English, Language Arts, Literature, & Linguistics
A guide for English, language arts, literature, and linguistics research at Southwestern Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie, Texas
Subscription Databases
- Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window Supports literary response, literary analysis, and thesis statements through a diversity of scholars and critics that ensure all views and interpretations are represented. Also contains biographical information, reviews, and literary criticism.
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- LitFinder This link opens in a new windowContains the full text of plays, short stories, speeches, and plays, along with biographies, work summaries, photographs, and glossaries.
- Books and Authors This link opens in a new windowContains book reviews and biographical information for both fiction and non-fiction authors.
- Scribner Writer Series This link opens in a new window Includes biographical and critical essays on the lives and works of more than 1,400 authors from around the world. Entries include concise essays, citations, and biographical information, placing the author's work in personal and historical context.
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- Twayne's Author Series This link opens in a new window Contains literary critical interpretation and discussion for hundreds of books covering World, English, and U.S. authors.
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- Fine Arts OneFile This link opens in a new window
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Millions of articles at the fingertips of serious students of drama, music, art history, and filmmaking. - Opposing Viewpoints in Context This link opens in a new window Gale's Opposing Viewpoints In Context is the premier online resource covering today's hottest social issues, from capital punishment to immigration to marijuana. This cross-curricular research database supports science, social studies, current events, and language arts classes. Informed, differing views help learners develop critical-thinking skills and draw their own conclusions. Opposing Viewpoints In Context is a rich resource for debaters and includes pro/con viewpoints, reference articles, interactive maps, infographics, and more. A category on the National Debate Topic provides quick and easy access to content on frequently studied and discussed issues.
- Communications and Mass Media Onefile This link opens in a new window
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Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature. - Twentieth-Century American Poetry This link opens in a new window This unparalleled collection includes 50,000 poems drawn from 750 volumes by over 300 poets, including Adrienne Rich, Andrei Codrescu, Ezra Pound, William Carlos Williams, Denise Levertov, Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, Lucille Clifton, and Cathy Song.
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- Twentieth-Century English Poetry This link opens in a new window A collection of more than 600 volumes of poetry by 283 poets from 1900 to the present day, including W.B. Yeats, Rudyard Kipling, Thomas Hardy, Wilfred Owen, Thom Gunn, Fleur Adcock, Paul Muldoon, Tony Harrison, Benjamin Zephaniah and Carol Ann Duffy, and incorporating the poets in The Faber Poetry Library.
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- Pop Culture Studies OneFile This link opens in a new window This database both analyzes and contributes to popular culture. It offers useful information for researchers in social science, history, art or liberal arts courses.
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Journals
Internet Resources
- Hidden Literacies Explores texts by marginalized Americans—including Indigenous and enslaved people, prisoners, and young children—that have not traditionally been included in archives and educational curricula.
- International Children's Digital LibraryA library for the world's children.
- Accountable JournalismA collaborative project that aims to be the world’s largest collection of ethical codes of conduct and press organisations. The site is meant to be a resource, which explains global press ethics and regulation systems, and provides advice on ethical reporting and dealing with hate speech.
- The Complete Works of William ShakespeareLiterature; Full texts can be obtained by searching either the chronological listing or the alphabetical listing in this site.
- Poetry FoundationAccess to poetry and other resources
General Research Databases
- Academic OneFile This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive database covering almost any topic. - Academic Video Online (Alexander Street) This link opens in a new windowOver 70,000 titles spanning all subjects, curated for the educational experience.
- Biography in Context This link opens in a new window
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Biographical information for over 5,200 people across all areas of life. - College in Context This link opens in a new window
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A broad collection of resources covering all basic topics frequently encountered in college. Contains full text access to The Economist, The New York Times, and Newsweek.
- Checking Out & Downloading EBSCO eBooksDetailed instructions on how to check out and download EBSCO eBooks.
- General OneFile This link opens in a new window
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Comprehensive database covering almost all topics.
