| JCU Library Resources | Electronic Journals |
| Full Text Literary Works | Reference Resources |
| Australian Resources | Discussion Lists & Newsgroups |
| Overseas Resources | MLA Style Referencing |
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JCU Library Resources
- Library and Computing Services homepage
- Tropicat - JCU's library catalogue
- Language and Literature Guide - Word document
Guide to language and literature resources in the JCU library collection- General Humanities Resources
Electronic Databases for English
- General Information
- Electronic Databases Alphabetical listing of all databases available through JCU
- Database Guides to read online or printout to help in using internet resources.
- Indexing / Abstracting Databases
- AUSTLIT
AUSTLIT indexes creative and critical works by and about Australian writers. Coverage is comprehensive from 1988 onwards. Some earlier citations are also included. AUSTLIT includes citations for original creative literature, critical material on Australian literature, biographical material, reviews, awards and translations of creative Australian literature originally written in a language other than English.
- Informit
Includes Australian databases such as APAIS, MEDIASCAN
- Literature Resource Center
A complete literature reference database built on the Gale Group's three hallmark author databases: Contemporary Authors Online, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select and Dictionary of Literary Biography Online.To this have been added full-text, excerpted, and commissioned critical material from titles such as Children's Literature Review, Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Shakespeare for Students and Twentieth Century Literary Criticism plus full-text critical essays on major authors via links to selected literary journals. This database is combined in one overall interface with the Modern Language Association International Bibliography. Access is via InfoTrac.
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- MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures
Produced by the Modern Language Association of America, this is a comprehensive database indexing materials on language, literature, linguistics and folklore from over 3,000 journals and series as well as relevant monographs, working papers and conference proceedings. The coverage is from 1963 to the present, the scope is international in both the sources indexed and the languages and literatures covered. This database is combined in one overall interface with Gale's Literature Resource Center. Access is via InfoTrac.
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- Web of Science Includes Arts and Humanities Citation Index 1992+
- Full Text Databases
- InfoTrac Expanded Academic
- Middle English Compendium
Provides three main resources: an electronic version of the Middle English Dictionary, a HyperBibliography of Middle English prose and verse plus a growing Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse (electronic versions of the source texts) produced by the University of Michigan.
- Project Muse
Provides full text access to over 40 scholarly titles in the humanities, social sciences and mathematics published by John Hopkins University Press.
- ProQuest
Full Text Literary Works
- Australian Literature Database - A collection of 18th, 19th and early 20th century texts
- Bartleby Library - Great Books Online.
- Bartleby Verse - American and English poetry 1250-1920.
- British Women Romantic Poets 1789-1832 - An electronic collection of texts from the Shields Library, University of California, Davis
- Classics at the Online Literature Library
- Complete Works of William Shakespeare
- Electronic Literature Foundation - Electronic texts from world literature
- English Language Resources - Texts from the Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia
- The English Server - Publisher of humanities texts online
- The On-Line Books Page
- The Poetry Archives - Over 3700 non- copyrighted classical poems from 145 poets searchable by author, title and first line.
- Project Gutenberg - Huge collection of online texts
- Voice of the Shuttle - English Literature Page
Australian Resources
- Australian literature on the Internet - Sites compiled by the National Library of Australia.
- OzLife:Australian Biography and Book Review Index "OzLife is a selective index to articles about prominent Australians appearing in major Australian newspapers from September 2000 to July 2005. Until September 2002 Ozlife also indexed book reviews on works of Australian fiction and non-fiction which appeared in Australian journals and newspapers.Active indexing in OzLife ceased in July 2005".
- OZLIT: Australian Literary Resources
- Queensland Writers Centre
Overseas Resources
- British and Irish Authors on the Web
- Chaucer
- Chaucer An annotated guide to online resources
- Chaucer Metapage Compiled by over a dozen scholars of Medieval English literature. Review
- The EServer Poetry Collection
- Literature and Composition Resources
- The English Renaissance in Context
- The Gothic: Materials for Study
- Internet Public Library: Literature
- Labyrinth A world wide server for Medieval Studies
- Literary resources on the Net Searchable collection of links to sites dealing especially with English and American literature
- Luminarium Resources for English literature 1350-1660
- Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet Aims to be "a complete annotated guide to scholarly Shakespeare resources available on the internet"
- Romantic Circles Highly recommended scholarly site devoted to the study of literature and culture of the Romantic period.
- Voice of the Shuttle English Literature Page
Grammar, Style and Usage
- The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation
- Elements of Style by William Strunk. Online version of the classic English composition reference text.
- English Grammar Online
- Guide to Grammar and Writing
Reference Resources
- General Reference Resources Includes dictionaries, book reviews.
- AskOxford Articles and interviews about dictionary making and the English language. Includes a jargon buster and competitions and crosswords
- Glossary of Literary Terms
- Handbook of Rhetorical Devices
- World Wide Words Exploring the English language. Investigating international English from a British viewpoint
Electronic Journals
- James Cook University Library Electronic Journals Find journals by title or browse by subject.
Discussion Lists & Newsgroups
- CataList -Official catalog of LISTSERV lists
- Directory of Scholarly and Professional E-conferences
- National Academic Mailing List Service. (Known as JISC Mail). A UK based electronic mailing list service for the academic community
- Ozlists List of Australian electronic mailing lists
MLA Style
- MLA Referencing Examples of references in the MLA style, and links to other guides to the MLA style. From JCU Referencing Styles
- EasyBib.com Automatically format, alphabetize and print your bibliography in MLA format
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