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BRITISH LITERATURE

 

Tips for Finding Books in Begley Library

 

BRITISH LITERATURE Tips for Finding Books 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:

 

• English Literature -- Old English, ca 450-1100 -- History and Criticism
• English Literature -- Middle English, 1100-1500 -- History and Criticism
• English Literature -- Early Modern, 1500-1700 -- History and Criticism
• English Literature -- 18th Century -- History and Criticism
• English Literature -- 19th Century -- History and Criticism
• English Literature -- 20th Century -- History and Criticsm

 

 

 

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 or 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: prejudice pride

 

• TITLE BEGINS WITH is a goos 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: canterbury

 

 

 

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: 
  • Chaucer history and criticism
  • Jane Austen criticism and interpretation

 

 

 

REFERENCE BOOKS

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There are several reference books in the library containing criticism of British literature.  A selection of these books includes:  (Click for call number and location information):

 

• British Authors Before 1800
• British Writers
• British Writers Classics
• Cambridge History of English Literature
• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism
• Companion to British Literature
• Dictionary of British and American Women Writers, 1660-1800
• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature
• Oxford Companion to English Literature
• Research Guide to Biography and Criticism

 

 

 

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Carrie Buff, June 2009