WOMEN'S LITERATURE  

 

 

 

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eREFERENCE SHELF

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

 

• Credo Reference
• Oxford Reference Online

 

BOOKS

 

    WOMEN'S LITERATURE

 

• American Literature - - women authors - a list of books in Begley Library
• English Literatrue - - women authors - a list of books in Begley Library
• To find more books by women authors, search a specific author or title in the library catalog.

 

    CRITICISM 

     Click for a list of books in Begley Library about:

 

• American Literature - - women authors - - history and criticism
• Cambridge Companion to Literature (women authors)
• English Literature - - women authors - - history and criticism
• Feminity in literature
• Feminism
• Women in literature

 

     There are several reference books in the library on women's literature.  A selection of these books includes:  (Click for call number and location information)

 

• American women prose writers to 1820
• Contemporary women poets
• Nineteenth-century American women writers: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
• Modern women writers
• The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature
• Modern American women writers
• The Harlem Renaissance and beyond: literary biographies of 100 Black women writers, 1900-1945
• A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800
• American women writers: bibliographical essays
• American women writers: a critical reference guide from the colonial times to the present
• Poetry by American women, 1900-1975: a bibliography

 

    The library has several collections of literary criticism in the reference collection.  To locate criticism on a specific author or work, use the index in the last volume of the set.  Collections of literary criticism include:

 

• Contemporary Literary Criticism
• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
• Short Story Criticism
• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

 

    To find books about specific women authors, search the author's name in the library catalog.

 

    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.

 

DATABASES

What is a database?

 

• Literature Resource Center - biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis.
• 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.

 

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