English Resources
Books
The LRCs stock a large range of English books. There are
also DVDs of productions and series which can be used to support
your studies. Below are some of the subject areas which may
be useful:
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400 |
|
Languages |
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800 |
|
Literature (including:) |
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821 |
|
(English Poetry) |
| |
822 |
|
(English Plays) |
| |
823 |
|
(English Fiction) |
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808.23 |
|
Scriptwriting |
Journals
The LRCs have a variety of journals available to support
your studies. We have paper based journals and online
journals.
Here are some of the journals which may be useful to your
course:
Literary Reference Centre : contains journal articles, plot
summaries, poems, short stories, book reviews and classic
texts online along with biographical information about authors and
their works.
Journal
of language and social psychology
Language
& Literature
Check out our journals list or databases for our full
holdings.
Information Skills
The LRC provides advice on information
skills including:
Using online databases- Referencing information
- Evaluating web resources
Please refer to the information skills
webpages for more details. Alternatively ask a member of LRC
staff on your next visit.
In addition we offer information
skills workshops for students. Ask your tutor to book
you in.
Web Resources
For those of you who are familiar with the Internet you will
know it provides acccess large amounts of
information. At the LRC we offer access to accurate course
related resources. Below are some resources that you may find
useful for your studies.
Oxford English
Dictionary
Oxford Text
Archive - catalogue of electronic literary and
linguistic resources with access to freely available e-books.
Project Gutenberg - is a collection
of freely available e-books (also has audio books) good for
accessing classic texts.
Librarian's News
Joe Newsome
I am the librarian with responsibility for your subject at the
University Centre. Please contact me if you have any enquiries
about resources for your subject or need help in finding
information. I am based at the Learning Resource Centre at
High Melton.
My e-mail address is: joe.newsome@don.ac.uk.