Literature

Online Resources

Use our free 24/7 online reference information in your library or at home. All you need is your library card or your smartcard number.

CREDOreference includes -

Oxford Reference Online includes -

KnowUK includes -

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature - Provides comprehensive coverage from the Abbey Theatre to Israel Zanghill. Includes accounts of individual authors as well as detailed histories of themes, movements, genres and institutions.

Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature - Documents and interprets books read by children throughout the world. Includes brief biographies of every major author and illustrator. Also includes feature essays on all genres of childrens literature, individual works and prominent trends and themes

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography - Look through over 50,000 biographies of men and women who shaped Britain's past, as well as various Themes.

Who's Who and Who Was Who - Who's Who includes information on over 33,000 influential people in British public life, and Who Was Who is an historical archive of over 90,000 deceased people previously included in Who's Who.

Resources available in the library

Books on World Literature with an emphasis on English and some European countries
Standard works in poetry, drama, fiction and literary criticism in these genres
Indexes to poetry, plays, novels and essays
Dictionaries of quotations
Biographical information on authors and directories of contemporary authors
Guides to creative writing and getting published
Magazines covering poetry, writing and reviews

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