Research Guides: English: Books

Library of Congress Call Numbers

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P - Philology. Linguistics
PE - English Language
PR - English Literature
PS - American Literature

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P--Language and Literature

WorldCat

WorldCat.org
WorldCat is an online catalog of the holdings of thousands of libraries worldwide. Use Bunch Library's interlibrary loan system to request items from WorldCat.

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Reference Resources

Gale Ebooks
Gale Virtual Reference Library is a database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research. These eBooks are available 24/7 with no checkout. Resources include elementary STEM resources to college level reference materials.
Book Review Digest Retrospective
Over 1.5 million book review citations and at least one substantial review excerpt (up to 500 words) per book for 300,000 books published between 1908 and 1982.

Oxford Reference Online
Search various English language reference sources including dictionaries, thesauruses, encyclopedias, quotation collections, and more.
Oxford English Dictionary
Available in print at Ref PE 1625 .M7
The guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of 600,000 words— past and present—from across the English-speaking world.

Google Books

Google Books provides full-text access to titles that are in the public domain or have copyright permissions from the owner of the work. Only a preview is available for many titles that have copyright restrictions, but this can oftentimes be enough content to decide if the book is what you are looking for. Use Google Books to identify titles, then check the Bunch Library catalog or request an Interlibrary Loan to retrieve it.