Literature

Useful links

For quick access to high quality information for your assignments, try the links on these pages.

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Reading Lists

Got an assignment? Have you looked at the reading list to see lecturer recommendations?

Key Starters for Essays and Dissertations

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After looking at your online reading list, try these to help with your assignments

• Finding print and ebooks using the Library Catalogue

• Online resources to try first

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• Cambridge Companions to Literature and Classics

Access thousands of chapters on major authors, periods and genres, written by experts and designed for student readers.

• Credo Reference

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

A variety of reference works, including dictionaries, which tutors may well prefer to Wikipedia, and it even tells you how to set out a reference to what you find. Try out the 'Mind Map' feature to see how your keyword links to others - useful for essay planning and dissertation work.

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• Ebook Central

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery

Contains full-text ebooks in many subject areas.

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• Glossary of Literary Terms (McGraw-Hill Online Learning Center)

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If you need to check what certain terms mean quickly, this site will help.

• Oxford English Dictionary Online

fully searchable in EBSCO Discovery