Librarians for English & Comparative Literature

Laura O'Brien
Research & Instruction, x3497

Steve Smith
Collections, x2103

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Citing sources

English Department at Wellesley College

• Literature Online (LION)
• Literature Resource Center
• MLA Bibliography
• JSTOR (articles through 2003 or 2005)
• Project Muse (picks up where JSTOR leaves off)
• Academic Search Complete
• Shakespeare Collection Online
• more...

• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
• Dictionary of Literary Terms & Literary Theory - Clapp Ref PN41 .C83 1998
• Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
• Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
• Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms - Clapp Ref PN1021 .N39 1993

• Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature
• WESS: An electronic text collection for Western European literature
  
• Intute: Arts & Humanities
  
• more...

• tip: use an encyclopedia for a quick overview, to develop vocabulary for searching, & for further sources
  
  
• Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature - Clapp Ref PS21 .E537 2004
• [Columbia] Granger's World of Poetry has full text of more than 250,000 poems, commentaries, plus a history & criticism section
• Critical Survey of Poetry (7 vols. + 1 Index vol.) - Clapp Ref PN1021 .C7 2003
  
• Encyclopedia of British Writers - Clapp Ref PR421 .E53 2003
• Oxford Companion to 20th Century Poetry in English
• Feminist Companion to Literature in English: Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present - Clapp Ref PR113 .F45 1990
• Cambridge History of English & American Literature, 1907-1921 - Bartleby.com
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• Try various subject headings for finding books on this topic in the library catalog:
  • African American authors
  • American literature
  • British literature
    
    
• Try keyword searches with phrases like:
  • authors harlem renaissance
  • female authors criticism
  • poets literary criticism
    
    
• for items we don't own, search WorldCat and request a copy (click on the Find It! button)

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