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LITERATURE 

Begley Library Research Guide

 

 

  1. LITERATURE 
    1. BOOKS
      1. LIBRARY CATALOGS
      2. WHERE ARE THE BOOKS ON..?
      3. TIPS FOR FINDING BOOKS & DVDs ON...
      4. LITERARY  CRITICISM SERIES
      5. TUTORIALS
    2. ONLINE COLLECTIONS 
      1. DATABASES
      2. JOURNALS
      3. ONLINE REFERENCE
      4. TIMELINES
    3. WEB SITES
      1. AMERICAN  LITERATURE
      2. SHAKESPEARE

 

 

 

BOOKS

 

LIBRARY CATALOGS

To find books and media, use Begley Library's online catalog.

 

Try also:

 

 

WHERE ARE THE BOOKS ON..?

Call number begins with: Subject area:

P

Philology.  Linguistics.  Includes:

Communication, Mass media, Semiotics, Nonverbal communication, Language, Linguistic theory, Comparative grammar, Indo-European philology, Extinct ancient or medieval languages.
PE

English language.  Includes:

Anglo Saxon, Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Modern English, Dialects, Provincialisms, Slang.

PN

Literature (General).  Includes:

Theory, Criticism, Literary history, Poetry, The monologue, The dialogue, The performing arts, Drama, Motion pictures, Prose, Oratory, Elocution, Diaries, Letters, Essays, Journalism, Collections of general literature.

PR

English literature. 
PS American literature.

 

Click here for a detailed list of call numbers.

 

 

TIPS FOR FINDING BOOKS & DVDs ON...

 

 

LITERARY  CRITICISM SERIES

Essays on character development and characterization pertaining to a specific literary character.

 

Essays on a specific literary work.

 

Critical essays examining an author's body of work.

 

Essays on major authors, periods and genres.

 

Essays on American authors.

 

Social issues in an author's body of work.

 

TUTORIALS

 

 

 

 

ONLINE COLLECTIONS 

 

DATABASES

Academic Search Complete Full-text.  Articles from peer-reviewed and popular sources.
Book Index with Reviews Information on over 5 million book titles, including 800,000 full-text book reviews.
Historical NY Times

Full-text.  New York Times, 1851-2006. Select document type Review to find book reviews.

Humanities International Complete

 Full-text journals in the humanities, pertaining to literary, scholarly and creative thought.
Literature Resource Center Full-text.  Biographies, critical analysis and more.
LitFINDER
 Biographies, work overviews, primary sources.
Twayne's Authors Series Full-text.  Information about authors.

 

All Library Databases

  

 

 

JOURNALS

Access journals in the library's online collection:

 

 

ONLINE REFERENCE

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

 

 

 

TIMELINES

 

Literature

 

Performing Arts

 

more timelines...

 

 

 

 

WEB SITES

AMERICAN  LITERATURE

 

 

 

 

 

 

SHAKESPEARE

 

The complete works of William Shakespeare

 

Digitized images and texts of pre-1642 copies of 21 plays by William Shakespeare; information about Shakespeare, and Elizabethan and Jacobean theater.

 

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