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AMERICAN LITERATURE

 

Tips for Finding Books & DVDs in Begley Library

 

AMERICAN LITERATURE Tips for Finding Books & DVDs in Begley Library FINDING BOOKS By TIME PERIOD By AUTHOR By TITLE By SUBJECT REFERENCE BOOKS

 

 

 

 

FINDING BOOKS

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By TIME PERIOD

To find books on a specific time period of American Literature, do a subject search in the library catalog.   Choose LC Subject Headings from the drop-down menu, and enter the subject heading of your choice.  Subject headings you may want to use include:

 

 

• American Literature
  • - - colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
  • - - Revolutionary period, ca. 1775-1783
  • - - 1783-1850
  • - - 19th century
  • - - 20th century

 

 

 

By AUTHOR

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To find books by a specific author, select AUTHOR from the drop-down menu in the library catalog, and enter the author of your choice.

 

 

 

By TITLE

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To find a specific title, select WORDS IN TITLE + CONTENTS or TITLE BEGINS WITH from the drop-down menu in the library catalog, and enter the full or partial title of your choice.  

 

• WORDS IN TITLE is a good choice if you know some of the words in the title, but you don't know all of them, and/or you're not sure which order they are in.
  • For example: mice men

 

• TITLE BEGINS WITH is a good choice if you know the FIRST word or words in the title, but you're not sure of the rest. 
  • For example: TITLE BEGINS WITH: great

 

 

 

By SUBJECT

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To find criticism on an author, select WORDS IN SUBJECT from the drop-down menu in the library catalog, and enter the author's name followed by: history and criticism or criticism and interpretation.

•     For example: 
  • Nathaniel Hawthorne history and criticism
  • Poe criticism and interpretation

 

 

 

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

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• African American Literary Criticism, 1773-2000
• American Colonial Writers, 1606-1734
• American Colonial Writers, 1735-1781
• The American Treasury: 1455-1955
• American Women Prose Eriters to 1820
• American Writers Classics
• American Writers of the Early Republic
• Dictionary of American Literary Characters
• Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800
• Early Puritan Writers: a reference guide
• Magill's Survey of American Literature
• The Oxford Companion to African American Literature
• The Oxford Companion to American Literature