Library Subject Guides
As an English student, you are expected to find and use high quality literature. You'll need to use a range of different sources and demonstrate your ability to find good results in order to impress your tutors and to develop your research skills.
Books can be a great place to start your reading around a topic.
English and Literature books are located in the M and MA sections on the second floor of the JB Morrell Library. Many books will also be available online as e-books. Look for the links in YorSearch, under the View It section of each book.
| Shelf location | Subject |
|---|---|
| M | Literature |
| MA | English Literature |
| MA 41 | English Poetry |
| MA 43 | English Prose and Fiction |
| MA 100 | Elizabethan Literature |
| MA 190 | English Literature, 1945-1999 |
The University has access to Collections 1 to 4 and the Wellcome Trust Collection.
All journal titles are listed on YorSearch, and can be found by searching the journal title.
If you don't have a specific title in mind, you can browse journals in your subject area on Browzine. Journals are organised by field of research, such as:
You can also search for journals on full text databases such as those shown below, but bear in mind that they are finite collections, so you could miss key articles on your topic. To find everything that has been published in a specific academic area you really need to use a bibliographic database.
For alumni access please the Virtual Library JSTOR section on Alumni Learning.
Historic and contemporary newsreel, newspaper & magazine collections. These resources can be a valuable tool when researching, giving insight into how a specific topic has been perceived by the general public over time.
The University has access to Collection 1 .
Please note, in addition to the period specific secondary sources listed below, there are a huge number of further secondary materials available to you including journals, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, newspapers and audiovisual sources. Use the category boxes on the wider page to access the different types of material.
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The University has access to Collections I, II and IV.
The University has access to Collections 1 to 4 and the Wellcome Trust Collection.
Please note, in addition to the period specific secondary sources listed below, there are a huge number of further secondary materials available to you including journals, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, newspapers and audiovisual sources. Use the category boxes on the wider page to access the different types of material.
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The University has access to Collections I, II and IV.
Please note, in addition to the period specific secondary sources listed below, there are a huge number of further secondary materials available to you including journals, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, newspapers and audiovisual sources. Use the category boxes on the wider page to access the different types of material.
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The University has access to the House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (18th - 21st centuries).
Please note, in addition to the period specific secondary sources listed below, there are a huge number of further secondary materials available to you including journals, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, newspapers and audiovisual sources. Use the category boxes on the wider page to access the different types of material.
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There are a huge number of secondary materials available to you including journals, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, newspapers and audiovisual sources. Use the category boxes on the wider page to access the different types of material.
The University has access to Collections 1 to 4 and the Wellcome Trust Collection.
Please note, in addition to the topic specific secondary sources listed below, there are a huge number of further secondary materials available to you including journals, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, newspapers and audiovisual sources. Use the category boxes on the wider page to access the different types of material.
To start a more detailed search for articles and other research evidence, you'll need to use bibliographic databases. These are large indexes that allow you to search for articles from hundreds of different journals at the same time. The databases do not necessarily give you access to the full text, instead they will usually include the citation information and a brief abstract that gives a summary of the work. If you find citations for resources that we don't hold at York you can request the full text via the "Tell us what you need" link on YorSearch.
The University holds many subject specific bibliographic databases as listed below. If your work is more interdisciplinary we recommend using one of the larger databases such as Web of Science which, despite the name, covers all subject areas and allows you to search effectively across multiple disciplines.
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The resources below give you access to recordings of works created or adapted for live performance, film, & radio, in addition to interviews with composers, performers, authors, producers and a broad range of further related materials .
The University has access to Volume I.
Includes content previously available via Classical Music in Video.
You will not have access to all the content in Drama Online, please see More info for details of what is available.
If Drama Online does not recognise you as University of York then select the Log In option in the top-right of the page and under Helpful Hints select Shibboleth Login Page
