LibGuides: English: Books

Finding books in the Trinity Library and beyond

English and American literary works may be found in the Library on Level 1 with the Call Numbers beginning with PN, PR and PS.

Search for more eBooks in these databases:

ProQuest E-Book Central This link opens in a new window
Thousands of ebook titles on all subjects.
Merged platform for Ebrary and E-Book Library (EBL)
EBSCOhost Ebook Collection This link opens in a new window
A collection of eBooks on a wide variety of topics.
JSTOR Open Access books This link opens in a new window
More than 9,000 Open Access ebooks from 125+ publishers, including Brill, Cornell University Press, De Gruyter, and University of California Press.

Luminarium
An extensive site covering Medieval, Renaissance, 17th Century, and Restoration literature. Includes full works, author biographies, historical context and literary criticism
TEAMS Middle English Texts
Online collection of texts from the Middle Ages, specifically those not generally included in student anthologies
Victorian Women Writers Project
Indiana University digital collection of texts, focused on showcasing lesser-known women writers of the 19th century
Library of Southern Literature
Over eighty works of southern literature free online, including an overview of the literary movements and significant figures of the region. Prior to 1920.
Folger Library Digital Texts
Folger Shakespeare Library's online collection of Shakespeare's plays, presented interactively to show the multiple versions and editing decisions made for each play. Essential for informed scholarship of Shakespeare's works; makes the context and content of the plays and their variations visible.