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Oxford Reference Online full text
	Online access to a large range of Oxford reference resources. Includes The Oxford Companion to English Literature, The Concise Oxford Companion to American Literature, The Oxford Companion to American Literature, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, A Dictionary of Shakespeare, The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare, A Dictionary of Writers and their Works, The Oxford Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English.
MLA International Bibliography
	Product of the Modern Languages Association. Covers the world's literature from all time periods. (1981+)
AUSTLIT
	A comprehensive index to Australian literature. (1970+)
Catalogue Library Resources Database (LRD)
	The LRD is the Library's catalogue. It is a complete listing of all items held by the Library, in all formats and is a good starting point for finding information. Use the LRD in particular to search for books relating to your topic of interest. The following are some suggested search terms in the LRD. australian drama* australian dramatists* australian fiction history and criticism* australian fiction 20th century* [use fiction for novels] authors australian* colonies in literature [use also for postcolonialism] decolonization in literature [use also for postcolonialism] deconstruction gender identity in literature literary form [use for genre] postcolonialism postmodernism literature sex role in literature [use for gender] women and literature australia* women authors australia* * also use the names of other tradions here, E.g. english, american etc.]

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