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ENGL 4850: Literature in Context and ENGL 6500: Seminar in American Literature and Culture to 1865

Early American Poetry in Context

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Dr. Angela Calcaterra

Email: angela.calcaterra@unt.edu

Office: Lang 407F

Office Hours: M/W 12:00 - 1:30 pm

 

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RefWorks Information

RefWorks

Online bibliographic management program that allows users to import citation information, create a personal database of references information, and create a bibliography and annotated bibliography page in Word.  

Databases

UNT Primary Resources

Primary Sources

Prior to 1801 ESTC  English Short Title Catalog

1473-1700 EBBO  Early English Books Online

1701-1800 ECCO  Eighteenth Century Collections Online

1639-1800 Evans  Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw Shoemaker

1801-1819 Shaw  Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans Digital Edition

Poetry

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Dictionaries:

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Directories:

A book containing one or more alphabetical lists of the inhabitants of any locality, with their addresses and occupations; also a similar compilation dealing with the members of a particular profession, trade, or association, for example a Clerical or Medical Dictionary, etc. Infomine is good for subject specific directories.

Encyclopedias

Guides:

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  • Databases
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  • Patents

Handbooks

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Union Catalogs

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