Your Subject Librarian
English library guide
A list of tailored, credible, good quality materials for your subject. These are the key resources you should be familiar with. Open and explore the links.- Literature Online (ProQuest Platform)
Searchable library of literary texts, full-text journals, author biographies and critical and reference resources. Includes the Cambridge Companions to Literature series.
- JSTOR
Digital archive of academic journals, books and primary sources.
- Project MUSE Premium
Hosts journals from a variety of publishers. Subjects covered are the humanities and social science.
- Drama Online
Collection of playtexts from all time periods and academic books covering context and criticism and theatre craft.
- Box of Broadcasts (BoB)
View, record, create clips and share broadcast programmes from over 75 TV and radio channels. Only available to view in the UK. For educational use only.
- London Review of Books
Published twice a month and available from 1979, as well as book reviews and essays, each issue also contains poems and reviews of exhibitions and movies.
The majority of books relating to English can be found in the Northampton Square Library. The table below gives you some useful shelfmarks if you want to browse the library shelves for specific subject areas.
|
Subject |
Shelfmark |
|---|---|
|
Literature |
809-894 |
| Theatre | 792 |
| Creative writing | 808.02 |
| Publishing | 070.5 |