Discover is the University of Bedfordshire library's main search engine. Use Discover to search journal articles, book reviews, news, and the library catalogue simultaneously.

Use the Library Catalogue to find print books and ebooks held by the University of Bedfordshire. You can also find journal titles and databases here.

JSTOR contains many journal articles in the field of the humanities and arts. You can browse to your subject area of interest (e.g. Browse -> By Subject -> Language & Literature), then search for articles within that subject area (e.g. 'Dracula'). JSTOR also has a number of useful tools to support literary analyses.

Oxford Reference contains many electronic reference books and encyclopaedias, including dictionaries and thesauri. You can browse by subject (e.g. literature) or enter a search word to find relevant content.

Credo Reference contains a variety of electronic encyclopaedias and reference books. You can search within individual books or across all content at once. The 'Mind Map' search tool in Credo is useful if you wish to consider related concepts and ideas.

Digital Theatre+ is an educational platform for the performing arts, containing full length performances by renowned theatre companies, interviews with practitioners, and theory and criticism.

Television and Radio Index for Learning and Teaching (TRILT) is an online listings service for UK television and radio, provided by the British Universities Film and Video Council (BUFVC). The database carries complete schedules for around 300 UK channels, including regional variations as well as Welsh, Scots Gaelic, Irish and Asian-language stations or programmes.

The University of Bedfordshire's Special Collections includes the Hockliffe Collection, which contains over a thousand British children's books dating from the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries, and the Cinderella collection, which contains books, cuttings, games, and toys all related to the classic children's story. These collections offer an opportunity to see how children's literature has developed over time in a variety of styles and genres.

NewsBank contains the full text of many UK newspapers, both local and national. Try searching for recent authors or books to see how they were received when first released.

Lexis Library News contains the full text of many UK newspapers, both local and national. Try searching for recent authors or books to see how they were received when first released.

Merriam-Webster is a free online dictionary and thesaurus. It is useful for looking up word definitions and alternative terms.

Thesaurus.com is a free online thesaurus. Useful for looking up synonyms.

RhymeZone is a free online rhyming dictionary. Useful for looking up rhyming words.

Based in Norwich, The National Centre for Writing celebrates the artistic and social power of creative writing and literary translation. Projects range from major international partnerships to vibrant festivals. The website offers online courses, mentoring, resource packs, and a podcast.

OpenLearn Creative Writing, from The Open University, provides free learning via short courses, videos, and more.

Established in 1884, The Society of Authors (SoA) is the UK trade union for 11,000 writers, illustrators and literary translators, at all stages of their careers. Their website contains news as well as information and advice on grants and events.

The UK has a number of literary festivals each year, and the Cheltenham Literature Festival is one of the oldest and best known. For ten days every Autumn Cheltenham welcomes over 600 of the world’s finest writers, actors, politicians, poets and leading opinion formers to celebrate the joy of the written word. The festival's website contains news and podcasts.

BBC Writersroom works with and develops both new and experienced writers across a variety of genres - drama, comedy, children's, radio, and others.

The British Library's Discovering Literature website brings to life the social, political and cultural context in which key works of literature were written. Contains digitised treasures from the British Library's collection, newly commissioned articles, short documentary films and teachers’ notes.

Literature Across Frontiers (LAF) is the European platform for literary exchange, translation and policy debate. It aims to develop intercultural dialogue through literature and translation and highlight less translated literatures. If you are interested in literary translation, this website contains some useful resources and news.

University of Oxford Podcasts on Literature features public lectures, teaching material, and interviews with leading academics.

StoryCenter uses digital media tools to empower personal storytelling, and has helped over 20,000 people share their stories.

Web of Stories offers you the chance to listen to notable people (for example Dorris Lessing, Philip Roth, and Frederic Raphael) telling their life stories.

SimplyScripts is a database of hundreds of downloadable scripts, movie scripts, screenplays, and transcripts of current, classic and soon-to-be-released movies, television, anime, unproduced content, and radio shows.

WritersServices contains over 6,000 webpages of advice and information on publishing, bookselling and writing.

The Write Life offers practical advice about freelancing and publishing.