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This guide provides students of Comparative Literature with information about the Library, it will help you to understand what the Library provides, which resources to use and how to use them.
The guide includes details of the relevant online and print resources, with links to key titles and databases included throughout. The guide also provides support to use the Library's resources effectively, including how-to videos and details of further training available through Library@Skills.
The Literature and various Language and Literature printed collections are located in the UCL Main Library, there are also off-site stores for rare and valuable special collections and the lesser used, older material.
The Library provides online access to a huge range of materials. Here are some of the key databases in this subject, providing online versions of everything from works of literature, to criticism, historical newspapers and filmed theatre productions:
Access for UCL students and staff only. Access to BoB is only permitted within the United Kingdom. Requires login with UCL username and password. BoB is Learning on Screen’s on demand TV and radio service for education allowing users to record programmes from over 75 free-to-air channels, access over 2.2 million broadcasts dating back to the 1970s, create playlists, clips and clip compilations; search programme transcripts and subtitles; embed content in VLEs and share on social media
Drama Online introduces new writers alongside iconic names in playwriting history, providing contextual and critical background through scholarly works and practical guides. Access includes the Bloomsbury & Faber Collection, Nick Hern Books, National Theatre Collection, RSC Live and Shakespeare's Globe on Screen.
Providing access to over 450 novels and other writings from the Medieval period to the 20th century, from Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, expert translations such as Fyodor Dostoevsky’s Crime and Punishment, Émile Zola’s Germinal, and Leo Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina, to essential texts such as Charles Darwin’s The Origin of Species and Olaudah Equiano’s The Interesting Narrative. Accessibility statement for Oxford World's Classics.
Further information about all of these resources and more can be found in this guide.
Please consult the relevant Subject Guides for information about specific literatures:
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