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INTRODUCTION
This subject guide covers comprehensive resources related to English Literature.
Other related subject guides include: African American Studies, American Studies,
European History, Religious Studies, and World History.
FIND BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Reference Books are located on the Main Level of Lavery Library.
Reference books provide background information to help you understand your topic, narrow your topic, or prepare an outline of your topic. They also help define terms related to your topic, provide assistance in the selection of subject terms for your database searches, and contain factual information, such as, statistics, biographies, and maps.
SELECTED PRINT REFERENCES SOURCES:
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
PN44 .M3 1998 REF
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
PR8706 .D5 1996 REF
Dictionary of Irish Literature
PS21 .E53 2002 REF
Encyclopedia of American Literature
PS323.5 .E53 2001 REF
Encyclopedia of American Poetry. The Twentieth Century
PN41 .E53 1998 REF
Encyclopedia of the Novel
PS21 .B46 2002 REF
HarperCollins Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
PS153 .M56 .I34 1997 REF
Identities and Issues in Literature
PS129 .M48 2001 REF
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of American Writers
PN41 .M42 1995 REF
Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature
PN43 .O94 2000 REF
The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
PS21 .E537 2003 REF
The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
Literature Companions and Guides
PR821 .O97 1998 REF
The Cambridge Guide to Fiction in English
PR85 .C29 1993 REF
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English
PR111 .C353 1999 REF
The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English
PS153 .N5 .E78 2004 REF
The Handbook of African American Literature
PS153 .H56 .K36 2003 REF
Hispanic Literature of the United States: A Comprehensive Reference
PR116 .M63 2002 REF
Modern British Women Writers: An A-to-Z Guide
PS153 .I52 .W47 1999 REF
Native American Literatures: An Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and
Themes
PS153 .N5 .O96 1997 REF
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature
PA31 .H69 1989 REF
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
PR19 .O94 2000 REF
The Oxford Companion to English Literature
PR8706 .O88 1996 REF
The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature
PR471 .O94 1996 REF
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English
PR85 .R42 1996 REF
Reader's Guide to Literature in English
PS129 .R44 2000 REF
Reference Guide to American Literature
PR56 .B34 2000 REF
A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students: English and American Literature
PR421 .G35 2004 REF
The Undergraduate's Companion to English Renaissance Writers and Their Web Sites
Poetry Companions and Indexes
PN1022 .G7 1994 REF
The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry
PN1022 .H39 2002 REF
The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Anthologies
PN1022 .C63 2004 REF
The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works
PR601 .O9 1994 REF
The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
Chronologies and History
PR25 .M67 2001 REF
British and Irish Literature and Its Times: Celtic Migrations to the Reform
Bill (Beginnings - 1830s)
PR471 .M65 2001 REF
British and Irish Literature and Its Times: The Victorian Era to the Present (1837 - )
PS94 .C48 2004 REF
The Chronology of American Literature: America's Literary Achievements From the
Colonial Era to Modern Times
PN50 .L574 1997 REF
Literature and Its Times: Profiles of 300 Notable Literary Works and the Historical
Events That Influenced Them
PR87 .O94 2002 REF
The Oxford Chronology of English Literature
Bio-Bibliographies and Criticism
PS153 .N5 .A344 2001 REF
African American Writers
129 .A55 2003 REF
American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies
PS153 .A84 .A82 1999 REF
Asian American Literature: Reviews and Criticism of Works by American Writers
of Asian Descent
PR85 .B688 REF
British Writers
PN610 .C53 REF
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
PS153 .M56 .C66 2004 REF
Contemporary American Ethnic Poets: Lives, Works, Sources
PN771 .C59 REF
Contemporary Literary Criticism
PR881 .C69 2001 REF
Contemporary Novelists
PR603 .C6 2001 REF
Contemporary Poets
PS151 .C67 1998 REF
Contemporary Women Poets
PN451 .M36 2003 REF
Cyclopedia of World Authors
PR8727 .G66 1997 REF
Modern Irish Writers: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook
PN1021 .W67 2000 REF
World Poets
PR9080.5 .W67 2004 REF
World Writers in English
Bibliographies
PR83 .H34 1998 REF
Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English
Literary Studies
Writing and Style Manuals
Z253 .U69 2003 REF
The Chicago Manual of Style
PN174 .T75 1999 REF
A Guide to MLA Documentation: With an Appendix on APA Style
LB2369 .G53 2003 REF
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
PN147 .G444 1998 REF
MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
LB2369 .L4 2005 REF
Writing Research Papers: A Complete Guide
FIND BOOKS IN LAVERY LIBRARY AND BEYOND
The key to the library's extensive book collection is the Library Catalog. It may be searched by Author, Title, Subject, or Keyword. Subject headings are established by the Library of Congress. If you have any trouble selecting a Subject heading for your topic, try a Keyword search or check the listings in the Library of Congress Subject Headings red books (Z 695 .L69 2001 REF) in the Reference area near the main floor computers.
Subject Headings which may be useful to you for English Literature are:
African American Literature
American Literature
Classical Literature
English Essays
English Language
English Literature
English Poetry
Literature History and Criticism
Poetics
Poetry History and Criticism
[name of author such as Dickens Charles]
If you would like to browse in the English Literature section of the library, the main call numbers for
English Literature are:
PN, PR, PS's
Circulating books are all located on the Upper Level.
Link to the Library Catalog from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu
Find books in Other Libraries by selecting Library Catalog from the library's home page,
then select Other Library Catalogs.
Search the world for books by selecting WorldCat from the databases listed under Research Databases. From the library's
home page, select Research Tools, select Research Databases, then select WorldCat from the alphabetized list.
To order a book from another library use the online Interlibrary Loan form, accessible from the library's home page http://library.sjfc.edu.
FIND ARTICLES AND MORE
Lavery Library subscribes to an extensive collection of Research Databases that may be used to search for articles on your topic in periodicals, newspapers, and book chapters. Periodicals include both scholarly journals and popular magazines. When researching for courses in your major, it is usually recommended that you use scholarly articles, also referred to as peer reviewed or refereed articles. Databases will often allow you to limit your search to scholarly articles.
If the article cited on the database that you are using does not appear in full-text on the database, check Periodical Holdings to determine if the periodical is either
full-text on another database or available in hard copy in the library's collection.
From the library's home page, select Research Tools, then select
Research Databases.
Research Databases are listed both alphabetically and by subject on the library's home page. When starting research in English Literature, the following databases are recommended:
Arts and Humanities Search
Expanded Academic Index
JSTOR
MLA
Project MUSE
ProQuest Research Library
Twayne's Author Series
Wilson Select Plus
Link to Subject Listing of databases available for Humanities & Art
FIND WEBSITES
When using websites for research it is very important to evaluate their authority and content. Use the following checklist to evaluate sites before using them as references.
Evaluating Web Sites Checklist
Your liaison librarian has provided a list of quality websites for English Literature. They are available on the library's home page under Selected Websites.
To search for additional websites, start with Google - http://www.google.com.
Prepared by Courtney Seymour, March 2005
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