Davidson College Library Research Guide for English 492

Margaret Atwood Professor Mills Spring 2006 Reference Tools Works by Atwood Readings by Atwood Interviews Book Reviews Criticism, Analysis, Interpretation Starting Points Core Resources for English Other Resources RefWorks Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Tools Bibliographies | Biographical Sources | Internet Sources | General Reference Guides Bibliographies Margaret Atwood: An Annotated Bibliography (Poetry). Alan J. Horne. [Downsview, Ontario:] ECW Press, 1980. Reference R 016.81 A887h Margaret Atwood: An Annotated Bibliography (Prose). Alan J. Horne. [Downsview, Ontario:] ECW Press, 1979. Reference R 016.81 A887ho Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide. Judith McCombs and Carole L. Palmer. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1991. Reference R 016.81 A887m Margaret Atwood: A Reference Guide, 1988-2005. Shannon Hengen and Ashley Thomson. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow, 2007. Reference R 016.81 A887he O.W. Toad: Margaret Atwood Reference Site [Official site] Biographical Sources 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- . Contemporary Authors. Gale: 2000- . Contemporary Novelists. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. 7th ed. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 2001. Reference R 823.09 C7611 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. Feminist Writers. Ed. Pamela Kester-Shelton. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1996. Reference R 928 F3291 Internet Sources O.W. Toad: Margaret Atwood Reference Site [Official site] The Margaret Atwood Society Atwood-L, the Margaret Atwood Discussion List, from the Margaret Atwood Society Description of the list, from the welcome message: "Atwood-L is a mailserv list dedicated to the consideration of the literary, political, and cultural works and ideas of the Canadian author Margaret Atwood .... This list seeks to provide an electronic forum for the exchange of ideas, opinions, and information related to Atwood with the aim of encouraging the teaching and reading of Atwood's works. In addition, Atwood-L hopes to foster more effective research on Atwood and disseminate that research more widely." To subscribe: send mail to: mailserv@cariboo.bc.ca leave subject line empty in content of message, enter: subscribe atwood-l [firstname lastname] Margaret Atwood Papers [Finding Aid], Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto General Reference Guides 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 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 Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory. Ed. Julian Wolfreys. New York: Continuum, 2002. Reference R 801.95 C762 Encyclopedia of Feminist Theories. Ed. Lorraine Code. New York: Routledge, 2000. Reference R 305.42 E56 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 The Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present. Virginia Blain et al. New Haven, CT: Yale Univ. Press, 1990. Reference R 928 F329 A Handbook to Literature. William Harmon. 9th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003. Reference R 803 H747h9 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 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 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 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. The Routledge Critical Dictionary of Feminism and PostFeminism. Ed. Sarah Gamble. New York: Routledge, 2000. Reference R 305.42 R869 Works by Atwood At Davidson The Library has most of Margaret Atwood's published works; all of the titles in our collection are listed in the Library Catalogue. Search the Library Catalogue: Author search for works by Margaret Atwood [browse list] Author keyword search for works by Margaret Atwood [includes edited collections that may contain a work by Atwood as well as books that contain forewords or introductions by Atwood] For the radio play Trumpets of Summer, also consult Course Reserves Please note that editions signed by Atwood as well as fine press editions of her works are kept in the Rare Book Room; check the Library Catalogue to confirm the location of a given item. If you wish to consult materials in the Rare Book Room, please let us know. Elsewhere WorldCat Lists books, videos, recordings, 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: rare and archival materials cannot be ordered on interlibrary loan. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Consult print bibliographies, which may list materials not found in WorldCat. Consult Internet sites to locate additional writings, transcripts of speeches, and so forth. Readings by Atwood Margaret Atwood. Introduction Paul Zwieg. Compact disc. New York: Academy of American Poets, [1978]. Little Library Stacks 811 A887p-cd Recorded at the Guggenheim Museum, 11 April 1978. Margaret Atwood: Reading from her Poems. Compact disc. London: Poetry Archive, [2005?]. Little Library Stacks 811 A887r-cd Audio clips of Atwood reading four of these poems are also available online. Margaret Atwood reading "Unearthing Suite." Audio cassette. Columbia, MO: AAPL, [1983]. Little Library Stacks 813 A887u Margaret Atwood: Queen of CanLit, from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Archives Includes audio clips of several readings, including Up and Coming Poet, in which Atwood reads two of her early poems, "The Green Man" and "It is Dangerous to Read Newspapers." O.W. Toad: Margaret Atwood Reference Site [Official site] Includes sound clips of Atwood reading from her poetry. Interviews Interviews are indexed in the following databases: Academic Search Premier (search for atwood margaret and interviews) Biography Reference Bank LexisNexis Academic Reader's Guide (search for margaret atwood and interview) and in the following print index: Interviews and Conversations with 20th-Century Authors Writing in English: An Index. Stan A. Vrana. 3 vols. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1982-1990. Reference R 016.82 V978i See also: BBC Four: Audio Interviews: Margaret Atwood, from the BBC World Service (1996) Interview (with Jan Castro). Audio cassette. Columbia, MO: AAPL, [1983]. Little Library Stacks 813 A887xa Margaret Atwood. Directed by Gillian Greenwood. DVD. Princeton, NJ: Films for the Humanities & Sciences, 2002. Little Library Circulation Desk VC 1887g Originally broadcast as an episode of the British television program The South Bank Show in 1993. Includes both an interview with Atwood and a reading, by actress Nadia Cameron, of selections from The Robber Bride and Cat's Eye. Margaret Atwood. Interviewer Hermione Lee. Videocassette. ICA Video, 1989. Little Library Circulation Desk VC A887 "Margaret Atwood." In Writers & Company: In Conversation with CBC Radio's Eleanor Wachtel. Toronto: Knopf Canada, 1993. 190-203. Little Library Stacks 810.9 W114w Margaret Atwood: Conversations. Ed. Earl Ingersoll. New York: G. Braziller, 1990. Little Library Stacks 818 A887xi Margaret Atwood: Once in August. Directed by Michael Rubbo. Videocassette. New York: Wombat Film & Video, 1987. Little Library Circulation Desk VC A887r Margaret Atwood: Queen of CanLit, from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation A collection of sound and video clips. ... and many more on the Web. Book Reviews For tips on finding book reviews, please see the Library guide How to Find Book Reviews. Criticism, Analysis, Interpretation Starting Points | Core Resources for English | Other Resources Starting Points Books | Articles Books Library Catalogue Lists the books, videos, and other materials in the Library. To find works about Atwood's writings, do a subject search for her name: Subject search for works about Atwood and her writings Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Lists books, videos, doctoral dissertations, 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. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Gale Literary Criticism Titles These titles contain excerpts of criticism and are updated regularly. They can therefore be useful starting points. 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. Articles 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 ?. PCI: Periodical Contents Index (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 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. 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 ?. Other Resources Contemporary Women's Issues (1992 to present) Indexes popular articles, scholarly articles, books, newsletters, and reports on all aspects of women's studies, including gender, sociology, education, political science, and health. Search Syntax Truncation: automatic. Phrase searching: automatic. 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. 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 ?. 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. 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 ?. 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 " ". Using RefWorks Need help managing your references? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. Connect to RefWorks Tips & Further Help How to Find Book Reviews How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources MLA International Bibliography Search Planner (pdf document) Research Planner (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document)

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