Subject Guide: Drama
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Literature Resource Center - Contemporary
Authors provides complete biographical and bibliographical information
on more than 120,000 U. S. and international authors. Contemporary
Literary Criticism collects more than 35,000 critical essays on
contemporary authors, with biographical, critical, principal works,
and further information. Dictionary
of Literary Biography provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical
essays on the lives, works, and careers of influential literary figures
from all eras and genres.
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General databases
Academic
Search Premier - Provides full text for nearly 3,200 scholarly publications
covering academic areas of study including social sciences, humanities,
education, computer science, and ethnic studies.
WorldCat
- Provides the OCLC catalog of books, web resources and other material
worldwide.
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Internet Sites
American Literature
and Online Research - a website dedicated to helping anyone who
wants to use the Internet to research American Literature. Provides
links to online resources.
Biography - searchable database
containing 20,000 personalities.
Shakespeare Online
- in depth analysis, essays, plots synopses, source information, answers
to common Shakespeare questions.
Additional web sites are available through various search engines. Try
Yahoo! or MetaCrawler
to search by subject, title, or for individual poets.
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Books and Journals
Books may be found using the library's online
catalog. In the library, you can find books according to their classification
number.
If you need help ask any of the librarians, technical staff or student
assistant to assist you.
Dewey classification for drama and short stories is: 800
Library of Congress Classification is in the area:
PN
PS
Z
There is a Shakespeare book section on the second floor of the library.
It is in the PR section. Look for the banner and statute of Shakespeare.
Online
full-text journals are available. These journals are arranged by
title.
Also, the library subscribes to periodicals
in paper copy or microfiche. They are shelved or filed in alphabetical
order according to title.
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Reference Sources
American Writers: (Ref PS 129.A55) Contains biographical information
on American authors.
Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome: ( Ref PA 3002 A5. 1982) Contains
biographical information on writers from ancient Rome and Greece.
Contemporary Authors: (Ref Z 1224. C58 ) Contains short biographical
articles. The library has Contemporary Authors available on its database.
Contemporary Literary Criticism: (Ref PN 771.C59) Contains essays of
critical information on literature. The library has Contemporary Literary
Criticism available on its database.
Dictionary of Literary Biography: (Ref. PS221.D5) Contains biographical
information about authors. The library has Dictionary of Literary Biography
available on its database.
Magill's Survey of American Literature; (Ref. PS21.M34 1991) Presents
190 American writers from the seventeenth century to the late twentieth
century.
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: (R 809.2 M147) Contains information
on dramatist and their works.
Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism: (Ref PN 761.N56) Provides critical
information about writers of the 1800's and their works.
Oxford Companion to American Literature: (R810.3 H325o) Covers American
literature from earliest days to present.
Oxford Companion to Woman's Writing in the United States: (Ref RS 147.O94
1995) A dictionary type volume of information about women's writings
and their authors.
Reference Guide to American Literature: (R 810.3 R332k2) Includes biographical
information concerning American writers.
Shakespearean Criticism: .(Ref PR 2965 .S43 1984)
Includes excerpts from the criticism of William Shakespeare's plays
and poetry from the first published appraisal to current evaluations.
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: (Ref PN 771. G27)
Provides critical information about writers of the 1900's and their
works.
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