Reference books: Dictionaries & encyclopaedias
Why use them?
Dictionaries and encyclopaedias are great to use to start your research
You can:
- Define your topic using subject dictionaries
- Find background information in encyclopaedias
- Identify other keywords and alternative terms for database searching
Recommended online reference sources
- Oxford English Dictionary
- Credoreference : language LInks to dictionaries and encyclopedias on language
- Credoreference: literature Links to encyclopedias and dictionaries on literature
- Book Review Index
- The Year's Work in English Studies
- Glossary of Poetic Terms by Robert G. Shubinski
Recommended reference books on your library shelves
Look for these in our libraries. Click on the link to find the location. Ask a librarian if you don't know how to find them
- Oxford Companion to American Literature 6th edition
- Oxford Companion to English Literature 6th edition
- Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature
- Oxford Companion to Australian Literature 2nd edition
- Oxford Literary History of Australia
- Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century 4 volumes
- Feminist Companion to Literature in English : women writers from the Middle Ages to the present
- New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
- Literary Research Guide : an annotated listing of reference sources in English literary studies
Your librarians |
School of EnglishContact Info:
Ruairi Murphy (Hobart)
Morris Miller Library
6226 2306
Ruairi.Murphy@utas.edu.au
Susan Bell (Launceston & Burnie)
Launceston Campus Library
6324 3139
Susan.Bell@utas.edu.au
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Ruairi Murphy (Hobart)
Morris Miller Library
6226 2306
Ruairi.Murphy@utas.edu.au
Susan Bell (Launceston & Burnie)
Launceston Campus Library
6324 3139
Susan.Bell@utas.edu.au
Send Email
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