Below are some possible subject terms to use in your subject or keyword search in the library catalogue or databases. This is not an exhaustive list, but will help to get you started.
| Authors | English diaries | History of English | Poets |
| Cambridge Companions to Literature | English drama | Literature and morals | Prose literature |
| Childrens literature | English fiction | Literature and society | Self in literature |
| Childrens stories | English literature | Literature | Sex role in literature |
| Christian literature | English poetry | Literary form | Short stories, English |
| Classical literat | English verse | Mythology in literature | Symbolism in literature |
| Creative writing | Feminism and literature | Poetry | Writing |
| Dramatists | Heroes in literature | ||
| Early modern writers | |||
