The Encyclopedia of Literary and Cultural Theory (2011) by This encyclopedia will be most relevant to Lit studies and, if you're having trouble getting started, a good place to begin looking up theory, etc. As a reference book it can be consulted in McHenry Library's reference stacks, though the Internet Archive has a digitized copy that can be viewed only 1 hour at-a-time upon check out--you'll need to create an account.
Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism (1999) by 
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The land acknowledgement used at UC Santa Cruz was developed in partnership with the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band Chairman and the Amah Mutsun Relearning Program at the UCSC Arboretum.
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