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Useful Resources for English

Arts & Humanities Database This link opens in a new window
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Full-text journal articles in the visual and applied arts.
Subject coverage includes: literature, art, philosophy, linguistics, architecture, history, social sciences, humanities, music, design, photography, etc.
Bible in English This link opens in a new window
20 different versions of the English Bible from the tenth to the twentieth century, including 12 full Bibles, 5 New Testament texts, 2 versions of the Gospels only, and William Tyndale's translations of the Pentateuch, Jonah and the New Testament.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
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JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, and primary sources.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
An exhaustive guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of many thousands of words, past and present, from across the English-speaking world.
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ProQuest One Literature This link opens in a new window
ProQuest One Literature brings together a comprehensive collection of primary texts, ebooks, reference sources, full-text journals, dissertations, video and more, for unparalleled access to historical and contemporary content by and about celebrated and lesser-known authors from around the world.
Very Short Introductions This link opens in a new window
The Oxford Very Short Introduction series is a great way to explore a new topic. Started in 1995, this Oxford University Press series provides short (120-140 pages) overviews of hundreds of topics and disciplines. Expert authors combine facts, analysis, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make often challenging topics highly readable.

Online access to this wide range of guides is free for members of Lancaster University. There are also over 200 Cambridge Companion books available in hard copy in the Library; use Onesearch to see what we have.

The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare
ISBN: 9781139000109
Publication Date: 2006
The Cambridge Companion to the Postcolonial Novel by Ato Quayson (Editor)
ISBN: 9781107132818
Publication Date: 2015

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