Library Guides: ENGL 202B: Effective Writing: Writing in the Humanities (Harrisburg): Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

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Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
A gateway to Oxford's many dictionaries on history and literature.
Oxford Reference Online consists of a wealth of facts, figures, definitions, and translations found in dictionary, language reference, and subject reference works published by Oxford University Press.
Gale Virtual Reference Library (GVRL) This link opens in a new window
Especially helpful for history topics.
A collection of over 2000 reference resources.
Gale Literature Criticism This link opens in a new window
A first-stop for introductory information and criticism about literature.
Literature Criticism Online offers biographical and critical essays on authors and their works including novelists, poets, playwrights, short story writers, literary theorists, and other writers. The database features full-text content from a number of Gale print literature sets.
SAGE Reference Online This link opens in a new window
Sage, a social sciences publisher, is especially helpful for communication, gender, and women's studies topics.
A gateway to those SAGE reference publications (encyclopedias and handbooks) Penn State has acquired.