Use these reference books to quickly find factual information, get a broad overview of a subject, discover key terms and dates, and identify other scholarly resources for deeper research.
Provides reliable information on authors and their works in an easy to understand, engaging format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history. Includes the main series, documentary, and yearbook volumes.
The historical dictionary of the English language, and guide for researchers in any discipline to the meaning, history, and usage of over 500,000 words and phrases across the English-speaking world.
Provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. It contains everything in Literary Reference Center, plus thousands of additional journal/magazine articles and reference works.