A-Z Resource List & FAQs
Topic » English
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A language learning website to help you learn vocabulary in English and many other languages. |
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An online textbook for communicating in a business environment. |
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A language learning website to help you learn vocabulary in English and many other languages. |
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Providing situational examples of professional communication. |
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This site contains the complete no-frills texts of William Shakespeare. The electronic format makes it easier to look for certain words the works. |
| "... sets out to explore the relationship between Victorian graphic texts and today's steampunk, manga, and other neo-Victorian genres that emulate and reinterpret their predecessors." |
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Learn a new language via this online & mobile application. |
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An app that assists with English pronunciation. |
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Contains full-text articles from Encyclopedia Britannica. |
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Look up thousands of different subjects and terms. Double-click on any word in an entry to check the definition. |
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"Anita K. Barry's ENGLISH GRAMMAR makes students feel that they are active participants in shaping their language rather than passive victims of grammar rules..." |
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ERIC is an online library of education research and information, sponsored by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) of the U.S. Department of Education. |
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Short exercises for situational communication. |
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Find a vast collection of articles and original images about Shakespeare and his works. |
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Get biographical information about prominent authors and critics. Includes the latest full text newspaper, journal articles, pictures, and multimedia files. |
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Use the power of Google to search for books, articles, and online resources. Access via UWest to incorporate our full text database resources. 👩🏫 Accessing library resources with Google Scholar: PDF, Video. If you encounter an error such as "ERROR for site owner: Invalid domain for site key", use the personalized Google Scholar setup instead. Non-Uwest patrons: Alternative access. |
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An English learning app from over 21 different languages. |
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"Drawing on his weekly Guardian column, 'Elements of Fiction', John Mullan examines novels mostly of the last ten years, many of which have become firm favourites with reading groups. He reveals the resources of novelistic technique, setting recent fiction alongside classics of the past. |
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A database of current topics and issues under debate. Includes citation and resources for the pro or con side of the debate. |
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"Collecting, connecting, and sharing knowledge about critical social issues." Includes gray literature such as policy papers, reports, and proceedings. |
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Contains articles from journals such as College English, College Composition and Communication, and American Literature. |
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"Pick a play. Click a line. Instantly see articles on JSTOR that reference the line." Non-UWest users may go to: http://labs.jstor.org/shakespeare/ |
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Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes access to the Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature and the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. |
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Contains essays, criticisms, reviews, and biography of prominent authors, including William Shakespeare. |
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Provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Combining Gale Group's core literary databases in a single online service, the Literature Resource Center covers more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes access to the Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature and the Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. |
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Over 140,000 full-text poems, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays, 1,700 full-text plays, and 2,400 full-text speeches. |
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Over 140,000 full-text poems, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays, 1,700 full-text plays, and 2,400 full-text speeches. |
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Over 140,000 full-text poems, 7,100 full-text short stories and novels, 3,800 full-text essays, 1,700 full-text plays, and 2,400 full-text speeches. Including those by William Shakespeare. |
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A business podcast which shows how businesses can grow. Guests are gender balanced 50/50 men and women. Each episode comes with a transcript to follow along. |
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From the Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States. |
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Uses pictures and memes to help you memorize many different levels of vocabulary, including business topics. |
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Uses pictures and memes to help you memorize many different levels of vocabulary. |
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Outside experts and commentators discuss various issues and current events. |
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An app that analyzes speech patterns and assist with pace and clarity. |
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An app that analyzes speech patterns and assist with pace and clarity. |
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Providing pro/con sides to specific issues. Contains documents resources and easy citations. |
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Limit your search results of 'Document Types' to 'editorials' to find pro/con discussions. |
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Indexes more than 2,500 magazine and journals on art, business, humanities, health, social sciences, and sciences. Interfaces available for many languages. Includes all ProQuest databases: ABI/Inform Collection, ProQuest Research Library, ProQuest Religion, ProQuest Psychology Journals, ProQuest PsycTests, PsycARTICLES, and Dissertation/Thesis Abstracts. |
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The reports outline several approaches to solving specific public policy problems, along with the pros, cons and trade-offs of each choice. |
