Jung-Kellogg Learning Center: Literature: Early Modern to 18th-21st Century

Catalogs for Manuscripts and Early Printed Books

COPAC
The combined catalog of nearly 100 major UK and Irish libraries.
The English Short Title Catalogue
The ESTC lists over 480,000 items in English published between 1473 and 1800 published mainly in the British Isles and North America.
Incunabula Short Title Catalogue
The ISTC is a catalog of 15th-century European printing created by the British Library with help from institutions worldwide.
The European Library
Allows for searching for digitized items as well in the catalogs of print holdings of libraries in 46 countries across Europe.

Academic Search Premier (EBSCO)

Academic Search Premier covers university content from more than 3,200 full text journals and magazines providing comprehensive content, including PDF backfiles to 1975 for more than 120 journals and searchable cited references for more than 1,000 titles.
Britannica Online
Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc. is a global educational publisher that provides timely, relevant and trustworthy information and instructional products used in schools, universities, homes, libraries and workplaces throughout the world.
Literature (Gale)
Gale Literature brings together all of Gale's literary databases (Literature Resource Center - LRC, LitFinder) into one seamlessly cross-searchable research and study environment. Whether you're researching authors and their works, literary movements or genres, or trying to find book reviews of bestsellers, you can search across all of your library's Gale literary databases to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism and analysis, reviews, author biographies, and a rich collection of expertly written work overviews.
JSTOR Language and Literature
JSTOR is a digital information access to language and literature, both archival and current.
LitFinder
MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)

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International Spenser Society (ISS)
A scholarly organization devoted to the reading and study of the works of Edmund Spenser.
Marlowe Society
The Society was set up to promote Christopher Marlowe and his generally accepted works.
Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society
An academic association of scholars and other persons interested in medieval and Renaissance drama.
Renaissance English Text Society
An informal association of scholars who work together to recover and preserve in carefully edited, unmodernized texts significant non-dramatic writings in English from the period 1475-1660.
Renaissance Society of America (RSA)
It promotes study of the period 1300–1700, and produces the Renaissance Quarterly journal and sponsors publications, fellowships, awards, and other benefits for its members, to support their research and recognize their accomplishments.

Websites & Organizations for 18th - 19th Centuries

Nineteenth Century Websites
General websites with Dime Novel and Popular Literature. Discovering Literature: Romantics and Victorians. Emily Dickinson Archive. Favorite Poem Project. Literary History.
British Association of Victorian Studies (BAVS)
A multidisciplinary organization dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge about the Victorian period.
Interdisciplinary Nineteenth-Century Studies (INCS)
INCS is an international group of scholars dedicated to interdisciplinary discussion and research.
Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA)
The purpose of JASNA is to foster the study, understanding, and appreciation of Jane Austen's works, life, and genius.
Midwest Victorian Studies Association
MVSA is dedicated to the study of the Victorian period in British literature.
Nineteenth Century Studies Association (NCSA)
NCSA is an interdisciplinary association for the study of nineteenth-century world cultures.
North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR)
NASSR was established to provide a forum for the discussion of a wide variety of theoretical approaches to Romantic works of all genres and disciplines.
North American Victorian Studies Association (NAVSA)
NAVSA aims to provide a forum for the discussion of the Victorian period and to encourage a wide variety of theoretical and disciplinary approaches to the field.

Websites & Organizations for 20th - 21st Centuries