English

This guide includes resources for the study and teaching of English languages and literature.

English Librarian

Elizabeth Allen

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LSU Library, Room 141 A
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-3330

Subjects: English Language & Literature, History, Political Science, Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

Reference Sources

Current publication style manuals (such as Chicago, MLA 8, and APA 6th edition) can be found at the Research Help Desk on the first floor of the library.

Purdue OWL
The Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University houses writing resources and instructional material, and we provide these as a free service of the Writing Lab at Purdue. Students, members of the community, and users worldwide will find information to assist with many writing projects. Teachers and trainers may use this material for in-class and out-of-class instruction.

Dictionaries of literary terms can be found in the PN40-PN45 range.

Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
Gale in Context: Biography
Literary Reference Plus
• More than 36,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
• More than 87,000 articles/essays of literary criticism (7,000 more than LRC)
• Nearly 260,000 author biographies (10,000 more than LRC)
• More than 780 literary journals (330 more than LRC)
• Nearly 2,800 reference books (none of which are in LRC)
• More than 930,000 book reviews (30,000 more than LRC)
• More than 150,000 classic and contemporary poems (50,000 more than LRC)
• More than 35,000 classic and contemporary short stories (8,000 more than LRC)
• More than 11,000 author interviews (1,000 more than LRC)
• More than 7,400 classic novels
• Nearly 170 critical essays about popular young adult (YA) literature titles (not in LRC)
• More than 150 Critical Insights volumes (not in LRC)
Credo Reference
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Subjects: English Language & Literature