LibGuides: English Literature: Find books

Finding books in the Killam Library

The Library's collection of English literature and criticism is located on the 3rd floor of the Killam Library. The Library uses the Library of Congress classification system to organize our collections. You might find useful books in any of the following sections on the 3rd floor:

PN (Literature - General)
PR (English & Australian literature)
PS (Canadian and American literature)

Where to search for books

Novanet is the library catalogue. Novanet searches for material at Dalhousie, but also searches material available at other university and college libraries in Nova Scotia. Ordering books from other schools in Nova Scotia is free to students, and delivery is guaranteed within 3 days. Watch this video to learn more.

WorldCat
Search to see what other institutions around the world might have. This video gives you more information about ordering materials through WorldCat.

Ebook collections

EBSCO Academic eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Search, view and borrow ebooks in the Ebsco Academic Collection subscription as well as ebooks purchased by the Dalhousie Libraries which are hosted on the EBSCO ebook platform.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) This link opens in a new window
Early English Books Online contains the page-image full text of over 125,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions, as well as the Thomason Tracts (1640-1661) collection. New content is added to this collection throughout the year.
Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) This link opens in a new window
Full-text database that makes available more than 155,000 volumes and over 30 million pages of historical works in essence, every accessible English-language and foreign-language title published in the United Kingdom between 1701 and 1800, along with thousands of important works from the Americas.Please note: Library has access to Part One only.
Humanities E-Book Project This link opens in a new window
ACLS Humanities E-Book (HEB) is an online collection of over 1600 books of high quality in the humanities, accessible through institutional and individual subscription. These are works of major importance that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature.
Manchester Gothic This link opens in a new window
Manchester Gothic is a collection of gothic literature including 57 books and 1 journal (Gothic Studies) written by leading names in the field and covering literature, film, television, theatre and visual arts, dating from the eighteenth century to the present day.
Oxford Scholarship Online This link opens in a new window
Cross-searchable library containing the full text and abstracts of classic and newly published Oxford books in the areas of Economics and Finance, Philosophy, Political Science, Law, Religion, Biology, Business and Management, Classical Studies, History, Linguistics, Literature, Mathematics, Physics, and Psychology.

Project Gutenberg
Provides free online access to books that are in the Canadian public domain.

ProQuest Ebook Central This link opens in a new window
Provides ebooks on a variety of topics.

Victorian Women Writers Project
Concerned with the exposure of lesser-known British women writers of the 19th century, this collection represents an array of genres - poetry, novels, children's books, political pamphlets, religious tracts, histories, and more.

Novanet help videos

Use these short help videos to learn how to use Novanet: