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English Literature and Language Resources: Literature of the United Kingdom

This guide is intended to provide guidance for students researching in the area of English language and literature.

Finding reference sources

Finding Books

Search our library catalogue by Title or Author if you already know the book you are looking for.  Remember to type the Author's last name first!

Search by KEYWORD if you don't know the Subject Heading or if you are looking for something in an Anthology or Collection of essays.  Browse your results, using the assigned Subject Headings to find more books on your topic.

Search by Subject Heading to find additional books on your topic, or books about a particular author.  Examples of the types of subject headings you can use:

  • Authors Irish 18th century
  • British literature 19th century history and criticism
  • English literature
  • Heaney, Seamus
  • Irish literature
  • Irish literature women authors

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Finding newspaper, magazine and journal articles

Which newspapers, magazines & journals do we have?

By broad subject area: