Johns Hopkins University Library Guides - English and American Literature

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The research tools below provide full-text primary and secondary sources in literary studies.

Literature Online (LiOn)
Contains over a third of a million full-text works of poetry, prose and drama in English, together with the definitive online criticism and reference library.
Literature Resource Center
Includes many literary reference works, criticism, biographies, primary sources, and multimedia.
Past Masters
Definitive editions of the writings of many important figures in the humanities, including philosophers and literary figures. Includes letters of Jane Austen, Charlotte Bronte, Charles Dickens, Coleridge, and many others.

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Search inside books made available on the Internet; view or preview them online, then check to see if our library owns or has access to them.

Google Scholar

This feature of Google searches across many scholarly Internet sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

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