GUIDE TO RESEARCHING

 

LITERATURE 

 

printable research guide: literarycriticism.pdf

 

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SEE ALSO:

 

FALL 2008 COURSE RESEARCH GUIDES

 

• American Literature to 1850
• Black Literature
• British Literature Before 1800
• Children's Literature
• Detective Fiction and Film
• Drama Classics to 1870
• Literary Science Fiction

 

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eREFERENCE SHELF BOOKS DATABASES JOURNALS  WEB SITES  NEED HELP?

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eREFERENCE SHELF

 

• Oxford English Dictionary (OED) - look up word origins and definitions.  The history of the English language from 1150 to the present.

 

    Find definitions, short biographies, bibliographies and more in these online collections:

• Credo Reference
• Oxford Reference Online
• Virtual Reference Library

   

 

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BOOKS

 

• To find a book by a specific author, search the author's name in the library catalog.

• To find a specific title, search the title in the library catalog.
• To browse the shelves, click here for a guide to Library of Congress call numbers for LANGUAGE and LITERATURE.

 

  CRITICISM

    For help finding specific literary criticism, see the course research guides (above.)

 

    Click for a list of books in Begley Library about:

 

• Criticism
• Influence (literary, artisitc, etc.)
• Literary Form
• Literature
• Literature - history and criticism
• Style, literary

 

    Books in these literary criticism series may be borrowed from the library:  (Click for a list of books, call numbers and other information)

 

• Bloom's Major Literary Characters - collections of essays on character development and characterization pertaining to a specific literary character.
• Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations- collections of essays on a specific literary work.
• Bloom's Modern Critical Views - critical essays examining a specific author's body of work.
• Cambridge Companions to Literature- essays on major authors, periods and genres.
• Critical Essays on American Literature- collected critical essays about American authors.
• Social Issues in Literature- books address the role a given social issue plays in an author's major work or body of work.

 

    The library's reference collection contains several literary criticism sets.  Use the index in the last volume of the set to locate criticism on a specific author or work.  Collections of literary criticism include:  (Click for call number and other information)

 

• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Critical Survey of Drama
• Critical Survey of Long Fiction
• Critical Survey of Poetry
• Modern American Literature
• Modern British Literature
• The New Guide to Modern World Literature
• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
• Short Story Criticism
• Twentieth-Century Literature Criticism

 

MORE

    Find more books in the following collections:

 

• Begley Library's online catalog- books and media in our collection.  Search by author, subject, keyword, or more. 
• Net Library- eBook collection.  What is an eBook?
• Project Gutenberg- eBook collection.  What is an eBook?
• SUNYConnect- library catalog for all SUNY schools.  Use ILLiad to borrow books.
• World Cat- books and media from all over the world.  Use ILLiad to borrow books.
• Google Book Search- books and media from all over the world.  Use ILLiad to borrow books.

 

 

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DATABASES

What is a database?

 

• Literature Resource Center- biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis.
• Book Index with Reviews - over 800,000 book reviews 
• New York Times- select document type review to locate book reviews.
• Twayne Authors Series- information about authors.
• Academic Search Premier- select Advanced Search tab, and choose document type article, book review, interview, or literary criticism.  Select entertainment review for movie reviews.

 

• View ALL LIBRARY DATABASES

 

 

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JOURNALS 

• Browse journals in the library's online collections

 

 

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WEB SITES 

• Web links - LITERATURE

 

 

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NEED HELP?

A Librarian will be happy to assist you with your research.  Visit or call the Reference Desk during regular library hours, or use Ask a Librarian for online help.

 

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This page was created by Carrie Laier, May 2008.