English Language and Literature 

The Oxford Companion to English Literature
Drexel Library Reference (1st fl.) PR19 .D73 1995
This quick reference guide provides a concise background or definition for the most important terms, names, titles and ideas related to English literary study. The scope ranges from Old English texts to modern writers still living.

The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English 3rd ed. (in Credo Reference)
Offering a basic introduction to concepts, genres, works, and writers of the English-speaking world, this work covers any geographic area from the United States to New Zealand. The work is searchable, and entries are hyper-linked.

British Writers 8 vols, 2 supplements
Drexel Library Book Shelves (2nd floor) -- PR85 .B688
This set of volumes provides lengthy biographical entries on some of the major figures in English literature, beginning with Langland in the fourteenth century and continuing to contemporary writers.

Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature (in Credo Reference)
This work offers brief biographical, historical, and critical looks at the major figures of British literature of all ages, and most entries include a bibliography of important works about the writer discussed. The work is searchable or browsable.

The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature (in Credo Reference)
This dictionary provides the reader with brief entries of introduction to major concepts, people and works of English literature. It is searchable, and entries are hyperlinked.