Liaison Librarian
Welcome
Welcome to the English Literature Research Guide. My name is Brian Flota and I am the library liaison to the departments of English, Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Cultures, and Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication and to the School of Media Arts & Design. This guide was created to help students with a simplified and structured approach to research to help them become successful researchers in their field of study.
Use the tabs located on the left hand side of your screen to navigate through the guide and explore tools to help you in your research.
After you are done with your research, do not forget to relax.
Office Hours (Fall 2022)*:
Tuesday and Thursday from 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM in my office (Carrier Library 128), virtually (via Zoom), or by appointment. Times may vary. For an up-to-date schedule of my office hours, click on the "Schedule Appointment" box on the left side of this guide.
Literary Databases and Resources
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MLA International Bibliography with Full Text This link opens in a new windowClassified listing and subject index of scholarly books and articles on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new windowFull online text and images for back issues of selected scholarly journals and monographs in history, economics, political science, anthropology, sociology, literature, etc.
*Temporary expanded access beyond JMU subscriptions is available until Jun 30, 2022. Use this link for a list of resources: https://about.jstor.org/covid19/expanded-access-to-collections/. -
Project Muse This link opens in a new windowAn index of journals in the humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.
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ERIC This link opens in a new windowIndex with abstracts to educational periodicals and unpublished documents available since 1966.
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MLA Commons CORE Deposits DirectoryOpen access to full texts uploaded by literary scholars.
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OED Online This link opens in a new windowText of the Oxford English Dictionary and the Historical Thesaurus of the OED.
Finding Books
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JMU Library Catalog This link opens in a new windowFind journals, books, ebooks, films, sound recordings, and government documents available to JMU users.
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WorldCat This link opens in a new windowCatalog of over 62 million titles cataloged by libraries worldwide that includes manuscripts written as early as the 1000 B.C., books, audio visual media, and internet source
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Research Databases & ResourcesThis is a list of ALL JMU's databases. Use the alphabetical list or the search box to find databases relevant to your research needs.
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Interlibrary LoanGet books from other libraries.