Locating Criticism Articles:
Gale Literary Databases
Call Numbers for Gale Reference Books

Citing Criticism Articles:
How to Cite Gale Literary Criticism Articles
How to Cite Gale Biographical Articles
How to Cite Gale Literary Databases
 

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To find literary criticism online, search the databases in this order:

1. A good database to start with is:
   Literature Resource Center
   Full text database.
   Provides selected criticism articles from Gale's multi-volume criticism set.
    
2. For recently published criticism, conduct a search in:
   Literature Criticism Online
   Full-text database.
   Provides criticism articles that have been published from
   June 2007- present in the following Gale sets:
   Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
   Contemporary Literary Criticism
   Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
   Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
   Poetry Criticism
   Short Story Criticism
   Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
    
3. If you didn't find what you needed, search Literary Index to locate criticism articles published in Gale's print volumes, which are shelved in the library:
   Literary Index
   This is an index to print volumes shelved in the Reference Department. NO full text.
   Search this Index to identify criticism articles that have been published in Gale reference books located in the Library. After completing your search, see the call number list below.
    
4. Additional literary criticism databases:
   See the Library's Languages and Literature database listing

To locate literary criticism in the following reference books, please consult the Literary Index database or the indexes in the back of the print reference books.

For instructions on citing Gale reference books, see:
How to Cite Gale Literary Criticism Articles
(or) How to Cite Gale Biographical Articles

Resource:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 7th ed., 2009.
(Ready Ref. LB2369.G53 2009)
Cite a Gale literary criticism article as "a previously published article reprinted in a collection." (MLA 5.5.6), page 159.

To cite a literary criticism article, include the following information:

Author of article. "Title of Article." Journal Title volume number (year of publication): page numbers of original article. Rpt. in Title of Reference Source. Ed. Editor's Name. Vol. volume number. City of Publication: Publisher, date of publication. page numbers in reference source.

Examples:

The following examples are for articles about C. S. Lewis' works that were reprinted in volume 14 of Contemporary Literary Criticism.

Temple, Ruth Z. "Pool of Bethsaida." The Sewanee Review 47 (1939): 596-99. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski and Laurie Lanzen Harris. Vol. 14. Detroit: Gale, 1980. 321-22.

Timmerman, John H. "The Epistemology of C. S. Lewis: Reason and Belief in Till We Have Faces." Religion in Life 46 (1977): 497-508. Rpt. in Contemporary Literary Criticism. Ed. Dedria Bryfonski and Laurie Lanzen Harris. Vol. 14. Detroit: Gale, 1980. 324-25.
 

Resource:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed., 2003.
(Ready Ref. LB2369.G53 2003)
Cite a Gale biographical article as "A Work in an Anthology." (MLA 5.6.7), pages 158-59.

To cite a biographical article, include the following information:

Author of article. "Title of Article." Title of Reference Source. Ed. Editor's Name. Vol. volume number. City of Publication: Publisher, date of publication. page numbers in reference source.

Example:

Wiloch, Thomas. "Reagan, Ronald (Wilson) 1911-." Contemporary Authors: New Revision Series. Ed. Pamela S. Dear. Vol. 47. Detroit: Gale, 1995. 352-56.

Resource:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. 6th ed., 2003.
(Ready Ref. LB2369.G53 2003)
Cite a Gale literary criticism or biographical article as "A Work from a Library or Subscription Service." (MLA 5.9.7), page 229.

How to Cite Databases:

To cite a Gale database, include:

Publication information about the article (listed at the top or the bottom of the computer screen). Information about the database that contains the article.

To cite articles originally from a reference work, break it down like this:

Author of article (if available). "Title of Article." Title of Reference Source. date of publication. Database Name. Database Publisher. date you accessed the database.

To cite articles originally from a journal, break it down like this:

Author of article (if available). "Title of Article." Journal Title month and year of publication: page numbers of article. Database Name. Database Publisher. date you accessed the database.

Examples:

"C. S. Lewis." Contemporary Literary Criticism. 2004. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group Databases. 12 Jan. 2004 <http://www.galenet.galegroup.com>.

"C. S. Lewis." Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 15: British Novelists, 1930-1959. Ed. Bernard Oldsey. West Chester: University of Pennsylvania. The Gale Group, 1983. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group Databases. 14 Jan. 2004 <http://www.galenet.galegroup.com>.

Packer, J. I. "Still Surprised by Lewis." Christianity Today Sept. 1998: 54, 56-60. Literature Resource Center. Gale Group Databases. 10 Jan. 2004 <http://www.galenet.galegroup.com>.