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The Literature Collection in Gale eBooks

The Gale eBook platform features academic titles to support study within literature. It’s a one-stop shop where researchers can cross-search e-books in the collection to pinpoint relevant material. Researchers using the Literature Collection will find credible sources from publishers such as Cambridge, Gale, and Salem Press.

• Cross-search a growing collection of 5000+ book chapters and reference entries on topics in literature
• Retrieve author biographies, book reviews, topic overviews, critical essays, and more
• Search by keyword, author, or work... and refine searches by subject, document type, or book title
• Browse e-books by table of contents, or search within individual e-books
• Download PDF, print, email, export to EndNote or cloud storage, and generate source citation

From Gale eBooks, select “Literature” under “Browse Collections” to access the literature collection.

 

 

Featured Book Series in Gale eBooks

• The Cambridge Companions | American Modernist Novel | Asian American Literature | British Fiction since 1945 | Postcolonial Novel | Victorian Women’s Writing | ...and more
• Critical Insights: Themes | American Multicultural Identity | Contemporary Speculative Fiction | The Graphic Novel | The Immigrant Experience | Technology & Humanity | ...and more
• Critical Insights: Authors | Albert Camus | Charles Dickens | George Eliot | Neil Gaiman | Cormac McCarthy | Toni Morrison | George Orwell | John Steinbeck | ...and more
• Critical Insights: Works | Brave New World | The Handmaid’s Tale | The Joy Luck Club | Romeo and Juliet | The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe |...and more
• Encyclopedias & Reference Works | Books to Film | Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature | Critical Survey of Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature | ..and more

Visit the library’s online guide on Literature to learn about other resources for literature research. If you have any questions about literature research, please contact Ms Christine Ho, Faculty Librarian (English Language) for assistance.

 

English in America : a linguistic history

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[PE1075 .S43 DVD]

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[PE1112 .E532 2016 DVD]

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