Free, Open Access, and State Library Resources: English and Writing Resources

Humanities, Writing, and Literature Resources

• Humanities Commons / Knowledge Commons CORE: Repository of Open Access scholarly content for the Humanities
• Directory of Open Access Journals: Language and Literature: Open Access articles in Language, Literature, and related fields.
• Open Library of the Humanities Journals: Titles include Orbit: A Journal of American Literature, Journal of Embodied Research, Lifewriting Annual, 19: Interdisciplinary Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century, Open Screens, Regeneration: Environment, Art, Culture & more.

Literature, Writing, and Communications Resources from NovelNY

These resources provided by the New York State Library, NOVELny connects New Yorkers to 21st century information. Resources below this portal are available to all New Yorkers without a password as long as one is visitng the site from a location in New York State, or via access with a NY driver or non-driver ID if not currently in New York State and/or via a Library Card. If you are not in New York State, your local state public library system may also offer similar access to subscription content--contact your local public library to find out more and see the Finding Free Library Resources In Your State box on this page.

• Gale Academic One File: Gale’s premier periodical resource, Gale Academic OneFile, provides millions of articles from over 17,000 scholarly journals and other authoritative sources—including thousands of podcasts and transcripts from NPR and CNN as well as videos from BBC Worldwide Learning.
• Communications and Mass Media: Information found in more than 400 journals. Nearly 3 million articles on all aspects of the communications field, including advertising, public relations, linguistics, and literature.
• The New York Times: Full-text access to The New York Times from 1985 - present.
• Gale Diversity Studies: Library resource providing a collection of journals that explores cultural differences, contributions and influences in the global community.
• Opposing Viewpoints: An online database that explores opposing sides of the most important issues, helping learners to develop information literacy and critical thinking skills.

Many more resources are available via the NovelNY website.

If you are still awaiting registration information for your students, you may be able to access a variety of additional subscription resources from your local public and state library systems. For more information, check the appropriate links below.

• New York
• New Jersey
• Massachusetts
• Connecticut

Reach out to your school librarians or SU Libraries staff for more information.