American Literature: Home

Research Help  

Click any of the links below for guidelines in using MLA format.

• What is MLA style?
• MLA Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue OWL)

Welcome to the Carlson Library, this guide is designed to give you a start on your research in American Literature. The selected resources will provide links to information related to this subject area. Use  tabs above to navigate to different sections of this guide.

• Merriam-Webster online  
  Dictionary and thesaurus
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED)    
  Excellent source of etymology and first recorded usages of words.
• Your Dictionary.com  
  Many language and subject dictionaries.
• Roget's International Thesaurus 
• Bartlett's Familiar Quotations  
• 1919 ed.
• Literary Index  
  of Gale Literary Criticism Series
• Guide to Grammar & Writing