Research Resources

The following list of websites form the humble beginnings of what will hopefully become an extensive and comperhensive list of databases and resource links available for Englsih-related research. To contribute to the list (which would be greatly appreciated!) please email uwinnipegelsa@gmail.com

(List by subject:)

Comic Studies

Newsarama: http://www.newsarama.com/

ImageTexT: http://www.english.ufl.edu/imagetext/

Metabunker: http://www.metabunker.dk/

Image [&] Narrative: http://www.imageandnarrative.be/

Comics Scholarship Annotated Bibliographies: http://www.comicsresearch.org/

Comics Research Biography: http://homepages.rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html

Graphic Witness: Visual Arts and Social Commentary: http://graphicwitness.org/

The Comics Journal: http://www.tcj.com/

The International Journal of Comic Art (print only; UW library)

Journal of Graphic Novels and Comics (Taylor and Francis database)

Biography (UW library)

U of Chicago Theories of Media Keywords Glossary:

http://humanities.uchicago.edu/faculty/mitchell/glossary2004/navigation.htm

Comic Art in Scholarly Writing: A Citation Guide:

http://www.english.ufl.edu/comics/scholars/guide.html

Critical Theory

Introductory Guide to Critical Theory: http://www.cla.purdue.edu/english/theory/index.html

IEP (Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy): http://www.iep.utm.edu/

The Johns Hopkins guide to literary theory & criticism (print only; UW library)

General Reference

Project Gutenberg (free ebooks): http://www.gutenberg.org/

Lannan Foundation (author podcasts): http://www.lannan.org/

Bookslut: http://www.bookslut.com/

Oxford Reference Online (UW database; literary Terms)

MLA citation style (Concordia Libraries): http://library.concordia.ca/help/howto/mla.php

Purdue Owl: MLA Formatting and Style: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

Journals (available through UW database):

MLA International Biography

Project Muse

e-Duke Scholarly Collection

ProQuest Research Library    

Taylor & Francis Online

JStor

Medieval Literature

Database of Middle English Romance (U of York): http://www.middleenglishromance.org.uk/

Arthurian Legend (Summary of Malory): http://www.arthurian-legend.com/summary-mort-darthur-00.php

Victorian Literature

Victorian Web: http://www.victorianweb.org/

Nineteenth Century Serials Edition (ncse): http://www.ncse.ac.uk/index.html

(Just for fun!)

Retronaut: http://www.retronaut.co/