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[hidetoc]WWW SITES
- Contemporary Authors
GaleNet
- AuthorYellowPages.com Links to sites maintained by authors and their publishers
- Book Reviews Links from the University Library
- Celebration of Women Writers
- Contemporary Postcolonial and Postimperial Literature in English
- Literary Criticism The Internet Public Library
- Literary History.com
- LitLinks
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet FULL list of scholarly resources and other info
- Native American Authors from the Internet Public Library
- PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Reseacrh and Reference Guide by Paul P. Reuben
- Willa Cather Archive From the University of Nebraska-Lincoln
STOUT LIBRARY CATALOG
Use the Stout Library Catalog to identify books and audiovisual materials about your authors and their works.
- A KEYWORD search will retrieve the items written by an author, as well as items about an author.
- A SUBJECT search will retrieve items ABOUT an author and his/her works. Enter last name first, e.g. Hemingway Ernest. In the result list, look for the subdivision "Criticism and Interpretation" or the name of an individual work.
- If a subject search for an author brings no results, try a broader subject
search for criticism, such as:
- AMERICAN FICTION HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- AMERICAN FICTION 2OTH CENTURY HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- AMERICAN LITERATURE 20TH CENTURY HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- AMERICAN LITERATURE AFRICAN AMERICAN AUTHORS HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- DETECTIVE AND MYSTERY STORIES AMERICAN HISTORY AND CRITICISM
- SCIENCE FICTION AMERICAN HISTORY AND CRITICISM
INDEXES AND DATABASES
Use the Indexes and Databases to identify articles in journals, magazines, and newspapers. Many indexes provide full text articles.
A tutorial is available to show you how to use WilsonWeb to search for literary criticism articles.
Finding Literary Criticism Articles Flash Demo (Text only )
- EbscoHost :
- Academic Search Elite
- MLA International Bibliography
- WilsonWeb
- Biographies Plus Illustrated
- Humanities Full Text
- OmniFile Full Text
- Social Sciences Full Text
- Project Muse Search for full text periodicals
- JStor Full text
For more information on contemporary writers try:
- Newsbank
- Proquest
- Ethnic NewsWatch
- GenderWatch
- ProQuest Newspapers
PRINT SOURCES AVAILABLE IN THE LIBRARY
- Contemporary Literary Criticism REF PN771 .C59 Living world authors 1960-
- Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism REF PN771 .G27 World authors who died, 1900-1960
- African American Writers REF PS153.N5 A344
- Asian American Novelists REF PS153.A84 A825
- Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction REF PN56.P55 B43
- British Writers REF PR85 .B688
- Chicano Writers REF PS153.M4 C485
- Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story REF PS374.S5 C57
- Columbia Encyclopedia of Modern Drama REF PN1861 .C65
- Contemporary American Dramatists REF PS352 .C65
- Encyclopedia of American Literature REF PS21 .E53
- Encyclopedia of American Poetry REF PS323.5 .E53
- Encyclopedia of Feminist Literature REF PN471 .W455
- Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century REF PN771 .E5
- Hispanic Literature of the United States REF PS153.H56 K36
- MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literature REF PB41.Z99 M6x
- Modern American Literature REF PS 221 .M53
- Modern British Literature REF PR473 .T4
- Native American Literatures REF PS153.I52 W47
- Science Fiction Writers REF PS374.S35 S36
- Short Story Writers REF PN3373 .S398
WWW Search Engines
The search engines that are available on the WWW vary in depth and coverage. Explore the search options to find relevant WWW sites. For a list of available search engines and WWW directories, e.g. Google or Yahoo, use Searching the Web from the Library Home Page.
Citations
To cite online resources in appropriate bibliographic style see: Citing Resources
To organize citations and create bibliographies and papers in APA, MLA and other styles see: RefWorks and Other Citation Management Tools
Last Updated: 04/28/2008 and Last Revised: 1/10/2008
Contact Denise Madland for more information or help on this topic.