Online Reference Books
- Oxford Reference Online100 well-known and trusted dictionaries and reference books combined into a single cross-searchable web database. Includes The Oxford Companion to English Literature.
Course Textbook
The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary TermsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN44.5 .M86 2009ISBN: 9780312461881Publication Date: 2008
Specialized Dictionaries
Allusions -- Cultural, Literary, Biblical and Historical by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN43 .A4 1986ISBN: 0810318288Publication Date: 1994-05-01
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of AllusionsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN43 .W384 1999ISBN: 0877796289Publication Date: 1999
Speaking of AnimalsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1583 .P33 1995ISBN: 0313294909Publication Date: 1995
Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE3727.N4 M34 1994ISBN: 0670852643Publication Date: 1994
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and FableCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN43 .O94 2000ISBN: 0198602197Publication Date: 2001
A Dictionary of Literary SymbolsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN56.S9 F47 1999ISBN: 0521591287Publication Date: 1999
Oxford Dictionary of Foreign Words and PhrasesCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1582.A3 O94 1997ISBN: 0198631596Publication Date: 1997
Cassell's Foreign Words and PhrasesCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1582.A3 R66 2000ISBN: 0304350087Publication Date: 2001
British English for American ReadersCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1704 .G76ISBN: 0313278512Publication Date: 1992
A Dictionary of American ProverbsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN6426 .D53ISBN: 9780195053999Publication Date: 1991
Oxford English Dictionary
- Oxford English DictionaryThe online version of the classic dictionary. An unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources, from classic literature and specialist periodicals to film scripts and cook books.
Reference Books
Wood's Unabridged Rhyming DictionaryCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1519 .W62ISBN: 0671530984Publication Date: 1984
Morris Dictionary of Word and Phrase OriginsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1580 .M6 1988ISBN: 006015862XPublication Date: 1988
The Oxford Dictionary of English EtymologyCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1580 .O5ISBN: 0198611129Publication Date: 1966
A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles; Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society. by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1625.N53 1888: The 1st edition of the Oxford English Dictionary. All words from Shakespeare’s texts and many other older words are included here and may not be found in the 2nd edition.
The Oxford English Dictionary by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1625.O87 1989ISBN: 0198611862The 2nd edition of the classic dictionary. An unsurpassed guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past.
The New Fowler's Modern English UsageCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE1628 .F65 1996ISBN: 0198691262Publication Date: 1996
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference PE3721 .P3 1984ISBN: 0025949802Publication Date: 1985
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & FableCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN43 .B65 2005ISBN: 0061121207. This resource is valuable for its concise explanation of the origins of colloquial words and phrases, biological and mythical references, and fictitious characters, titles, etc.
The Oxford Companion to Fairy TalesCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN3437 .O94 2015ISBN: 0199689822Publication Date: 2015
African American QuotationsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN6081.3 .A36 1998ISBN: 1573561185Publication Date: 1998
A Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English LiteratureCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR149.B5 D53ISBN: 0802836348Publication Date: 1992
A Dictionary of Classical Reference in English PoetryCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR508.C68 S63ISBN: 0859912183Publication Date: 1984Consists chiefly of subject entries, "defining the classical myths or stories attached to the characters or event" and citing original sources. Also includes "Index of poets, poems and references.
A Shakespeare GlossaryCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR2892 .O6 1986ISBN: 0198111991Publication Date: 1986
The Harvard Concordance to ShakespeareCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR2892 .S62ISBN: 0674374754Publication Date: 1974
Shakespeare's Language: A Glossary of Unfamiliar Words in His Plays and PoemsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR2892 .S447 1996ISBN: 0816032769Publication Date: 1996
Chicano LiteratureCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PS153.M4 C46ISBN: 9780313236914Publication Date: 1985
Greenwood Encyclopedia of Multiethnic American LiteratureCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PS153.M56 G74 2005ISBN: 031333059XPublication Date: 2005
African-American WritersCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PS153.N5 A344 2001ISBN: 068480638XPublication Date: 2000
Humanities and Fine Arts Librarian
Guides to Explication
Guide to American Poetry ExplicationCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PS201 .G85 1989ISBN: 0816189196Publication Date: 1989
Guide to British Poetry ExplicationCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR311.P7 M34 1991ISBN: 0816189218Publication Date: 1991
Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems, Past and PresentCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR502 .K8 1980ISBN: 0816183139Publication Date: 1980
Literary Reference Books
The Oxford Companion to Modern PoetryCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PR601.O9 2013ISBN: 9780199640256Publication Date: 2013
Poetry Handbook by Call Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN44.5 .D4 1981ISBN: 0064635481Publication Date: 2009
Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and PoeticsCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN1021 .N39 2012ISBN: 9780691133348Publication Date: 2012
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary TheoryCall Number: HAT Reference PN41 .C83 1998ISBN: 0631202714Publication Date: 1998
The American Short StoryCall Number: HAT Reference PS374.S5 F33 2010ISBN: 081606895XPublication Date: 2009
The Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern DramaCall Number: Hatfield Library Reference PN 1861 .C65 2007ISBN: 0231140320Publication Date: 2007
