Starting out at Oxford - an English Freshers Guide to using the libraries  

Congratulations on gaining a place to study English at Oxford!

We're looking forward to meeting you in person in Michaelmas Term.

Until then, we hope that this guide will give you an idea of the range of libraries and library resources available to you, and how to make the best use of them.

If you have any questions about using the libraries,  please do get in touch.

Kerry Webb, Deputy Librarian
English Faculty Library
email: kerry.webb@bodleian.ox.ac.uk

A couple of good books to help you get started with your English Language and Literature studies at Oxford are:
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory - Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle
The Stories of English - David Crystal

A useful online resource for help with English grammar is:
The Internet Grammar of English: an online course in English grammar for university students
Useful grammar exercises

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