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Literature
Resource Center - All inclusive database contains
information on both classical and contemporary authors and their
works. Obtain biographies of authors, bibliographies of all they
have written, critical essays and contextual information. Also
includes selected full-text, excepted, and commissioned critical
material from Gale’s Literature Criticism and For Students Series.
The titles in these series include: Children’s Literature Review,
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Drama Criticism,
Drama for Students, Literature from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-
Century Literature, Literature of Developing Nations for Students,
Literature and Its Times, Novels for Students, Poetry Criticism,
Poetry for Students, Shakespearean Criticism, Shakespeare for
Students, Short Story Criticism, Short Stories for Students, and
Twentieth- Century Literary Criticism.
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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
- Contains over 30 million catalog records and holdings information
for material owned by libraries around the world, including books, journals,
maps, sound recordings and other media.
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Internet Sites
American Literature Sites
(http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/sites.htm)– a website dedicated to
helping anyone who wants to use the Internet to research American
Literature. Provides links to online resources.
Biography (http://www.biography.com)
searchable database containing 20,000 personalities.
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. Books that have "Ref." before the classification
number in the Library
of Congress and "R" before the classification number in Dewey Decimal
number are reference books (First floor).
Dewey classification for short stories is: 800
Library of Congress Classification is in the area: PN, PR, PS and PZ
If you need help ask any of the librarians, technical staff or student
assistant to assist you.
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: Contains biographical information on American Authors.
(Ref PS 129.A55)
Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome: Contains biographical information
on writers from ancient Rome and Greece. (Ref. PA 3002 A5. 1982)
Black Literature Criticism: Contains excerpts from criticism of the
most significant works of black authors over the past 200 years. (Ref.
PS 153 N5 B556 1992)
Contemporary Authors: Contains short biographical
articles. The library has Contemporary Authors available on its database. (Ref. Z 1224 .C6)
Contemporary Literary Criticism: Contains excerpts
from criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, and playwrights.
(Ref. PN 771.C59)
Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography: Contains biographical
information on British literary figures. (Ref. PR 19.C64
1991)
Critical Survey of Drama: Contains biography of writer, achievements
of writer, and analysis of writings. (R 809.2 M194C)
Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Contains literature on authors and
their short stories including biographical information and analysis of
the stories. (R 803 M194cr)
Dictionary of Literary Biography: Has biographical Information on poets. The
library has Dictionary of Literary Biography available on its database. (Ref. PS 221. D5)
Drama Criticism: Contains criticism of the most significant and widely
studied dramatic works from all the world's literature. (Ref.
PN 1601 D59)
Magill's Survey of American Literature; Presents 190 American
writers from the seventeenth century to the late twentieth century. (Ref.
PS21.M34 1991)
McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: Contains information on dramatist
and their works. (R 809.2 M147)
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism: Contains essays on nineteenth century novelist, poets, playwrights, and short
story writers. (Ref. PN 761. N56) Oxford Companion to American Literature: Covers American literature
from earliest days to present. (R 810.3 H325o)
Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States: A dictionary
type volume of information about women's writings and their authors.
(Ref. RS147.O94 1995)
Poetry Criticism: Has critical information concerning
Poetry. (R 808.1 P745) Poetry Explication: Contains information of
poets and poems. (R 016.821 K95p3)
Reference Guide to American Literature: Includes biographical information
concerning American writers. (R 810.3 R332k2)
Short Story Criticism: Provides
critical information about short story writers and their works. (Ref.
PN 3373.S386) Short Story Index: Tells you in which collection of short stories a
particular short story is found. (R 016.8083 C771s)
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: Has critical
information on twentieth-century writers. (Ref. PN 771. G27)
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