English and Literature

Tips for using online reference collections:

1. Identify your main topic and keywords.
2. Try synonyms and different combinations of words. Experiment with broad and narrow (specific) terms.
3. Search in Gale eBooks or Credo Reference for quick facts and general overviews of your topic. 

Credo Reference Topic Pages summarize information related to a topic on a single page and include search results from other selected library eResources.

• Literary criticism
• Drama
• Poetry
• Rhetoric
• Composition and writing
• Authors' names

Below, find just a small selection of online historical reference books (encyclopedias, dictionaries). View a full list from Credo.