The purpose of this guide is to help identify print and electronic resources for literary criticism; biographical information for authors; bibliographies; and literary terminology, themes, and concepts. Please ask a librarian for help with any research needs.

A to Z of American Women Writers. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
Ref. PS 147 .K67 2000

African Writers. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1997.
Ref PL 8010 .A453 1997

African American Writers. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1991.
Ref PS 153 .N5 .A344 1990

American Authors, 1600-1900: A Biographical Dictionary of American Literature. New York: Wilson, 1936.
Ref PS 21 .K8

American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies. New York: Scribner, 1974.
Ref PS 129 .A55

Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1982.
Ref PA 3002 .A5 1982
Includes critical essays on Homer, Plato, Virgil, and many other authors of classical literature.

Contemporary Authors. Detroit: Gale Research.
Ref PN 453 .C63
To locate entries about authors, use the Cumulative Index, published as a separate volume.

Contemporary Southern Writers. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1999.
Ref PS 251.C569 1999

Contemporary Fiction Writers of the South. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1993.
Ref PS 261.C565 1993

Dictionary of Literary Biography. (DLB) Detroit, MI: Gale Research.
Ref PN 451 .D5
Use the cumulative index in the back of the latest volume to locate essays about authors.

Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century. New York: Continuum, 1989.
Ref PN 771 .E5 1989

Gay and Lesbian Literary Companion. Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 1995.
Ref PN 56 .H57 G362 1995

Gay and Lesbian Literature. Detroit, MI: St. James Press, 1994. Ref PN 56 .H57 G36 1993

Modern American Women Writers. New York: Scribner, 1991.
Ref PS 151 .M54 1991

A Reference Guide to American Literature. Chicago: St. James Press, 1987.
Ref PS 129 .R44 1987

Smoke Rising: The Native North American Literary Companion. Detroit, MI: Visible Ink Press, 1995.

Ref PS 508 .I5 S6 1995

Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century. New York: Wilson, 1992. Ref PQ 7081.3 F57 1992

World Authors Series. New York: Wilson.
Ref PN 451 .I5 1986 (Index to the series)
Ref PN 451 .W674 1996 (1900-1950, Vol. 1-4)
Ref PN 451 .W3 1975 (1950-1970)
Ref PN 451 .W67 1980 (1970-1975)
Ref PN 451 .W672 1985 (1975-1980)

Characters in Nineteenth-Century Literature. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1993.
Ref PN 56.4 .H68 1993

Characters in Twentieth-Century Literature. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1995.
Ref PN 56.4 .H7 1995

The Companion to African Literatures. Bloomington, IN: Indiana University Press, 2000.
Ref PR 9340 .C65 1999

Dictionary of Allusions. Springfield, MA: Merriam-Webster, 1999.
Ref PN 43 .W384 1999

Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms. New York: Facts on File, 1999.
Ref PN 44.5 .Q56 1999

The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1994.
Ref PN 81 J554 1994

Magill Index to Masterplots: Cumulative Indexes 1963-1990. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1990.
Ref PN 44 .M253 1990

Masterplots II: American Fiction Series. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1994. Ref PN 846 .M37 1994

Oxford Companion to African American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997.
Ref PS 153 .N5 O96 1997

Oxford Companion to American Literature. New York: Oxford University Press, 1983.
Ref PS 21 .H3 1983

Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
Ref PS 147 .O94 1995

Black Literature Criticism. (BLC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1992.
Ref PS 153 .M5 B556 1992
A tool for finding criticism of African American writers from the past two hundred years.

Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism. (CMLC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1988.
Ref PN 681.5 .C57
Includes criticism of works from classical antiquity through the fourteenth century.

Contemporary Literary Criticism. (CLC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1973.
Ref PN 771 .C59
Provides commentary on authors now living or who died after 1959.

Great Literature of the Eastern World. New York: Harper Collins, 1996.
Ref PJ 307 .G74 1996

Hispanic Literature Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1994.
Ref PQ 7081 .A1 H573 1994

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800. (LC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1984.
Ref PN 86 .L53 1984
Includes authors who date from 1400-1800, with the exception of Shakespeare.

Magill Index to Critical Surveys: Cumulative Indexes. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1990.
Ref PN 524 .M34 1990
Indexes the Critical Surveys series for short fiction, poetry, and drama. Searching the volume by author or title refers the user to the appropriate volume to find criticism for a particular work.

Masterpieces of African American Literature. New York: Harper Collins, 1992.
Ref PS 153 .N5 M264 1992

Masterpieces of Latino Literature. New York: Harper Collins, 1994.
Ref PQ 7081 .A1 M29 1994

Modern American Literature. New York: Continuum, 1989.
Ref PS 221 .C8 1989
Authors are listed alphabetically with excerpts of criticism about their works, beneath each entry.

Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors: Through the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. New York: Continuum, 1989.
Ref PR 83 .M73 1989

Native North American Literature. New York: Gale Research, 1994.
Ref PS 508 .I5 N38 1994

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism. (NCLC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1981.
Ref PN 761 .N56
For locating information on authors who died between 1800-1899.

Shakespearean Criticism. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1984.
Ref PR 2965 .S43 1984 To locate criticism on a particular play use the cumulative index in the back of the latest volume.

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism. (TCLC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research.
Ref PN 771 .G27
A resource for information on authors who died between 1900-1959.

American and British Poetry: A Guide to Criticism. Athens, Ohio: Swallow Press, 1984.
Ref PS 303 .A43 1984
A tool for finding citations for criticism in various journals and periodicals. An alphabetical listing of authors with their individual poems listed below each entry.

Black Poets of the United States. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1973.
Ref PS 153 .N5 W313 1973

Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry. New York: Columbia University Press, 1990.
Ref PN 1022 .H39 1990
A source for finding a particular poem's author, a poem about a specific subject, or poem's title based on the first line of the poem.

Critical Survey of Poetry. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992.
Ref PR 502 .C85 1992

Guide to American Poetry Explication. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1982.
Ref PS 201 .G84 1989

Masterplots II: Poetry Series. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1992.
Ref PN 1110.5 .M37 1992

Poetry Criticism: Excerpts From Criticism of the Works of the Most Significant and Widely Studied Poets of World Literature. (PC) Detroit,MI: Gale Research, 1991.
Ref PN 1010 .P499
To locate criticism for works of poetry, use the cumulative title or author indexes in the back of the latest volume.

World Poets. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 2000.
Ref PN 1021 .W67 2000

American Short Story. New York: Facts on File, 2000.
Ref PS 374 .S5 F33

2000 Critical Survey of Short Fiction. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1981.
Ref PN 3321 .C7 1981

Masterplots II: Short Story Series. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1986.
Ref PN 3326 .M27 1986

Short Story Criticism: Excerpts from Criticism of the Works of Short Fiction Writers. (SSC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1988.
Ref PN 3373 .S386
To locate criticism for works of short fiction, use the cumulative title or author indexes in the back of the latest volume.

Short Story Index. New York: Wilson, 1984.
Ref Z 5917 .S5 C62 1984

Short Story Writers and Their Work: A Guide to the Best. Chicago: American Library Association, 1992.
Ref PN 3373 .H6 1992

Critical Survey of Drama. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1985.
Ref PR 623 .C75 1985

Drama Criticism. (DC) Detroit, MI: Gale Research, 1991.
Ref PN 1601 .D59

Encyclopedia of World Drama. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1984.
Ref PN 1625 .M3 1984

Books can be searched through our Online Library Catalog (CCLINC) by author, title, subject, or keyword.

Search Tip: To find biographical information or literary criticism, try a keyword search combining the author and a phrase, using the word "and."

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Academic Search Elite

Although the EBSCOhost databases are general in scope and cover a wide variety of disciplines, they do provide access to many literary journals and full-text articles.

To Access: Click on "Other" search from the NCLIVE menu. Select EBSCOhost. Select each of the databases that you would like to search, and then click enter.

Search Tip: To access only articles with full text, once inside the database search screen click the box that says "full text" under "Limit Your Results." Use keyword searching to combine authors, titles, and literary concepts, using the word(s) "and."

Gale InfoTrac

Includes general academic databases that also index literary journal and magazine articles, a newspaper database, and the Books In Print database, which features book information and reviews.

Search Tip: To access only articles with full text, once inside the database search screen click the box that says "to articles with text" under "Limit the Current Search." Use keyword searching to combine authors, titles, and literary concepts, using the word(s) "and."

Literature Web sites on the Internet will vary in quality and content. It is extremely important to evaluate Internet resources before using them for research purposes.

• Determining the web page author, organization, or institution's credentials is essential to evaluating the site's validity and usefulness.
• Noticing the currency of the information is important because information should be updated regularly.
• Identifying support for the page's information is also critical. Locate citations or bibliographies to document the information.

* Ask a librarian if you need help finding or evaluating web sites for research. *

Academic Resources on the World Wide Web

This resource listing is sponsored by Capital Community College and is updated regularly to provide academic research links. Scroll down the left sidebar and click on "English" to access literary web pages.

Gale Group: Literary Index

A helpful online index for locating literary criticism in the Gale reference books located in the reference area of the library. Both Author and Title searches will indicate which volumes of the Gale books to use for information on particular authors or works. In order to save time looking in the various print indexes, this site will search to find which volumes to use.

Librarian's Index to the Internet: Literature and Books

This page offers an extensive collection of sites for literary research. A description is given for each site mentioned on the page. Topics include classical literature, folklore, literature by country, mythology, poetry, short stories, and many others.

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature

The scope of the site includes early American literature before 1700, continuing to the present, encompassing writers of various time periods and movements such as 19th century romanticism and the Harlem renaissance.

Yahoo! Links to Literature Sites

From the Yahoo! Directory, the literature resource page links to criticism and theory, periods and movements, poetry, etc and more.

Voice of the Shuttle English Literature Main Page

Links to web sites for medieval, renaissance, modern, and minority literatures, poetry, drama criticism, and theory, and more.