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Welcome
Welcome to the Subject Research Guide for English Literature. You may also be interested in the Subject Research Guide for Linguistics and English Language.
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Recommended resources for finding journal articles
Use these databases to find journal articles. For guidance about searching see our successful search techniques website.
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MLA International BibliographyIndex to articles and dissertations on language and literature.
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Project MUSEProject Muse provides full text access to a wide range of journals. We subscribe to the Humanities Collection only.
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Humanities Index - previously British Humanities IndexCovers 1962 to date. Abstracts from over 400 sources in the areas of literature, the arts, cinema, economics, history, current affairs, popular science, religion, music and architecture.
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JSTORSearchable digital archive collection of core scholarly journals, many starting with the first issue (some of which date from the 1800s). Stirling University has full-text access to the Collections: Arts & Sciences I, Arts & Sciences II, Arts & Sciences III, Biological Sciences Archive and Ireland Collection. We also have access to the 19th Century British Pamphlets collection.
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PAO : Periodicals Archive OnlineFull text backfiles of international academic journals in the humanities and social sciences. Files run from the late 18th century to the late 20th century.
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Web of Science Core CollectionProvides access to the Citation Indexes for: Science; Social Sciences; Arts & Humanities; Conference Proceedings and Books. Use for finding journal articles and conference papers. Databases can be searched simultaneously or select specific databases using the More Settings option.
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Times Literary Supplement Historic ArchiveSearch the Times Literary Supplement from 1902- 5 years ago.
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British Newspapers 1600-1950Digital archive of historic newspapers. British Newspapers 1600-1950 contains over 3 million pages of historic newspapers and newsbooks. This resource cross searches Nineteenth Century Newspapers, the Burney Collection and British Newspapers Parts 3, 4 and 5 (1732-1950).
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British Periodicals OnlineBritish Periodicals Online provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth century.
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Nineteenth Century UK PeriodicalsAccess to the full text of over 180 periodicals from the nineteenth century.
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Entertainment Industry Magazine ArchiveFull text archive of US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theatre
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Historical Texts (previously Historic Books)Historic Books searches over 360,000 books. Use this to access to Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) and Early English Books Online (EEBO). Historic Books also provides access to nineteenth century books from the British Library.
Recommended websites for English Literature
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Anglo-Norman online hubAccess to the electronic Anglo-Norman Dictionary and articles relating to Anglo-Norman topics
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Sheffield Hallam Corvey HomepageInformation about eighteenth- and nineteenth-century authors and works. Including full text articles, biographies and bibliographies.
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Voice of the Shuttle - American LiteratureVoice of the Shuttle collects web resources for the Humanities. This page lists extensive resources for American literature and American studies including individual authors.
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Victorian Popular CultureOnline archive of books, periodicals, photographs, posters and ephemera on Victorian popular culture. We have access to the module on Spiritualism, Sensation and Magic only.
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International Gothic AssociationPrestigious organisation with some of the biggest names in Gothic as members. Details about the biannual conference.
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Gothic Imagination BlogWebsite for the Gothic Imagination MLitt course at the University of Stirling. Has guest blogs written by Gothic scholars, news about Gothic events or information, and links.
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Victorian webWide-ranging site on literature, history and culture in the age of Queen Victoria. Includes political and social history, gender matters, philosophy and religion, as well as resources on Victorian authors.
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ISA - Latin American & Caribbean Studies Research PortalDirectory of Latin American and Caribbean Studies research resources provided by the Institute for the Study of the Americas (ISA). Includes theses in progress and completed.
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Millgate Union Catalogue of Walter Scott CorrespondenceCompiled by Professor Janet Millgate, the Union Catalogue provides records for the nearly 14,000 letters written by or to Scott that have proved traceable worldwide. The catalogue is hosted by the National Library of Scotland.
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Walter Scott Digital ArchiveOnline resource created in the Special Collections Division at Edinburgh University Library. Designed around the Corson Collection of Walter Scott material held at Edinburgh University, it includes resources relating to Scott's life and works.
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James Hogg ResearchDocuments relating to James Hogg, including images, bibliographies and audio files.
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Dictionary of the Scots LanguageElectronic Scots language dictionary. Contains definitions of words used from 1700 to the 1970s.
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Discovering Literature: Romantics and VictoriansInsights into writing from the Romantic and Victorian periods from the British Library. Includes links to articles and videos.
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UK Reading Experience DatabaseA database containing information about who read what and how in the UK between 150 and 1945. Use this to study the reading habits of Britons for five centuries. Reading Experience Databases for other countries are available from this site too.
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Discovering Literature 20th centuryBritish Library website which provides guides and articles relating to 20th century literature
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Discovering Literature: ShakespeareManuscripts, rare books, maps, playbills, photographs and illustrations relating to Shakspeare and his world. Produced by the British Library.
Recommended Websites for all Arts and Humanities
Here are a few suggested websites for Arts and Humanities students, send us your suggestions to add to this list: library@stir.ac.uk
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JURNAn academic search engine which searches over 3,500 freely available scholarly electronic journals in the arts and humanities. Use this as well as the library's databases on the A-Z list of online resources.
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Moving Image GatewayBritish Universities Film and Video Council database providing links to websites relating to moving images and sound, e.g. British Pathe, ITN Archive. Covers a wide range of subjects. Some sites deliver video or audio online.
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