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ENG 363/563: Gender Issues in Literature

A guide for students studying gender issues in literature.

Gender Studies Database (1972-) This link opens in a new window
Database with full-text articles on topics of gender and sexuality.
Women Writers Online This link opens in a new window
Full-text collection of early women’s writing in English.
JSTOR (1838-) This link opens in a new window
Database with access to academic journals, books, and primary sources in over 50 disciplines
Biography Reference Bank This link opens in a new window
Contains biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.

Consult the Virtual Reference Desk for additional online dictionaries and thesauri.

Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Historical dictionary accepted as the authority on the English language; word origins, definitions, histories, and variant spellings.

Dictionary of Writers and Their Works (Oxford Reference)
An essential guide to authors and their works that focuses on the general canon of British literature from the fifteenth-century to the present.
Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
The principal authority on the origin and development of English words.
Thesaurus.com
Oxford Paperback Thesaurus
Provides synonyms, opposites, and related terms; includes real examples of usage.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory by Irena R. Makaryk (Editor)
Call Number: OhioLINK
ISBN: 0802059147
Publication Date: 1993-04-19
Literary Theory by David Ayers
Call Number: PR21 .A94 2008 , 4th Floor
ISBN: 9781405136013
Publication Date: 2008-01-03
Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by J. A. Cuddon; J. Cuddon
Call Number: PN41 .C83 1999, 1st Floor Reference
ISBN: 0140513639
Publication Date: 2000-02-01
Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory by Elizabeth Kowaleski-Wallace (Editor)
Call Number: PN98.W64 E53 1997, 1st Floor Reference
ISBN: 0815308248
Publication Date: 1996-11-01

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American & English Literature This link opens in a new window
Database containing works of poetry, drama, and prose based on books and other sources originally published in print
JSTOR (1838-) This link opens in a new window
Database with access to academic journals, books, and primary sources in over 50 disciplines
LGBTQ+ Source This link opens in a new window
Database that includes world literature regarding Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender and Transsexual issues
Women's Studies International This link opens in a new window
Database that covers the core disciplines in Women’s Studies to the latest scholarship in feminist research.