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Databases
- Academic Search Ultimate This link opens in a new windowFind scholarly and popular articles about general literature topics or individual authors and works. In advanced search, you can change the Document Type to what you need, including Literary Criticism, Book Review, Poetry Review, and more.
- Films on Demand This link opens in a new windowStream educational films about general literature, authors, themes, American literature, British and Irish Literature, and more.
No full text? Click "Find It" by the article to get it elsewhere, or to order it.
Books
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature by Call Number: Reference PN471 .W455 2004From the 14th to the 21st century, a guide to feminist writing in England, America, and throughout the world.
These books can be useful to get started on your project.
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States by Call Number: Reference PS147 .O94 1995More than a thousand pages of signed articles on virtually every aspect of American women's literature. With a detailed index and several timelines.
Who's Who in Contemporary Women's Writing by Call Number: Reference PN471 .W496 2001Short but comprehensive biographical entries on women writers in a wide array of genres.
Web Resources
- A Celebration of Women WritersBrowse by author, century, country, and ethnicity. Maintained by a Philadelphia librarian.
- Victorian Women Writers ProjectExplore full-text works by British women writers of the 19th century, including anthologies, novels, political pamphlets, religious tracts, children's books, and poetry.
- African American Women Writers of the 19th CenturyA full-text digital collection of some 52 published books and pamphlets by 19th-century black women writers, searchable by keyword. From the New York Public Library.
- University of Michigan | Research Guides | Women's StudiesA gateway site that emphasizes literature and the arts.
- Literature Research GuideClick here to go to Lindell Library's Literature research guide.