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Reference Books
Another great resource is reference books; i.e. books that cannot be checked out, but can be used in the library. The following is a list of books that can be found on the first floor in the reference section:
Databases
Databases are an effective way of researching articles. Databases allow thousands of journals to be researched within a single search. The following should get you started:
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Books
Our online catalog is a great place to start. You may also find books in the following
call number ranges. Books which begin with these call numbers can be found on the second floor. The following is a list of related call numbers and their subjects:
| English Literature | |
| PR 1490-1799 | Anglo-Saxon Literature (to 1066 AD) |
| PR 1803-2165 | Medieval Literature (1066-1500 AD) |
| PR 2199-3195 | English Renaissance (1500-1640 AD) |
| PR 2750-3195 | Shakespeare |
| PR 3291-3785 | 17th & 18th Centuries (1640-1770 AD) |
| PR 3991-5990 | 19th Century (1770-1900 AD) |
| PR 6000-6076 | 20th & 21st Centuries (1900-Current) |
| American Literature | |
| PS 700-893 | Colonial Period (17th & 18th Centuries) |
| PS 991-3390 | 19th Century |
| PS 3500-3549 | 1900-1960 AD |
| PS 3550-3576 | 1961-Current |
Reference Books
Another great resource is reference books; i.e. books that cannot be checked out, but can be used in the library. The following is a list of books that can be found on the first floor in the reference section:
| Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism | REF PN 523 .M33 1979 |
| A Handbook to Literature | REF PN 41 .H355 1996 |
| A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory | REF PN 44.5 .H37 2000 |
| Critical Survey of Short Fiction | REF PN 3321 .C7 |
| British Writers | REF PR 85 .B74 |
| Critical Survey of Poetry, English Language Series | REF PR 502 .C74 |
| Critical Survey of Long Fiction, English Language Series | REF PR 821 .C74 1983 |
| American Writers | REF PS 129 .A43 |
| Critical Survey of Poetry, Foreign Language Series | REF PN 1021 .C74 1984 v.1-5 |
| The Year's Work in English Studies | REF PE 58 .E53 [year] |
Articles
Our periodical collection (journals & magazines) is located on the first floor. You may find the journal title search on the articles page helpful as well. The list below
includes some of our related periodicals:
| American Literature | 1929 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Chaucer Review | 2001 - current |
| Christianity & Literature | 1978 - current |
| College Composition & Communication | 1995 - current |
| College English | 1940 - 1981 |
| Comparative Literature | 1975 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Criticism | 1959 - 1985 1995 - current |
| E L H (English Literary History) | 1934 - 1962 |
| Early American Literature | 1982 - current |
| Eighteenth Century Studies | 2001 - current |
| English Journal | 1937 - 1938 1950 - 1982 |
| English Language Notes | 1963 - 1965 1966 - current |
| Essay & General Literature Index (Ref area) | 1900 - current |
| Humanities Index | 1974 - current |
| International Journal of American Linguistics | 1980 - 1985 1995 - current |
| Journal of American Folklore | 1995 - current |
| MLN (was Modern Language Notes) | 1966 1969 - 1983 1995 - current |
| Mark Twain Journal | 1984 - current |
| Mississippi Quarterly | 1994 - current |
| Modern Fiction Studies | 1995 - current |
| PMLA | 1915 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Philosophy & Literature | 1983 - 1994 |
| Poe Studies | 1968 - current |
| Poetry | 1995 - current |
| Publishers Weekly | Current Year |
| Renaissance Quarterly | 1967 - current |
| Renascence | 1980 - 1984 1994 - current Online |
| Review of English Studies | 1995 - current |
| Shakespeare Quarterly | 1950 - 1962 1964 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Southwest Review | 1975 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Studies in Romanticism | 1979 - 1983 1995 - current |
| Studies in Short Fiction | Online |
| Studies in the Novel | 1969 - 1982 1995 - current |
| Texas Studies in Literature & Education | 1995 - current |
| Victorian Poetry | 2002 - current |
| Victorian Studies | 1994 - current |
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Databases
Databases are an effective way of researching articles. Databases allow thousands of journals to be researched within a single search. The following should get you started:
» MLA
» Grangers Online Poetry</
» Literature Databases
» General Databases
» Reference Databases
» All Databases
Internet Sites
The following internet sites have been reviewed by our staff or suggested by professors in the relating field:
| » Internet Public Library: Criticism - contains critical and biographical websites about authors |
| » Literary Resources on the Net - provides links to literature categorized by century and age (Middle, Classical, etc.) |
| » LitLinks - portal to sites, annotated and categorized by fiction, drama, poetry, essays, & critical theory |
| » MIT Literature Links - |
| » Voice of the Shuttle |
Videos
Our entire collection of videos can be searched via the online catalog. The VHS section of
our visual collection is located on the second floor in the AV room. Our DVDs are located at the circulation desk. Here are some suggested titles:
| The Odyssey | VIDEO PA 4167 .O355 1996 |
| Prologue to Chaucer | VIDEO PR 1872 .P76 1993 |
| Beowulf and Old English Literature | VIDEO PR 1585 .B463 1991 |
| Modern American Novel | VIDEO PS 221 . G37 1988 |
| Introduction to William Faulkner's Fiction | VIDEO PS 3511 .A86 .I57 1988 |
| Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Comedies | DVD PR 2754 .C66 1978 vv. 1-5 |
| Dramatic Works of William Shakespeare: Tragedies | DVD PR 2754 .C66 1979 vv.1-5 |