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Databases
The following databases may be accessed from the Library's homepage.
Biography Resource Center
Full-text database of biographical information
on more than 220,000 people from throughout history, around the world,
and across all disciplines and subject areas.
Literary Index (Gale)
Index to Gale Research's literary reference
tools. Identify the reference tools you need, then identify their call
number location by consulting the
Gale Research Literary Resources guide. No full text.
Literature Resource Center
Full-text database of biographies, bibliographies,
and critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors.
LitFinder
LitFinder provides access to full-text poems, short stories,
essays, speeches, and plays and includes biographies, work summaries,
photographs, and a glossary.
MLA International Bibliography
Index to language, literature, linguistics,
and folklore scholarly literature. No full text.
Links
Literature in English (Voice of the Shuttle)
Modern American Poetry
Criticism and Biography Reference Books
See also the Library's guide:
Literary Criticism and Biography.
Contemporary Poets
(St. James Press, 1991)
Ref. PR603 .C6 1991
Critical Survey of Poetry
(Salem Press, 1982, supplement 1987)
Ref. PR502 .C85, supplement - Ref.
PR502 .C852 1987
Critical Survey of Poetry: Foreign Language Series
(Salem Press, 1984)
Ref. PN1021 .C7 1984
Masterplots II: Poetry Series
(Salem Press, 1992)
Ref. PN1110.5 .M37 1992
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
(Princeton University Press, 1993)
Ref. PN1021 .N39 1993
Poetry Criticism
(Gale Research, 1991- )
Ref. PN1126 .P26
Poetry Explication
(Swallow Press, 1980)
Ref. PR502 .K8 1980
Traditional Epics: A Literary Companion
(Oxford University Press, 1995)
Ref. PN56.E65 J33 1995
Searching the Online Catalog for Poetry Criticism and
Biography
Go to the Library's
online catalog:
To locate information about a particular poet
or that poet's works:
Conduct a Basic Subject Search on the
poet's name (last name first).
Browse to find the type of material you need.
Example Search:
Frost, Robert (Subject
Search)
Skim for appropriate topics:
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 - Bibliography
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 - Concordances
Frost, Robert, 1874-1963 - Criticism and interpretation
To locate criticism of a particular type of poetry:
Using the subject headings suggested
in the Searching the Online Catalog
for Poetry section above, conduct a Basic Subject Search
in the online catalog.
Browse to find the type of material you need.
Example Search:
American poetry (Subject Search)
Skim for appropriate topics:
American poetry
American poetry - 20th Century - Criticism and interpretation
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