Resources for English and Creative Writing

Printed materials

The main collection of printed material e.g. books, journals, reference and quick reference for students of English and Creative Writing can be found in the Hugh Owen Library on Level F (top floor):

 Philology/Linguistics/Language in general
PE English language/History of English
PN Literature in general inc: Critical Theory & Literary Forms (e.g. Poetry), also Creative Writing
PR English Literature
PS American Literature
Z Printed bibliographies inc: English and American Literature/Drama/Fiction
Printed journals

Electronic resources

All the electronic resources for English and Creative Writing can be found through Primo where you can discover individual resources or cross-search a number of them at once. Primo includes key resources such as citation databases, e-journals and e-books, selected websites, subject gateways, data and media resources, news, reference materials and library catalogues.

Visit http://primo.aber.ac.uk/ and Sign In, then click on Databases A-Z and select English from the Category menu to find important e-resources such as the Literature Online (LION), Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature, and Early English Books Online. Information about each resource is available by clicking on the Show Info button next to it which includes essential information on access on and off-campus.

Find a summary of browsing and searching in Primo here: http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/is/infoskills/primo/

Information skills

See our Information Skills pages for information on:

• finding printed materials in the library
• finding and evaluating electronic information
• keeping up to date in your subject of study
• effective study and bibliographic referencing
• library induction and skills training

There are also useful online tutorials for your subject covering key online information skills - try the tutorial for English.

Collections

The University's collections contain a wide range of materials, including theses and past papers. You can find details of all our collections here.

The following may be of particular interest to English students:

• Children's Collection (Thomas Parry Library)
• Horton Collection

Services for academic staff

Your subject librarian can provide skills training for students and staff, resource evaluation and more. For full details see this page.

Your subject support librarian is:

Joy Cadwallader (01970 62) 1908 jrc@aber.ac.uk