Senior Term Papers
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LITERATURE SOURCES
Special reference sources:
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REF 809 CON
REF 809 LIT
REF 809 MAG
REF 809 WOR
REF 809.034 NIN
REF 809.1 POE
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809.31 SHO
809.3972 WIN
809.93358 HAC
810 AME
810 ENC
810 HAR
810.9 CYC
813 NOT
820 BRI
820 PRE
REF 823 NOT
REF 823.0876 SCI
REF 920 CON
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Contemporary Authors (CA) Volumes 1-126. Note the
difference in binding, biographical information,
interviews, more recent authors, mailing
addresses for authors. Volume 122 indexes DLB (have
limited volumes), CLC, NCLC, TCLC (request on
interlibrary loan), as well as CA.
Masterplots--plot outlines to better understand the
story, biographical information, brief criticisms.
Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)-- 51 volumes, last
fifty years, older if author became popular again, see
index to find correct volume, cites different sources.
Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 – volume 1 only.
Magill's Critical Survey of Short Fiction, Long Fiction,
Poetry, Drama, Cinema, American Literature, etc.—six to
eight volumes in each set, contain criticisms of
different works.
World Authors--five separate volumes, 1950-1990.
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (NCLC) (12 vols.)—authors who lived and wrote mainly in the 1800's.
Poetry Criticism (PC). Volumes 1-14.
Supernatural Fiction Writers. Volumes 1-2, 2 different
editions.
Short Story Criticism (SSC). Volumes 1-2.
Mystery and Suspense Writers. 2 volumes.
Literary Themes for Students: War and Peace. 2 volumes.
American Ethnic Writers. 2 volumes.
Encyclopedia of American Literature.
The Oxford Companion to American Literature.
Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors. 3 volumes.
Notable American Novelists. 3 volumes.
British Writers--3 volumes.
Prentice-Hall Guide to English Literature. A onevolume encyclopedia of English literature authors and topics.
Notable British Novelists. 3 volumes.
Science Fiction Writers.
Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography (CDALB) –
volumes 1-7.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)--concentration on
British authors. Currently have volumes 1, 2, 3, 6, 10
(parts 1 & 2), 14 (parts 1 & 2), 15 (parts 1 & 2), 18,
19, 20, 21, 34, 36, 39 (parts 1 & 2), 55, 57, 62, 70, 77,
87, 98, 100, 101, 104, 107, 131, 178.
British Authors Before 1800--biographical.
British Authors of the Nineteenth Century--biographical.
Junior Book of Authors (5 vols.)--authors of young adult and
children's literature.
Popular Contemporary Writers (11 vols.)—authors from the later
20th century time period.
Yesterday's Authors of Books for Children--more authors of
young adult and children's literature.
Masterplots Cyclopedia of World Authors (4 vols.)
Twentieth Century Romance and Gothic Writers--great
source for finding all the titles under various
pseudonyms.
General reference resources:
Encyclopedias, especially Britannica--index, macropedia (long articles)
and micropedia (short articles), and outline volumes.
Various other reference sources--quotation books, anecdotal books, books on
individuals (ex. Charles Dickens, Agatha Christie, J. R. R. Tolkien, etc.).
Online catalog hints:
Subject headings to look under in the online catalog:
AUTHORS, SPANISH (or DRAMATISTS, ENGLISH; POETS, AMERICAN, etc.)
ENGLISH LITERATURE
(Not British!)
AMERICAN LITERATURE
LITERATURE--STORIES, PLOTS, ETC.
LITERATURE--HISTORY AND CRITICISM
Also look up author's name for possible works written by or
about the author.
Browse the following sections in the regular collection:
810’S—American literature section
820's--English literature section
92's—biographies, arranged by person's last name
920's--collections of biographies (example, 20 Famous English
Novelists)
Call numbers:
REF = reference
FIC = fiction
92 = biography
Ask Here PA
SC = story collection
PB = paperback racks
Q = oversized books
Chat with a reference librarian 24/7!
your research questions.
Instant answers to most of
Interlibrary loan:
ACCESS PA—books available in over 3000 school, public, university and
special libraries. No charge for service; can take about a
week to get the book if on the shelves at the other library.
Interlibrary loan magazine articles--takes about 2 days unless
requested from a university library (2-3 weeks!).
POWER LIBRARY
Icon on your computer desktops throughout the
School, under Favorites-Library Links. Available in school
and public libraries. Also, enter the database at home by:
1)
2)
3)
finding your public library's homepage
click on the Power Library icon
enter your public library card's barcode number.
LIBRARY HOMEPAGES:
DuBois Public Library
http://users.usachoice.net/~library
Reynoldsville Public Library
http://home.comcast.net/~reylib/services.htm
Sykesville Public Library
http://home.comcast.net/~sykeslibrary/
Clearfield Co. Bookmobile
http://www.youseemore.com/clearfieldcounty
See also links to other area libraries off the above pages.
POWER LIBRARY includes:
Access Pennsylvania Database
Catalog holdings of over 3,000 Pennsylvania school, public,
academic and special libraries are included in this database.
Search by author, title, subject or keyword to locate over 44
million items.
Biography Reference Bank
Links to biographical articles on over 470,000 individuals.
Full text articles, abstracts and photographs are available
from periodicals, feature articles, interviews, essays,
performance reviews, speeches and obituaries.
BookSource: Nonfiction
A research database containing full text and abstracts for 1000
popular nonfiction books. Full text articles on literature,
social studies, history and science are available and career,
health, sports, adventure and technology information is also
included.
Contemporary Authors
A guide to current writers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry,
journalism, drama, motion pictures and television. Biographies
of these authors are included, often with sidelights.
DartClix
Collection of over 18,000 professionally selected and
cataloged, high-quality websites. The DartClix records link
users to the websites.
EBSCOhost = Database of nearly 2000 magazines and newspapers,
mostly full text.
Can print off entire articles.
LitFinder
Search for full text poems, citations and excerpts using Poem
Finder. Poet biographies, and the Year’s Best Poetry are
included. Story Finder provides thousands of full text short
stories with explanations, biographies, and more. Use Essay
Finder to locate full text essays and discursive writing based
on books published in the 20th century. The essays focus on
humanities and social sciences and include biographies and
literary criticisms.
netLibrary
Electronic books (eBooks) are available through this link.
netLibrary eBooks are full text searchable and available for
use on personal computers in online formats.
NoveList and NoveList Plus
Includes fiction authors, titles and themes. Provides
suggestions of books that are similar to those of a particular
author or a certain title.
WEB ADDRESSES:
ACCESS PA book database
http://www.accesspa.state.pa.us
PENN STATE'S ONLINE CATALOG
http://www.lias.psu.edu
Click on "The CAT," login as guest.
BRITANNICA ONLINE
http://britannica.com
An abridged version of the encyclopedia plus links to great websites.
A & E BIOGRAPHY
BARTLEBY.COM
http://www.biography.com
http://bartleby.com
Features the complete texts of a number of prominent
English literature references.
AMERICAN AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE INTERNET RESOURCES
http://library.scsu.ctstateu.edu/litbib.html
Links to numerous valuable online reference sites;
however, many no longer connect
SAN ANTONIO COLLEGE LITWEB
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/litindex.htm
Numerous links, arranged by time period.
THE OPEN DIRECTORY PROJECT: BRITISH LITERATURE
http://dmoz.org/arts/literature/world_literature/british/
Even more links!
THE INTERNET PUBLIC LIBRARY: LITERATURE--CRITICISM
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
LITERARY CRITICISM AT THE OCEAN COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY
http://theoceancountylibrary.org/Link2Topic/ltrry-critic.htm#lc
A RESEARCH GUIDE FOR STUDENTS
http://www.aresearchguide.com/styleguides.html
In depth information on how to write term papers, plus guides to
citing sources in the most popular citation
styles (APA, MLA, etc.)
THE AMERICAN NOVEL
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americannovel/index.html
Created by PBS, this Web site is designed to showcase how the
American novel evolved and in what ways it reflects an experience that
is uniquely American. Visitors can browse through 200 years of the
American novel, including in-depth information on more than 50
American novels and authors, along with the literary movements they
helped to inspire.
18TH CENTURY STUDIES
http://18th.eserver.org/
This collection archives works of the eighteenth century from the
perspectives of literary and cultural studies. Novels, plays, memoirs,
treatises and poems of the period are kept here (in some cases,
influential texts from before 1700 or after 1800 as well), along with
modern criticism.