Guide to Literature
Websites:
e-Books & Online Literary Works | Dictionaries and Encyclopedias | Meet the Authors, Critics & Reviews | Analysis: "How to" | News & Magazines | Poetry, Short Stories, Folk Tales | Mythology | Electronic Texts | African American LiteratureBooks:
Suggested Subjects Headings | Recommended Reference Books
Databases
Online:
- Literary Reference Center (Tutorial)
Thousands of articles from a wide variety of sources (chapters from books and journal articles) covering literary time periods, authors, or individual books, poems, plays, or short stories. Includes critiques, summaries, and reviews. Articles can be emailed with the citation information! - Literature Resource Center (Basic Tutorial ~ Advanced Tutorial ~ Article Options)
Thousands of articles from a wide variety of sources (chapters from books and journal articles) covering literary time periods, authors, or individual books, poems, plays, or short stories. Includes critiques, summaries, and reviews. Articles can be emailed with the citation information! - eLibrary Curriculum (Tutorial)
Smaller set of reviews, but sometimes this database finds critiques/reviews not found elsewhere! - Literature Online
Full-text poetry, short stories and plays from a wide variety of authors. Includes some criticism and reviews. - Academic Search Complete
Has articles, reviews and critiques from over 4,000 publications. By clicking on CHOOSE A DATABASE, you can also search over 50 databases at the same time! - Omnifile Full Text Mega (Book Review Digest Plus)
- Humanities Full Text
- Columbia Granger's World of Poetry
- Literary Index (Gale)
- African American Poetry
- American Drama, 1714-1915
- American Poetry
- Early American Fiction, 1789-1875
- Early English Prose Fiction
- English Drama
- English Poetry
- 18th Century Prose Fiction
- 19th Century Fiction
- 20th Century African American Poetry
- 20th Century American Poetry
- 20th Century English Poetry
- Faber Poetry Library
Print Indexes
- Book Review Digest
Check the Periodicals Guide to insure that the Library subscribes to the print journal you need.
Request journals at the Circulation Counter.
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Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
- Oxford Companion to American Literature
- Oxford Companion to English Literature
- Glossary of Literary Terms
- Glossary of Rhetorical Terms
- SlangSite
Meet the Authors, Critics & Reviews
- Best Online Reference Sites: Books and Literature
- ipl2: Literary Criticism (how to)
- Literary Index
- Literary Resources on the Net
- Literature Subject Guides
- Novel Guide Literary Analysis
- ipl2: Literary Criticism (authors, works, literary periods)
- Perspectives in American Literature: Timeline, Literary Movements, biographies...
- Voice of the Shuttle
- Voices From the Gaps
- American Authors on the Web
- American Authors on the Web*
- All American: Literature, History & Culture
- Cambridge History of English and American Literature
- Genres: Post WWII American Literature Database
- Library of Southern Literature
- English Language Resources (University of Virginia Library)
Links to information on science fiction, feminism, post-modernism, punk, generation X, multicultural, gay, and popular culture.
Analysis: "How to"
- Study Guides to Various Works
- Writing Book Reviews: How to (with an example)
News & Magazines
Poetry, Short Stories, & Folk Tales
- Poets.org: Academy of American Poets
- African-American Poetry: 1760-1900
- Anthology of Modern American Poetry (Companion Site)
- Bartleby Verse: American & English Poetry, 1250-1920
- EServer Poetry Collection: Canonical
- Electronic Poetry Center
- HTI American Verse Project
- Poetry Archives
- Representative Poetry Online
- RhymeZone (rhymes, synonyms, definitions)
- American Folklore
- Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature
Suggested Subject Headings
Do a SUBJECT or KEYWORD search in the Online catalog for your topic. After doing your search, you can limit the results to books at El Centro by selecting the Limit Your Search button.
American Literature:
American fiction |
Texas in literature |
British Literature:
Authors, English |
modernism (literature) |
Recommended Reference Books
in-library use only
American Writers
REF PS 129 A55
Contemporary Authors
REF PN 771 H28
Contemporary Literary Criticism
REF PN 94 C6
19th Century Literary Criticism
REF PN 761 N5
20th Century Literary Criticism
REF PN 94 T83
Harlem Renaissance & Beyond
REF PS 153 N5 R65
Hispanic Writers
REF PQ 7081 H48
Black Women Writers
REF PS 153 N5 B558
Classics of Texas Fiction
REF PS 266 T4 L4
British Writers
REF PR 85 B688
50 British Poets: 1300-1900
REF PR 473 T4
Oxford Companion to English Literature
REF PR 19 D73
British Women Writers
REF PR 111 B75
Dictionary of Literary Biography
REF PN 451 D58
The best guide to resources is a librarian who can help you in using the catalog, databases and the Web. A librarian can also assist you in selecting materials appropriate for your needs. Please ask at any service desk for information or assistance!
The El Centro College Library does not guarantee the currency or accuracy of these websites. Links to these sites do not represent an endorsement of the site or of information contained within the site.
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August 16, 2010