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American Literature Research Guide  Tags: american_lit primary_sources american_literature  

Research resources for American literature from its beginning to the present.
Last update: Nov 13th, 2009 URL: http://libguides.wvu.edu/americanlitI  Print Guide  RSS Updates

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Welcome to the American Literature Research Guide

 

Here you'll find helpful handouts, tips for getting started on research projects, and links to useful websites and databases.

 

Library of Congress Collections

  • American Memory  
    American Memory provides free and open access through the Internet to written and spoken words, sound recordings, still and moving images, prints, maps, and sheet music that document the American experience.
  • Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers  
    This site allows you to search and view newspaper pages from 1880-1910 and find information about American newspapers published between 1690-present.
  • Prints and Photographs  
    Catalog of about half of the Library's pictorial holdings with over 1 million digital images.
  • Library of Congress Web Archive  
    The Library of Congress Web Archives (LCWA) is composed of collections of archived web sites selected by subject specialists to represent web-based information on a designated topic.
  • Rare Books and Special Collections  
 

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English Language and Literature, Gender and Sexuality, Spanish Literature

 
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