English, Language, and Literature

The resources identified in this LibGuide are by no means a comprehensive list of resources available through the Asa. H. Gordon Library.

• To identify books, eBooks, DVDs, and other items in the Library's collections, use the GIL-Find catalog.
• To identify materials held at other USG Libraries, use GIL-Universal catalog and our GIL Express service.
• To identify materials beyond the local region, use the WorldCat catalog.
• To identify free ebooks for your Kindle, Nook or tablet, public domain texts, open books, free audiobooks and more, use the website Just free Books

• Use quotes to search for phrases example: "Art History"
  
  
• Use an * for wildcard searches example: art* will return art, artist, and artistic.
  
  
• AND, OR and NOT can be used for boolean logic example: (romanticism AND writing NOT poetry)
  
  
• Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) must be ALL CAPS

Books are the best source for indepth information when you really need to know a subject in and out. Typical books are structured in such a way as to lead you from little knowledge about a subject to a more thorough understanding; this cannot usually be said for web resources or articles. Scholarly articles are typically written by and for experts in a field and so cannot be easily understood by someone that is not familiar with the jargon of that subject. Web resources are often the best option for current events and up to date information, but usually do not provide any in depth examination of the information.

Materials at the Asa H. Gordon Library are housed using the Library of Congress Classification System (LCC), a system developed  by the Library of Congress and used by most research and academic libraries in the U.S. and several other countries. Most public libraries and small academic libraries continue to use the older Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC).  You can find books related to English Literature and Criticism in the "P" class. 

 P Philology. Linguistics

 PA Greek language and literature. Latin language and literature

 PB Modern languages. Celtic languages

 PC Romance languages

 PD Germanic languages. Scandinavian languages

 PE English language

 PF West Germanic languages

 PG Slavic languages. Baltic languages. Albanian language

 PH Uralic languages. Basque language

 PJ Oriental languages and literatures

 PK Indo-Iranian languages and literatures

 PL Languages and literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania

 PM Hyperborean, Indian, and artificial languages

 PN Literature (General)

 PQ French, Italian, Spanish, and Portugues literature

 PR English literature

 PS American literature

 PT German literature - Dutch literature - Flemish literature since 1830 -Afrikaans literature - Scandinavian literature - Old Norse literature: Old Icelandic  and Old Norwegian - Modern Icelandic literature - Faroese literature - Danish literature - Norwegian literature - Swedish literature PZ Fiction and  juvenile belles lettres

 PZ Fiction and juvenile belles lettres