The Jerry Falwell Library uses the Library of Congress Classification system to organize the collection and create call numbers. Library of Congress designations for literature begin with the letter P. World literatures and language materials are housed on the lower floor and American literature is found on the upper level of the Caudell Reading Room.
Resources listed on this page are a mix of print and electronic resources.
These encyclopedias are a sample of the materials available in the Jerry Falwell Library collection which can be used to support research in American and English literature.
Full-text reference resource with articles, images, audio files, and videos covering every major subject
Encyclopedia of refereed reference articles related to literary and cultural history
Encyclopedia of Themes in Literature by 
The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature by 
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature by These dictionaries are a sample of the materials available in the Jerry Falwell Library collection to support research in American and English literature.
A Middle-English Dictionary by 
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory by 
The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms by 
The Oxford English Dictionary by 
An Introduction to English Grammar by 
Doing English Grammar by 
English: an Essential Grammar by