UMGC Library: ENGL 311: Literature of 17th and 18th Century Britain: Resources

Recommended Databases for Literature of 17th and 18th Century Britain

JSTOR
Articles and books from many subject areas (anthropology, art, business, education, history, literature, science, etc.) from the 1900s - present.
ProQuest One Literature
Full-text English and American poetry, drama, and prose, as well as literary criticism and author biographies. (Upgrade from Literature Online, with expanded content.)
Humanities Source Ultimate
Subjects include archaeology, the arts, communications, gender studies, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, and religion.
Oxford Reference
Subject, language, and quotations dictionaries, as well as in-depth subject encyclopedias and other reference books.
Academic Search Ultimate
Arts, humanities, science, social sciences, business, and technology journals, ebooks, and other resources from 1887 - present.
Historical Abstracts
World history (excluding North America) from 1450 to the present, in journals published from 1955 - present. Note: Defaults to linked full text; to see additional abstracts remove filter in left column of search results.

Luminarium: Anthology of English Literature
Collection of English literary works from the Medieval period to the 19th Century
English Short Title Catalog (ESTC)
A collection of items mostly published between 1473-1800.
Dictionary of Literary Terms
Provides short definitions for hundreds of literary terms.
IPL: Literary Criticism Collection
Contains links to critical and biographical websites about authors and their works.
Project Gutenberg
A source of ebooks for works of literature in the Public Domain.

Articles

UMGC Library OneSearch
Simultaneously searches multiple Library research databases. Note: Does not include all databases.
Databases by Title (A-Z)
Alphabetized list of research databases.

Ebooks

EBSCO eBooks
Searches approximately 90% of the Library’s ebook collection. Ebooks can be read online, and in some cases, downloaded.
Additional Ebook Collections
Access to additional Library ebook collections.

Print Books

USMAI Book Search
Searches the 17 University System of Maryland and Affiliated Institutions (USMAI).