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English Research Guide

A research guide for English subjects and courses

All-in-One Search: All Library Databases

All-in-One Search: All Library Databases

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Browsing for Books

Looking for print books and prefer to browse the shelves?

CSCC Library uses the Library of Congress Classification (LCC) system to organize our books. The LCC system uses multiple layers of subject categories, as well as author information, and codes the information with letters and numbers.

  • English: Most books about language and literature are in the P section, with books about literature in the PN section. One example is PS2638 .C33 2006 (The Cambridge Companion to Edgar Allan Poe by K. J . Hayes)

For more information, take a look at the Library of Congress Classification Outline.

Databases

Here's a link to the complete list of Columbia State Library's databases:

Some options for broad, multidisciplinary databases to use for English are:

Some options for specialty, English databases are:

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