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Electronic Resources

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
A database of full-text articles on critics and theorists, critical and theoretical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. Each entry includes a selective bibliography.

Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms by Irena R. Makaryk (Editor)
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 1282056522
Publication Date: 1993

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, an open source, organizes scholars from around the world in philosophy and related disciplines to create and maintain an up-to-date reference work.
The Edinburgh Encyclopedia of Continental Philosophy

Print Resources (Chronological sources and companions)

Handbook of British Chronology by E. B. Pryde (Editor); D. E. Greenway (Editor); S. Porter (Editor); I. Roy (Editor)
Call Number: DA34 .H28 1996
ISBN: 052156350X
Publication Date: 1996
A Dictionary of Dates by Cyril Leslie Beeching
Call Number: D11.5 .B44 1997t
ISBN: 0192800566
Publication Date: 1997
The Oxford History of English Literature
The Oxford Companion to English Literature by Margaret Drabble (Editor)
Call Number: PR19 .O94 2000 - Book Collection 4th Floor
ISBN: 0198662440
Publication Date: 2000
The Cambridge Companion to Creative Writing by David Morley (Editor); Philip Neilsen (Editor)
Call Number: PN189 .C29 2012 - Book Collection 4th Floor
ISBN: 9780521768498
Publication Date: 2012

Annual Register

The Annual Register
Call Number: D2 .A7 v.208

Play Indexes (Electronic and Print)

The Play Index (Electronic Resource)
Once you are on the EBSCO page, select the Play Index database. This resource will help you find the play you are looking for. You can also find plays with your specific requirements, for example, a play with two male characters.

Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Anthologies and Collections, 1970-1976
Call Number: Z5781 .C4846 (Reference Collection 2nd Floor)
Theater index to plays in anthologies and collections, 1970-1976.
Ottemiller's Index to Plays in Collections: An Author and Title Index to Plays Appearing in Collections Published between 1900 and 1985

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Subjects:Biographies, Communication, English Language & Literature, Philosophy, Theater, Interpretation & Dance, Women and Gender Studies

Dictionaries and Thesauri

Oxford English Dictionary
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The OED is widely regarded as the most significant dictionary of the English language, offering the meaning, history, and pronunciation of more than 600,000 words —past and present— from across the English-speaking world.

Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE)
Published by Harvard University Press.
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus in Dictionary Form

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