. Coverage begins in 1993.


Electronic Journals

Library Subscription Journals

Language and Literature

Technical Communication

Free Journals

  • CLCWeb: Comparative Literature and Culture

    A peer-refereed quarterly of scholarship combining comparative literature with cultural studies from Purdue University

  • Early Modern Literary Studies

    A refereed journal examining English literature, literary culture, and language during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries

  • Erfurt Electronic Studies in English

    A refereed journal publishing articles on English literature and language

  • Journal of Language and Linguistics

    A scholarly journal covering theoretical and applied topics in language studies, linguistics and language teaching; the site also includes the Journal of Language and Learning and the Journal of Language and Literature

  • Renaissance Forum

    A refereed journal in early-modern English literary and historical scholarship

  • Romanticism on the Net

    A refereed journal with articles on the literarture of the Romantic period in Britain

  • Woman Writers

    A free online magazine dedicated to women writers that includes both fiction and scholarly articles


Print Resources

  • Contemporary Authors
    Reference PN451 .C59

    Contains biographical information, lists of works, and lists of sources of biographical and critical information

  • Contemporary Literary Criticism
    Reference PN94 .T95

    Includes brief biographies and reprints of critical essays on the works of living authors or authors who died after 1999

  • Dictionary of Literary Biography
    Reference PN451 .D434

    Provides lengthy career biographies that cover that cover the development of the authors work and reputation; also includes lists of sources of interviews and critical evaluations

  • Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
    Reference PN86 .L56

    Provides brief biographies and reprints of critical essays on the works of writers who died between 1400 and 1799

  • Masterplots
    Reference PN44 .M33

  • Presents plot summaries and critical evaluations for selected works of literature

  • Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
    Reference PN92 .N5

    Provides brief biographies and reprints of critical essays on the works of writers who died between 1800 and 1899

  • Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
    Reference PN94 .T85

    Provides brief biographies and reprints of critical essays on the works of writers who died between 1900 and 1999


Web Resources

Gateways

Collections

  • Library of Southern Literature

    Site containing a wide variety of literary works of the American South published before 1924; also linked from this site is a collection of North American Slave Narratives

  • Project Gutenberg

    A collection of literary works that are in the public domain in the United States

  • Project Bartleby

    A large full text collection of literature (fiction, non-fiction, and poetry) and reference works that fall within the public domain

  • Representative Poetry Online

    A site that includes about 2,900 English poems by over 400 poets from the Old English period to the work of living poets; based on the book Representative Poetry, published by the University of Toronto Press

  • Wright American Fiction, 1851-1875

    A collection that attempts to include every novel published in the United States between 1851 and 1875, among them works by important writers such as Twain, Hawthorne, and Melville, as well as many forgotten authors

Grammar and Style Guides

  • The American Heritage Book of English Usage

    Contains information about grammar, style, diction, word formation, gender, social groups and scientific forms; hosted by Project Bartleby

  • The Elements of Style

    Strunk's classic guide to plain English style, focusing on commonly violated rules of usage; hosted by Project Bartleby

  • Guide to Citation Style Guides

    A collection of links to guides for properly citing Internet resources using the APA, MLA, Chicago, and Turabian styles

Composition

  • Guide to Grammar and Writing

    Site that provides information about grammar and writing; a subsection of the site, Principles of Compostion, discusses the writing process and the structure and types of composition

  • The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

    Site designed for students and others who want (or need) to improve their writing skills; covers the process of writing from the thinking and planning stages to the finished product

  • Online Writing Lab

    The website for Purdue's Writing Lab includes handouts, interactive presentations and workshops, and links to other sites, all providing information on topics relating to improving writing

Science Fiction and Fantasy Sites

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