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This guide provides links to useful resources to begin exploring areas within English Studies that interest you. Need help? Just ask -- please contact me at nornat@uncc.edu.

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MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
Provides access to scholarly research pertaining to literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.
Gale Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Biographical, critical and bibliographical information on authors.
Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window
Provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Oxford English Dictionary This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive online dictionary of the English language.
The most comprehensive dictionary of the English language. It traces the development of English from approximately 1150 AD up to the present day. It covers the full spectrum of English language usage, from formal to slang, as it has evolved over time. Contains the complete text of the 20-volume Second Edition, first published in 1989, together with its 3-volume Additions Series.

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