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Professor MacKenzie
Spring 2006

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Reference Works

General Works on Genre & Period | Critical Theory | Works About Specific Authors

  • General Works on Genre & Period

    • The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Ian Ousby. Rev. ed. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1993.
      Reference R 928 C178
    • The Columbia Guide to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story. Ed. Blanche H. Gelfant. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2000.
      Reference R 813 C726
    • The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature. Ed. Steven R. Serafin and Valerie Grosvenor Myer. New York: Continuum, 2003.
      Reference R 820.3 C762
    • The Companion to Southern Literature: Themes, Genres, Places, People, Movements, and Motifs. Ed. Joseph M. Flora and Lucinda H. MacKethan. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 2002.
      Reference R 810.9 C737
    • A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. Edward Quinn. New York: Facts on File, 1999.
      Reference R 803 Q7d
    • A Dictionary of Literary Devices. Bernard Dupriez. Trans. Albert W. Halsall. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1991.
      Reference R 803 D943g-T
    • Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs. Ed. Jean-Charles Seigneuret et al. 2 vols. New York: Greenwood, 1988.
      Reference R 803 D5541
    • Encyclopedia of Southern Culture. Ed. Charles Reagan Wilson and William Ferris. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press, 1989.
      Reference R 975 E561
    • Encyclopedia of Southern History. Ed. David C. Roller and Robert W. Twyman. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State Univ. Press, 1979.
      Reference R 975 E56
    • Encyclopedia of Southern Literature. Mary Ellen Snodgrass. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, 1997.
      Reference R 810.9 S673e
    • Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. Ed. Paul F. Grendler. 6 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1999.
      Reference R 940.2 E56
    • Europe 1450-1789: An Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World. Ed. Jonathan Dewald. 6 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2004.
      Reference R 940.2 E89
    • A Handbook to Literature. William Harmon. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.
      Reference R 803 H747h9
    • Historical Dictionary of Stuart England, 1603-1689. Ed. Ronald H. Fritze and William B. Robison. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1996.
      Reference R 942.06 H673
    • Historical Dictionary of the Elizabethan World. John A. Wagner. Phoenix, AZ: Oryx, 1999.
      Reference R 942.05 W133h
    • Historical Dictionary of Tudor England, 1485-1603. Ed. Ronald H. Fritze. New York: Greenwood, 1991.
      Reference R 942.04 H673
    • The Longman Companion to the Tudor Age. Rosemary O'Day. New York: Longman, 1995.
      Reference R 942.05 O22L
    • The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Ed. Alex Preminger and T.V.F. Brogan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton Univ. Press, 1993.
      Reference R 809.1 P957 1993
    • Oxford Companions
      • The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Ed. James D. Hart. 6th ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995.
        Reference R 810.3 O98c6
      • The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. Ed. Eugene Benson and William Toye. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1997.
        Reference R 810.3 O981 1997
      • The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Ed. Margaret Drabble. 6th ed. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2000.
        Reference R 820.3 H34o6
      • The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature. Ed. Robert Welch. New York: Clarendon Press, 1996.
        Reference R 820.9 O981
      • The Oxford Companion to New Zealand Literature. Ed. Roger Robinson and Nelson Wattie. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1998.
        Reference R 820.3 O981
      • The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Literature in English. Ed. Jenny Stringer. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1996.
        Reference R 820.3 O98
    • The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. Ed. David Scott Kastan. 5 vols. New York: Oxford, 2006.
      Reference R 820.3 O982
    • The Poet's Dictionary: A Handbook of Prosody and Poetic Devices. William Packard. New York: Harper&& Row, 1989.
      Reference R 803 P119p
    • Tudor England: An Encyclopedia. Ed. Arthur F. Kinney and David W. Swain. New York: Garland, 2001.
      Reference R 942.05 T912
    • Twentieth-Century Literary Movements Dictionary: A Compendium to More than 500 Literary, Critical, and Theatrical Movements. Ed. Helene Anderson and Jay P. Pederson. Detroit, MI: Omnigraphics, 2000.
      Reference R 809.9 T971
    • Who's Who in Stuart Britain. C.P. Hill. Chicago: St. James Press, 1988.
      Reference R 942.06 H645w

  • Critical Theory

    • The Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms. Ross Murfin and Supryia M. Ray. 2nd ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2003.
      Reference R 801.95 M975b
    • Contemporary Critical Theory: A Selective Bibliography. Donald G. Marshall. New York: Modern Language Association, 1993.
      Reference R 016.8 M367c
    • The Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory. Ed. Julian Wolfreys. New York: Continuum, 2002.
      Reference R 801.95 C762
    • Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. J.A. Cuddon. 4th ed. Oxford: Blackwell, 1998.
      Reference R 803 C964d4
    • Dictionary of Narratology. Gerald Prince. Rev. ed. Lincoln, NE: Univ. of Nebraska Press, 2003.
      Reference R 801.95 P995d 2003
    • Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms. Ed. Irene R. Makaryk. Toronto: Univ. of Toronto Press, 1993.
      Reference R 801 E56
    • Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories. Ed. Lorraine Code. New York: Routledge, 2000.
      Reference R 305.42 E56
    • Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism. Ed. Chris Murray. New ed. 2 vols. London: Fitzroy Dearborn, 1999.
      Reference R 801.95 E56
    • A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory. Jeremy Hawthorne. 4th ed. London: Arnold, 2000.
      Reference R 801.95 H399g4
    • The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Ed. Michael Groden et al. 2nd ed. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins Univ. Press, 2005.
      Reference R 801.95 J65 2005
    • The Penguin Dictionary of Critical Theory. David Macey. New York: Penguin, 2000.
      Reference R 801.95 M142p
    • Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. Ed. Larry McCaffery. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1986.
      Reference R 809.3 P858
    • The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and PostFeminism. Ed. Sarah Gamble. New York: Routledge, 2000.
      Reference R 305.42 R869

  • Works About Specific Authors & Works

    • American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-2002.
      Reference R 920.073 A512
    • American Writers. Ed. Leonard Unger. New York: Scribner, 1974- .
      Reference R 810.9 A512
      To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
    • Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- .
    • British Writers. Ed. Ian Scott-Kilvert. New York: Scribner, 1979- .
      Reference R 920.9 B8621
      To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
    • Contemporary Authors. Gale: 2000- .
      The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76.
    • Critical Survey of Drama. Ed. Carl Rollyson. 2nd rev. ed. 8 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003.
      Reference R 809.2 C934
    • Critical Survey of Poetry. Ed. Philip Jason. 2nd rev. ed. 8 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2003.
      Reference R 809.1 C934
    • Critical Survey of Short Fiction. Ed. Charles E. May. 2nd rev. ed. 7 vols. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 2001.
      Reference R 809.3 C934 2001
    • Dictionary of Literary Biography. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- .
      Reference R 928.1 D554
      To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
    • Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century. Ed. Eric L. Haralson. Chicago, IL: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2001.
      Reference R 928.1 E561
    • Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English. Ed. Eugene Benson and L.W. Conolly. 2nd ed. 3 vols. New York: Routledge, 2005.
      Reference R 820.9 E561 2005
    • Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century. Ed. Steven R. Serafin. 5 vols. Farmington Hills, MI: St. James Press, 1999.
      Reference R 803 E562 1999
    • Feminist Writers. Ed. Pamela Kester-Shelton. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1996.
      Reference R 928 F3291
    • Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.
      Reference R 920 N2111
      See also the first edition: Dictionary of National Biography, edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee (22 vols.; 1885-1901; reprinted London: Oxford Univ. Press, 1963-1965), shelved in Reference at call number R 920 N211.
    • The Oxford Encyclopedia of British Literature. Ed. David Scott Kastan. 5 vols. New York: Oxford, 2006.
      Reference R 820.3 O982
    • Postmodern Fiction: A Bio-Bibliographical Guide. Ed. Larry McCaffery. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1986.
      Reference R 809.3 P858
    • A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English. Ed. Erin Fallon et al. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2001.
      Reference R 809.3 R286
    • Reference Guide to Short Fiction. Ed. Thomas Riggs. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1999.
    • Reference Guide to World Literature. Ed. Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast. 3rd ed. 2 vols. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2003.
      Reference R 809 R332

    • Faulkner

      • Collected Stories of William Faulkner: Concordances to the Forty-Two Short Stories. Ed. Noel Polk and John D. Hart. 5 vols. Ann Arbor, MI: UMI, 1990.
        Reference R 813 F26p
      • Faulkner, An Annotated Checklist of Recent Criticism. John Earl Bassett. Kent, OH: Kent State Univ. Press, 1983.
        Reference R 016.81 F26b, 1983
      • Faulkner's People: A Complete Guide and Index to Characters in the Fiction of William Faulkner. Robert W. Kirk. Berkeley, CA: Univ. of California Press, 1963.
        Reference R 813 F26yk
      • Fifty Southern Writers after 1900: A Bio-Bibliographical Sourcebook. Ed. Joseph M. Flora and Robert Bain. New York: Greenwood, 1987.
        Reference R 928.1 A32 v.2
      • A Glossary of Faulkner's South. Calvin S. Brown. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1976.
        Reference R 813 F26b
      • William Faulkner A to Z: The Essential Reference to his Life and Work. A Nicholas Fargnoli and Michael Golay. New York: Facts on File, 2002.
        Reference R 813 F26yf
      • A William Faulkner Encyclopedia. Ed. Robert W. Hamblin and Charles A. Peek. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1999.
        Reference R 813 F26yh
      • William Faulkner's Characters: An Index to the Published and Unpublished Fiction. Thomas E. Dasher. New York: Garland, 1981.
        Reference R 016.81 F26d

    • Marvell

      • Andrew Marvell: A Reference Guide. Dan S. Collins. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1981.
        Reference R 016.82 M391c
      • A Concordance to the English Poems of Andrew Marvell. Ed. George R. Guffrey. Chapel Hill, NC: Univ. of North Carolina Press, [1974].
        Reference R 828 M39g
      • Seventeenth-Century British Nondramatic Poets. Ed. M. Thomas Hester. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1993. [Dictionary of Literary Biography vol. 131]
        Reference R 928.1 D554, v. 131

    • Shakespeare

      • Bibliographies

        • The Essential Shakespeare: An Annotated Bibliography of Major Modern Studies. Larry S. Champion. 2nd ed. New York: G.K. Hall, 1993.
          Reference R 016.82 S527ch
          Davidsoniana Room D 081 C452es, 1993
        • Othello, An Annotated Bibliography. Comp. Margaret Lael Mikesell and Virginia Mason Vaughan. New York: Garland, 1990.
          Reference R 016.82 S527o-m
        • Shakespeare: An Annotated Bibliography. Joseph Rosenblum. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992.
          Reference R 016.82 S527ro
        • Shakespeare and Feminist Criticism: An Annotated Bibliography and Commentary. Philip C. Kolin. New York: Garland, 1991.
          Reference R 016.82 S527k
        • Shakespeare and Minorities: An Annotated Bibliography, 1970-2000. Parvin Kujoory. Landham, MD: Scarecrow, 2001.
          Reference R 016.82 S527ku
        • Shakespeare and the Classical Tradition: An Annotated Bibliography, 1961-1991. Comp. Lewis Walker. New York: Routledge, 2002.
          Reference R 016.82 S527wa
        • The Shakespeare Index: An Annotated Bibliography of Critical Articles on the Plays, 1959-1983. Ed. Bruce T. Sajdak. 2 vols. Millwood, NJ: Kraus, 1992.
          Reference R 016.82 S527sa
        • Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1984- .
          Reference R 822.33 DS5275
          To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
        • Shakespearian Bibliography and Textual Criticism: A Bibliography. T.H. Howard-Hill. 2nd ed. Signal Mountain, TN: Summertown, 2000.
          Reference R 016.82 S527h2
        • Shakespeare's Othello: A Bibliography. John Hazel Smith. New York: AMS Press, 1988.
          Reference R 016.82 S527o-s

      • Dictionaries

        • A Dictionary of Sexual Language and Imagery in Shakespearean and Stuart Literature. Gordon Williams. 3 vols. Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Athlone Press, 1994.
          Reference R 820.9 W7231d
        • A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and their Significance. Frankie Rubinstein. 2nd ed. New York: St. Martin's, 1995.
          Reference R 822.33 GR896d
        • The Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. 20 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989.
          Reference R 423 O98m
          The online version also contains entries being prepared for the third edition. The complete second edition is also on CD-ROM (ask at Circulation Desk).
          The first edition of the OED is still a useful resource; see A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, edited by A.H. Murray et al. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888–1928), shelved at Reference R 423 O98.
        • Pronouncing Shakespeare's Words: A Guide from A to Zounds. Dale F. Coye. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 1998.
          Reference R 822.33 GC881p
        • The Shakespeare Name Dictionary. J. Madison Davis and A. Daniel Frankforter. New York: Garland, 1995.
          Reference R 822.33 GD262s
        • Shakespeare's Legal Language: A Dictionary. B.J. Sokol and Mary Sokol. New Brunswick, NJ: Athlone Press, 2000.
          Reference R 822.33 GS683s
        • Shakespeare's Military Language: A Dictionary. Charles Edelman. New Brunswick, NJ: Athlone Press, 2000.
          Reference R 822.33 GE21s
        • Shakespeare's Non-Standard English: A Dictionary of his Informal Language. N.F. Blake. New York: Thoemmes Continuum, 2004.
          Reference R 822.33 GB636s
        • Shakespeare's Religious Language: A Dictionary. R. Chris Hassel, Jr. New York: Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.
          Reference R 822.33 GH355s
        • Shakespeare's Theatre: A Dictionary of his Stage Context. Hugh Macrae Richmond. New York: Continuum, 2002.
          Reference R 822.33 GR532s
        • Shakespeare's Words: A Glossary and Language Companion. David Crystal and Ben Crystal. New York: Penguin, 2002.
          Reference R 822.33 GC957s

      • General Works

        • All Things Shakespeare: An Encyclopedia of Shakespeare's World. Kirstin Olsen. 2 vols. Westport, CT: Greenwood, 2002.
          Reference R 822.33 GO52a
        • Biblical References in Shakespeare's Plays. Naseeb Shaheen. Neward, DE: Univ. of Delaware Press, 1999.
          Reference R 822.33 S525b
        • The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare. Marvin Spevack. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1973.
          Reference R 822.33 GS752h
        • The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. Michael Dobson. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2001.
          Reference R 822.33 GO98
        • Penguin Shakespeare Dictionary. Ed. Sandra Clark. London: Penguin, 1999.
          Reference R 822.33 GH975 1999
        • Routledge Who's Who in Shakespeare. Peter Quennell and Hamish Johnson. London: Routledge, 1995.
          Reference R 822.33 GQ3r
        • Shakespeare A to Z: The Essential References to his Plays, his Poems, his Life and Times, and More. Charles Boyce. New York: Laurel, 1991.
          Reference R 822.33 GB7891s
        • Shakespeare on Screen: An International Filmography and Videography. Kenneth S. Rothwell and Annabelle Henkin Melzer. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1990.
          Reference R 016.791 R848s
        • Shakespearean Concepts: A Dictionary of Terms and Conventions, Influences and Institutions, Themes, Ideas, and Genres in the Elizabethan and Jacobean Drama. Simon Trussler. London: Methuen, 1989.
          Reference R 822.33 GT873s
        • Shakespeare's Books: A Dictionary of Shakespeare Sources. Stuart Gillespie. London: Athlone, 2001.
          Reference R 822.33 FG478s


Books

  • Library Catalogue
    Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library.
    Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records.
    To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first).
    To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography.
    Search Syntax
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    Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".
    Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
  • Early English Books Online (EEB0) (1475-1700)
    Includes over 125,000 books, pamphlets, broadsides, proclamations, almanacs, and other publications printed in Great Britain, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, and British North America from the fifteenth through the seventeenth centuries.
    Note: Does not include periodicals or newspapers.
    To print more than one page of a document, you need to "Mark All" pages, view your "Marked List," and then download the document images (not the citation). Once the document is downloaded, you can print out a range of pages or the entire document using the print function in Adobe Acrobat Reader.
  • Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) (1701-1800)
    Includes the full text of 150,000 books, pamphlets, almanacs, advertisements, songs, and other materials published in Great Britain and British North America during the eighteenth century; also includes digital facsimiles of each of the works.
    Note: The Library Catalogue contains records, with hotlinks to full text in ECCO, for 136,000 of these titles.
  • WorldCat
    Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan.
    Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings.
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    Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war").
    Wildcard: use a question mark ?.


Finding Articles

Starting Points | Core Resources for English | Other Resources

  • Starting Points

    • Academic Search Premier
      (1975 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers.
      Search Syntax
      Truncation: use an asterisk *.
      Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".
      Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
    • OmniFile Full Text Mega
      (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals.
      Search Syntax
      Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *.
      Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "".
      Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?.
    • Periodicals Index Online
      (c. 1770-1995 [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal and magazine articles as well as book reviews in a broad array of humanities, social sciences, and science subjects.
      Search Syntax
      Truncation: use an asterisk *.
      Phrase searching: automatic.


  • Core Resources for English

    Print Sources | Online Sources

    • Print Sources

      • American Short Fiction Criticism and Scholarship, 1959-1977: A Checklist. Joe Weixlmann. Chicago, IL: Swallow Press, 1982.
        Reference R 016.81 W436a
      • Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature (ABELL). Cambridge: Bowes & Bowes, 1924 - .
        Reference R 016.82 M689a
        Indexes journal articles and books published from 1920 to present; also includes citations to book reviews. ABELL is particularly good source of information about books published in the U.K. Many of these works do not appear in the MLAIB.
      • Gale Literary Criticism Titles
        • Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1984- .
          Reference R 822.33 DS5275
          To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
        • Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1981- .
          Reference R 809.03 N714
          To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
        • Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1978- .
          Reference R 809.04 T971
          To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
        • Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1973- .
          Reference R 809.04 C761
          To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
        • Short Story Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1988- .
          Reference R 809 S559
          To locate relevant entries in this set, consult Gale's Literary Index.
      • Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism
        • Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors through the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. Rev. Martin Tucker. New York: Ungar, 1966.
          Reference R 820.9 M92L1
        • New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1985-1990.
          Reference R 809 C5162
        • The Major Author's Edition of the New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1985- .
          Reference R 809 C5163
        • Twentieth-Century American Literature. Ed. Harold Bloom. New York: Chelsea House, 1985-1988.
          Reference R 809 C5166
      • Poetry Explication
        • Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation since 1925 of British and American Poems Past and Present. Joseph Marshall Kuntz. Rev. ed. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1980.
          Reference R 016.82 K96p3
        • Guide to Poetry Explication. Nancy C. Martinez and Joseph G.R. Martinez. 4 vols. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1991-1995.
          Reference R 016.82 M385g
      • Short Fiction Criticism: A Checklist of Interpretation since 1925 of Stories and Novelettes (American, British, Continental) 1800-1958. Jarvis Thurston et al. Denver, CO: Alan Swallow, 1960.
        Reference R 016.8 T54s
      • Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication. Comp. Warren S. Walker. Hamden, CT: Shoestring Press, 1977- .
        Reference R016.8 W186t
        Includes supplements.

    • Online Sources

      • MLA International Bibliography
        (1963 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore.
        For more information, see the MLAIB Search Planner.
        Note: To locate articles from earlier time periods, consult the MLA International Bibliography, 1925-1962 (Reference R 016.4 M16m).
        Search Syntax
        Truncation: use an asterisk *.
        Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "".
        Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
      • MLA International Bibliography (CSA version: trial)
        (1963 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore.
        For more information, see the MLAIB Search Planner.
        Search Syntax
        Truncation: use an asterisk *.
        Phrase searching: automatic.
        Wildcard: use a question mark ?.
      • World Shakespeare Bibliography Online
        (1971 to present) Includes citations to articles, books, theatrical productions, and audiovisual materials related to Shakespeare; also includes performance reviews, book reviews, and film reviews.
        Search Syntax
        Truncation: use an asterisk *.
        Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "".


  • Other Resources

    • Essay & General Literature Index
      Indexes essays published in books and edited collections. Covers the fields of art, economics, education, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, and religion, among others. Particularly strong in the humanities and social sciences.
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      Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "".
      Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?.
    • Film Indexes Online
      (1893 to present) Contains both Film Index International (FII) and The American Film Institute Catalog (AFI). Includes full production and cast information for films from over 170 countries as well as plot summaries, production notes, and citations to reviews, criticism, and articles on film and film personalities.
      Search Syntax
      Truncation: use an asterisk *.
      Phrase searching: automatic.
    • Film Literature Index
      (1973-2001) Indexes articles, film reviews, and book reviews from over 300 film and television periodicals; international in scope.
      Note: Information from 2002 to the present is only available in the print version of Film Literature Index, which is shelved in the Reference Index Area at call number R 050 F4873.
    • Humanities Abstracts
      (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present.
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      Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "".
      Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?.
    • JSTOR
      Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years.
      Search Syntax
      Truncation: use a plus sign +.
      Phrase searching: automatic.
    • Project Muse
      Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses.
      Search Syntax
      Truncation: use an asterisk *.
      Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ".


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