Library Guides/ American Studies

Reference books

America: history & life This link opens in a new window
Covers the history and culture of the United States and Canada,
from prehistory to the present.
Communication and Mass Media Complete This link opens in a new window
Bibliographical and full-text database on communication and mass media
Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) This link opens in a new window
Bibliography containing references and abstracts on language and linguistics
Literature Online (LION) This link opens in a new window
Library of works of and about English and American literature
MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) This link opens in a new window
Online bibliography on language and literature.
Proquest One Literature This link opens in a new window
Expanded version/continuation of Literature Online. Contains 500,000 primary works and millions of records from journals, monographs, and dissertations.

Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window
All books published in English from 1475-1700 in facsimile

Eebo - Early English Books online - TCP
All texts are fully searchable. Please note: Fascimiles and other illustrative material cannot be accessed in the Open Access version of EEBO.

Wright American Fiction: 1851-1875 This link opens in a new window
This is a collection of 19th century American fiction, as listed in Lyle Wright's bibliography American Fiction, 1851-1875. There are currently 2,887 volumes included (1,763 unedited, 1,124 fully edited and encoded) by 1,456 authors

New York Review of Books This link opens in a new window
Full text from volume I issue I (February 1963)