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2. Literature Online A constantly growing and improving virtual library of English and American Literature since 1996 A premier and unchallenged online source for research and teaching in Anglo-american philology –What you will find in the shelves: Primary texts: from the Middle Ages to the present Criticism and reference: from top journals to study guides Multi media: literary performances Search tools for all kinds of questions and research interests

3. Contents – Primary Texts Poetry   344,000 poems  English (from c8th)  American (from 1603)  African-American (from 1750)  Contemporary poems (18,000+ poems and short stories) Prose  1,000+ works  English and American  From 1500 to 1903  Big number of contemporary short stories (18,000+ short stories and poems in literary journals) Drama  5,100+ works  English and American Drama  From late 13 th to the 20 th Century Drama for premium-Literature-Online Users  5,330+ works (will be 7,600 at completion)  English and American Drama  From late 13 th to the 21 st Century

4. Contents – Criticism Top-Research Literature Journals  150 scholarly journals in full text  Full text search and hit highlighting  Full text - growing  Updated monthly ABELL  Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature  830,000+ bibliographic records  From 1920  Linking from ABELL to full text journals

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6. Contents – Reference Student Guides  KnowledgeNotes – a collection of critical work introductions and overviews for under-graduates  Dictionaries Poets on Screen  803 clips of poets reading and interpreting contemporary and classic poems as well as their own works

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