Trailblazer Research Guide
American Poets
American Poets
Dewey Decimal Call Numbers
- 811
General Information
- American Writers Ref. 810.9 A258
- Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref. 809.04 C761
- World Literary Criticism Ref. 809.04 W927
- Critical Survey of Poetry Ref. 821.009 C934
- Masterplots: Several volumes available - locate through online catalog
- Poetry Ref. 809.1 M423
Biographical Information
- Cyclopedia of World Authors Ref. 809.04 C995
- Contemporary Authors Ref. 928.1 C761
- Contemporary Southern Writers Ref. 810.997503 C761
- American Writers Before 1800 Ref. 810.9 A512
- Afro-American writers before the Harlem renaissance 1800 Ref. 810.9 D554
- Afro-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 Ref. 810.9 D554
- Afro-American writers, 1940-1955 Ref. 810.9 D554
- Afro-American poets since 1955 Ref. 810.9 D554
Finding Books Using the Online Catalog
Subject Headings
- Name of poet (last name, first name) e.g. Plath, Sylvia
- Name of poet (last name, first name, life dates if given--criticism and interpretation e.g. Frost. Robert, 1874-1953--criticism and interpretation
- American Poetry
- American poetry--20th century
- Name of people group--Poetry e.g. African Americans--Poetry, Indians of North America--Poetry
- American poetry--Name of people group e.g. American poetry--Asian-Americans
- To find works by the author, do an Author Browse search with the name of the poet e.g. Kunitz, Stanley
Keywords
- Name of poet
- Type of poetry/poets e.g. gay poetry, beat poets
Databases to Use for Finding Articles
- Academic Search Premier
- Academic Universe (Lexis Nexis)
- ArticleFirst
- MagillOnLiterature Plus
- MLA Bibliography
Internet Resources
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide
- Alphabetical List http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/alpha.html
- Table of Contents (chronological list) http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
- Modern American Poetry http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/
- Poets.org from the Academy of American Poets http://www.poets.org/
- American Verse Project "an electronic archive of volumes of American poetry prior to 1920" http://www.hti.umich.edu/a/amverse/
- Bartleby Verse: Poetry Anthology and Thousands of Poems (American and British) http://www.bartleby.com/verse/
- BUBL Link: American Poetry http://bubl.ac.uk/link/a/americanpoetry.htm
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