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ENG 248: Multicultural Literature

A guide for students studying multicultural literature.

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.
Oxford Paperback Thesaurus
Provides synonyms, opposites, and related terms; includes real examples of usage.
Thesaurus.com

Gender Studies Database (1972-) This link opens in a new window
Full-text database with articles on gender issues
SocINDEX with Full Text This link opens in a new window
Use this database for articles on ethnic & racial studies, gender studies, marriage & family, political sociology, religion, etc.
America: History and Life This link opens in a new window
Index of literature covering the life and culture of the history and present of the United States and Canada
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.

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
American Ethnic Writers by David R. Peck (Editor); Tracy Irons-Georges (Editorial Coordinator)
Call Number: PS153.M56 A414 2000 4th Floor Stacks - LIB USE ONLY
Publication Date: 2000

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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.

African American Literature Reference Sources
Full list of Oxford encyclopedias and dictionaries about African American Literature

Humanities International Complete This link opens in a new window
Full-text database of journals, books and other published sources from around the world covering aspects of the humanities, including literature and gender studies.
Bibliography of Indigenous Peoples in North America This link opens in a new window
Bibliographic database which covers all aspects of native North American culture, history and life, with a wide range of topics.