Research Guides: World Literature (ENG 2403): Start Your Research Here

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Anthology in Jewish Literature

Electronic Resource

Cambridge Companion to Race and American Literature

Electronic Resource

Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

Electronic Resource

The Cosmic Time of Empire: Modern Britain and World Literature

Electronic Resource

Dictionary of Writers and Their Works

Electronic Resource

Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature

Electronic Resource

Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003

Electronic Resource

French Literature

Electronic Resource

Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India

Electronic Resource

Introduction to Nineteenth-Century French Literature

Electronic Resource

Magill's Survey of World Literature

Electronic Resource

Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, 3rd Edition

Electronic Resource

Oxford Companion to English Literature

Electronic Resource

Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Electronic Resource

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

Electronic Resource

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Electronic Resource

Postcolonial Imaginations and Moral Representations in African Literature and Culture

Electronic Resource

World Literature, World Culture

Electronic Resource

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Electronic Resource, Volumes 1-5

Recommended Online Encyclopedia Databases

Working from off campus? If so, you will need to log in with your Kean Google username and password.

Gale Databases (Gale Cengage Learning) Features simultaneous searching of all Gale databases.
Gale eBooks (Gale Cengage Learning) A comprehensive collection of reference resources such as subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries, available in a single database.
SAGE Knowledge Provides reference resources such as subject-focused dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference materials published by SAGE.

Recommended Multimedia Databases

Working from off campus? If so, you will need to log in with your Kean Google username and password.

BBC Shakespeare Plays (Ambrose Video) Thirty seven plays from the BBC television Shakespeare series from 1978 to 1985.
Films on Demand (Infobase Learning) Films on Demand provides access to "video and multimedia for academic, vocational and life-skills content." Click "Collections" to access videos in various subject areas, such as Art & Architecture, Allied Health, Biology, Business & Economics, Criminal Justice & Law, Drama & Theatre, Education, English, Gender & Sexuality, Guidance & Counseling, Health & Medicine, History, Psychology, and more. The platform also offers Archival Films & Newsreels.
Theatre in Video (Alexander Street Press) A collection of some of the world's best-loved plays, performances, documentaries, and even rehearsals, all provided in full streaming video. Includes many world renown actors and directors.

World Literature (ENG 2403)

My Profile

Ask a Librarian

Related Research Guides

Recommended Subject-Focused Encyclopedias

Anthology in Jewish Literature

Cambridge Companion to Race and American Literature

Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature

The Cosmic Time of Empire: Modern Britain and World Literature

Dictionary of Writers and Their Works

Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Scottish Literature

Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003

French Literature

Handbook of Twentieth-Century Literatures of India

Introduction to Nineteenth-Century French Literature

Magill's Survey of World Literature

Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, 3rd Edition

Oxford Companion to English Literature

Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms

Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature

Postcolonial Imaginations and Moral Representations in African Literature and Culture

World Literature, World Culture

Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life

Recommended Online Encyclopedia Databases

Recommended Multimedia Databases

Library Services

Learning Support Services

Contact