LibGuides: ENGL 411: Milton: Databases

Time Period Resources

Encyclopedia Britannica Academic Edition This link opens in a new window
A great resource for looking up an event or literary period to get a sense of what was going on as background research. Test your topics by looking into them in a resource like this.
Oxford English Dictionary (OED) Online This link opens in a new window
Trace the use of a word across time periods and make sure that the definition you are using is the right one for your current time period.

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of Daily Life by Andrew E. Kersten (Editor); Gregory S. Aldrete (Editor); Lawrence Morris (Editor); Joyce E. Salisbury (Editor); Peter Seelig (Editor)
Call Number: GT31 .G74 2004
ISBN: 0313325413
Publication Date: 2004-06-30
A 4 volume encyclopedia set in the Reference section that gives some insight into how people lived their lives and common assumptions of the time period chosen.

Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new window
Combines Literature Resource Center with Gale Virtual Reference Library in one interface. Articles, critical essays, work and topic overviews, full-text works, and biographies covering authors, their works, and literary movements.
Literary Reference Plus This link opens in a new window
Articles and criticisms, including peer-reviewed, bios and interviews, novels, short stories, poems, and literary magazines.
Literature Criticism Online This link opens in a new window
Literature Criticism Online sorts criticism topically, by period, and even by author depending on prominence. Also includes Poetry and Short Story criticism.
MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
An EBSCO database that can be cross-referenced with other literary databases, the MLA International Bibliography is a great starting point for literary research.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
While an interdisciplinary resource, JSTOR is great specifically for short story research.