English: Key Resources
Key resources for English will provide access to:
- Primary texts, such as poetry, drama and prose
- Literary criticism
- Newspapers and online news sources
- Dictionaries
Alternatively, see our multidisciplinary databases for researchers:
Key databases: Primary Texts
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Black Drama This link opens in a new windowSearch or browse more than 1,700 plays dating from the mid 1800s through to the present day by over 200 playwrights from Africa, the Caribbean, North America and other African diaspora countries.
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C19: The Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new windowSearch or browse C19: The Nineteenth Century Index for abstracts and citations, including some with full-text, for information documenting nineteenth century history. C19: The Nineteenth Century Index comprises 18 indexes, available to cross-search or search individually, with over 25 million records from books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers, archive material and reference material.
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Drama Online This link opens in a new window
Search or browse for texts, criticism, images and videos of drama, plays, playwrights, stage and theatre.
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Early English Books Online This link opens in a new window
Search or browse more than 146,000 digitized copies of early English works, including almanacs, bibles, literature, prayer books, proclamations and sermons all dating from between 1475 to 1700.
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Eighteenth Century Collections Online This link opens in a new windowSearch or browse over 180,000 documents, including books and pamphlets, dating from between 1701 to 1800 on topics including art, history, law, literature, religion and social sciences in English and other languages including Ancient Greek, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish and Welsh.
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Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Search across this collection of literature databases for information on authors and their works
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Literature Online This link opens in a new window
Search or browse English language poetry, prose and drama from the 8th Century through to the present day along with literary criticism and reference materials.
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Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new windowA collection of eBooks on Linguistics, Literature and Philosophy containing essays on the latest research, debate and thinking from subject experts.
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Oxford World's Classics This link opens in a new windowA collection of over 300 eBooks, including novels and other writings, from the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries.
Key databases: Criticism
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BBC Shakespeare Archive This link opens in a new windowSearch or browse for TV and Radio programmes from the BBC's Shakespeare collections and productions.
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Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics This link opens in a new window
Search or browse this collection of over 470 e-books on literature topics including authors, their works and literature genres.
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Cambridge Journals Online This link opens in a new windowCambridge Journals Online includes access to over 300 full-text journals covering a wide range of subjects including acting, stage & theatre, art, education, health, law, literature, management, music and social sciences.
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Literature Online This link opens in a new window
Search or browse English language poetry, prose and drama from the 8th Century through to the present day along with literary criticism and reference materials.
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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Search for abstracts and citations of journal articles, books, book chapters, theses and dissertations on literature, languages, linguistics and folklore.
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Oxford Handbooks Linguistics This link opens in a new windowA collection of eBooks on Linguistics containing essays on the latest research, debate and thinking from subject experts.
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C19: The Nineteenth Century Index This link opens in a new windowSearch or browse C19: The Nineteenth Century Index for abstracts and citations, including some with full-text, for information documenting nineteenth century history. C19: The Nineteenth Century Index comprises 18 indexes, available to cross-search or search individually, with over 25 million records from books, periodicals, official documents, newspapers, archive material and reference material.
News and online news sources
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Nexis This link opens in a new window
Search or browse Nexis for news, market insights, biographies and information on companies, including from national, regional and international newspapers
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Gale OneFile News This link opens in a new window
Browse or search for articles from over 2,300 UK and international newspapers
Dictionaries
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Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new windowSearch for the meaning, history and pronunciation of past and present English speaking words.
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