Online MFA in Creative Writing
This guide is intended to help you identify and locate scholarly and non-scholarly resources (books, articles, etc.) for the Online MFA in Creative Writing program.
eBook Collections
- Ebook Central - ProQuest This link opens in a new windowEbook Central offers titles from hundreds of trusted publishers on one modern, intuitive platform Its intuitive, mobile-optimized design lets researchers get “anytime access” to the content they need – from a single chapter to an entire book. Previously called "Ebrary Ebooks"
- eBook Collection - EBSCO This link opens in a new windowAccess to full-text e-books in the fields of education, psychology, biology & life sciences, business, economics & management and general social sciences plus numerous e-books in the public domain. Read this FAQ to learn how to download an ebook from EBSCO. EBSCO recommends Firefox when accessing this database. If you use Safari, please use Safari 11. If you are using a IOS device, please have either IOS 9 or 11 installed as there have been reports of issues with IOS 10.
- ACLS Humanities E-Book Project This link opens in a new windowOnline collection of searchable high quality books in the Humanities
- Literature Online - ProQuest This link opens in a new windowOver a third of a million full-text works of poetry, prose and drama in English, together with the definitive online criticism and reference library.
- Loeb Classical Library This link opens in a new windowClassic Greek and Roman text with English translations. A sign in option is available to save searches and organize content.
- Poetry and Short Story Reference Center - EBSCO This link opens in a new windowThis full-text database provides a historically rich collection of hundreds of thousands of classic and contemporary poems, as well as eBooks, short stories, biographies and authoritative essays on such topics as poetic forms, movements and techniques — including contemporary content from the finest publishers. Permalinks to this database are not working normally, please try searching for the title in the Multi-Search or ask a librarian for help
Open Access and Internet Access
- Google Books This link opens in a new windowSearch the world's most comprehensive index of full-text books.
- HathiTrust Digital Library This link opens in a new window"HathiTrust is a partnership of academic & research institutions, offering a collection of millions of titles digitized from libraries around the world." (Source: http://www.hathitrust.org/)
- Internet Archive: eBooks and Texts This link opens in a new window"The Internet Archive and Open Library offers over 6,000,000 fully accessible public domain eBooks. This includes a special modern collection of over 500,000 eBooks for users with print disabilities, and a very interesting curated, modern collection for the world at large." (Source: https://archive.org/details/texts&tab=about)
- Project Gutenberg This link opens in a new windowProject Gutenberg is a library of over 60,000 free eBooks. Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world’s great literature here, with a focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy.
Your local public library most has thousands of books and ebook collections.
Academic Libraries
- Majority non-fiction
- Collection reflects what is being taught in the curriculum
Public Libraries
- Generally a broader selection of fiction including many classics
- Offer eBook collections through OverDrive This link opens in a new window or another eBook platform