Literature and Creative Writing
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Top Databases
- EBSCO
- covers lots of subject areas so often good for a quick starting point
- JSTOR
- helps you to find academic journal articles on a wide range of subjects (contains 80 Language and Literature journals)
- Literary reference center [LRC]
- a top literature site to help with your assignments
- MLA International Bibliography
- the leading world source of articles on Language, Literature and related culture
Top Journals
- ELH
- Extrapolation: journal of the scholarly study of science fiction and fantasyis available in the library
- Journal of Commonwealth Literature
- Language and Literature
- Mslexia
- is available in the library
- PMLA
- Review of English Studies
- Textual Practice
- Twelvepoint
- Online access to Scriptwriter magazine.
- Writing magazine
- is available in the library
Dictionaries & Encylopaedias
- Oxford English Dictionary Online (OED)
- will help you find out how words have evolved.
- Credo Reference
- a virtual reference library.
Websites & Sources of Data
- British Women Romantic Poets, 1789-1832
- The Dickens Page
- First World War Poetry Digital Archive
- The Internet Classics Archive
- mainly Greek and Latin texts in English translation
- Intute: English
- helps you to find good quality websites on Literature and Creative Writing
- The Oxford Text Archive
- Project Gutenberg
- 30,000 out-of-copyright books online
- Romantic Circles
- website covering Romantic-period literature and culture created by academic experts
- SSHLS Website: English Literature
- Important web links, and the latest research and news relevant to SSHLS students
- The William Blake Archive
Theses / Dissertations
- Some examples of dissertations from a range of English and Creative Writing courses are available available on the Dissertations database
Newspapers
- NexisUK
- search for and read international newspaper articles from 1980s/90s to the present
- The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985
- 17th-18th Burney Collection Newspapers
- 19th Century UK Periodicals
- magazines published for new readership audiences emerging in the 19th century, including a focus on women, children, leisure interests
- British Periodicals
- includes key sources from 1680s to 1930s with input from major literary figures e.g. Conan Doyle, Defoe, Dickens, Mrs. Gaskell, Smollett
Internet Tutorials
SSHLS Students
- SSHLS Website: English Literature
- Important web links, and the latest research and news relevant to SSHLS students
Meet the Subject Team
Anne Worden
Literature
anne.worden@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3243
Greta Friggens
Creative Writing
greta.friggens@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3456
Sharon Bittner
Assistant Faculty Librarian
sharon.bittner@port.ac.uk
(023) 9284 3243
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Guides
Where is my Subject in the Library?
- Second Floor 800s – a few starting points include:
- American Literature: 810s
- Crime Fiction: 809.3872
- English Language: 420s
- English Literature: 820s
- Literary Theory: 801
- Check the library catalogue to find out precisely where your books are.
Manage the references for your dissertation using EndNote Web
You can use EndNote Web to gather all the references for books, journal articles etc which you want to use for your dissertation. The references can be accessed anywhere you have Internet access and you can get EndNote Web to create an instant bibliography for you - references to books and journal articles come out perfectly formatted for Harvard APA as used in Portsmouth (just make sure you select APA 5th within EndNote).
Year 2 and 3 students looking for information for their dissertations will find it helpful to read the following guide
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