English : Author Info & Literary Criticism

Context & Background Information

Use these databases to find author information, overviews and reviews of literary works, and literary criticism.

Artemis Literary Sources This link opens in a new window
[From Gale] Provides access to biographies, summaries, and overviews. It also contains full text literary works, journal articles, criticism, and reviews. [Databases searched include Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers, and Twayne's Authors Series.]
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
Oxford Reference Online (ORO) This link opens in a new window
Searches multiple Oxford reference sources which contain information about authors, literary works and terms, and more.
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Proquest One Literature This link opens in a new window
[Replaces LION] Contains multiple reference materials such as author pages, book reviews,and historic literary criticism as well as journal articles, ebooks, primary texts and more.
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Dictionaries, Encyclopedias and Guides

Find brief information about literary terms, genres, authors and more.

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable 19th ed. 2013

Columbia Granger's World of Poetry This link opens in a new window
Biographies, commentaries, and glossaries focused on classical and contemporary poets and poetry, as well as 250,000 poems in full-text.
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Oxford Reference Online (ORO) This link opens in a new window
The Premium collection of language and subject reference works published by the Oxford University Press. Search individual titles or across all titles. Oxford Islamic Online database retired June 21, 2022 and is now a part of Oxford Reference Online.
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English Language Dictionaries

A Dictionary of Canadianisms on Historical Principles
Dictionary of Old English: DOEonline This link opens in a new window
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LEME: Lexicons of Early Modern English This link opens in a new window
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Oxford English Dictionary (OED Online) This link opens in a new window
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

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