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LIBRARY RESOURCES IN LITERATURE FINDING LITERARY CRITICISM FINDING BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION FINDING DRAMA, POETRY, SHORT STORIES FINDING OTHER BASIC LITERATURE SOURCES

LITERARY CRITICISM (1) Internet Resources: In order to find a list of articles on literary topic, you may use the following online databases subscribed by the Library at http://library.shu.edu/ Literature Resource Center (GALENET) SilverPlatter Resources for MLA (International Bibliography) and Art Index

LITERARY CRITICISM (2) Printed Resources: Articles on American Literature: Ref Z1225 A77 (Lewis Leary, ed.) Magill’s Bibliography of Literary Criticism: Ref Z6511 M25 (Frank N. Magill, ed.) These two bibliographies provide lists of books and articles about all types of literary work..

LITERARY CRITICISM (3) Contemporary Literary Criticism: Ref PN 771 C59 Twentieth Century Literary Criticism: Ref PN 771 T9 These two encyclopedias of literary criticism contain actual excepts of articles about famous authors’ works and themes. Use the last volume marked "Cumulative Index" to find out which volumes contain articles about your author’s work.

LITERARY CRITICISM (4) Critical Survey of Short Fiction: Ref PN 3321 C7 Drama Criticism: Ref Z1231 D7 C6 Book Review Index: Ref Z1035 Al B6 (1965+) Book Review Digest: Ref Z1219 C96 (1905+)

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (1) Search Library’s Online Book Catalog: WebVoyáge For works about a person, select "Subject" Always look up a person’s last name first, i.e., "Austen, Jane"

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION (2) Dictionary of Literary Biography: Ref PS 21.D5 This multi-volume set contains extensive articles, with bibliographies, on the lives of famous authors. To locate a particular author, use the last volume which says "Cumulative Index"

DRAMA, POETRY, SHORT STORIES (1) Granger’s Index to Poetry: Ref PN 1022.G7 1973+ Look up a famous poem by author or title, and Granger’s will tell you where you can find a copy of it. Short Story Index: Ref Z 5917 S5 C6 This index indicates where short stories have been published.

DRAMA, POETRY, SHORT STORIES (2) Ottemiller’s Index to Plays in Collections: Ref Z 5781.O8 1988 This book shows which plays are in which collections.

OTHER BASIC SOURCES (1) Bibles, Concordances, and Biblical Dictionaries: Ref BS 75 / Ref BS 425 Dictionaries: Ref PE 1625 MLA Handbook (Modern Language Association). On reserve at the Circulation Desk

OTHER BASIC SOURCES (2) Mythology: Ref DE 5 / Ref BL 715 Quotations: (The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations, etc…) Ref PN 6081 Thesauri: Ref PE 1591