Trailblazer Research Guide
Author Study
Author Study
Dewey Decimal Call Numbers
- 800's
General Information
- American Writers R 810.9 A258
- Contemporary Literary Criticism R 809.04 C761
- World Literary Criticism R 809.04 W927
- Critical Survey of Poetry R 821.009 C934
- Masterplots series:
- Masterplots R 808.8 M194m
- Masterplots II: American Fiction Series R 809.3 M423k
- Masterplots II: Drama Series R 809.204 M423
- Masterplots II: Poetry Series R 809.1 M423
- Reference Guide to Short Fiction R 809.31 R332
- World Literature and Its Times R 809 M913
- Literature and its Times R 809.93358 L776
- Hispanic Writers R 860.998 H673
- Latin American Writers R 860.998 L357
- Modern Japanese Writers R 895.609 M689
- Native American Literature R 897 W623
- Science Fiction & Fantasy Literature R 808.8015 M194
- St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost, & Gothic Writers R 809.3873 S143
- Encyclopedia of Holocaust Literature R 809.93358 E56
- Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature R 860.0998 E56
Biographical Information
- Cyclopedia of World Authors R 809.04 C995
- Contemporary Authors R 928.1 C761
- Contemporary Southern Writers R 810.997503 C761
- American Writers Before 1800 R 810.9 A512
- Afro-American writers before the Harlem renaissance 1800 R 810.9 D554
- Afro-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940 R 810.9 D554
- Afro-American writers, 1940-1955 R 810.9 D554
- Afro-American poets since 1955 R 810.9 D554
Finding Books Using the Online Catalog
Subject Headings
- Name of author (last name, first name) e.g. Steinbeck, John
- Name of poet (last name, first name, life dates if given--criticism and interpretation e.g. Frost, Robert, 1874-1953--criticism and interpretation
- American literature--Name of people group e.g. American literature--African American Authors
- 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 author or poet
- Type of literature e.g. american literature anthology,
- 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
- American Literature
- American Authors http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/aufram.html
- Brief Timeline of American Authors and Events: Pre-1620 to 1920 http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/timefram.html
- Literary Movements http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/litfram.html
- American Literature Sites http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/sites.htm
- 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
- Early Americas Digital Archive http://www.mith2.umd.edu/eada/
- American Writers: Video Archive (C-SPAN) http://www.americanwriters.org/archives/
- Bartleby.com: Great Books Online http://www.bartleby.com/
- LiteraryHistory.com: Indexing the Internet http://www.literaryhistory.com/
- Voice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/
- Literature (in English) http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=3
- Literature (other than English) http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2719
- The Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/
- Authors Discussed in the Victorian Web http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/index.html
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