Walt Whitman

Resources for Literary Research

LitOnline: Sophomore Literature Online
Clemson University English Department

Samuel Beckett

Clemson University Library Resources for Literary Research

To locate refereed and recommended articles and Web resources, at the Clemson University Library Website (new window will open), follow links Research by Subject > Literature > Find Articles.
- The Literature Resource Center with its options for overviews, biographies, and literary criticism is a good place to start.
- The MLA International Bibliography is the classic resource for locating scholarly articles about literature and film.
For additional help locating literary resources, go to the E-guides page (a new window will open) and scroll down to Literature to view online tutorials for literary research:
- Finding Journal Articles Using the Literature Resource Center
- Finding Journal Articles Using the MLA International Bibliography
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Writers' Resources

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant offers extensive composition advice written in a friendly style by Charles Guilford of Boise State University.
Writer's Web, University of Richmond Writing Center, includes a useful A-Z topic list for writing concerns.
A Writer's Reference by Diana Hacker ( 4th ed. Boston: Bedford, 1999): This handbook is an excellent guide to have and keep. You can also use the companion writing resources online at A Writer's Reference Website.
Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) was one of the first online services for writers and remains one of the most comprehensive with online handouts about writing.
bartleby.com links include the American Heritage Dictionary (with some sound files for pronunciation), American Heritage Book of English Usage, Strunk's Elements of Style, Gray's Anatomy, several encyclopedias, quotations, and full text of many literary works.
askoxford.com links include the Oxford English Dictionary Online, the Oxford Reference Online, and advice for writers. Oxford University Press is British, so some usages and conventions may differ slightly from their American counterparts.

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updated August 27, 2008 by D. Reiss