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Introduction
General Reference
Indexes and Criticism
Selected Journals
Collections of Texts (books etc.)
Information on the many topics included within the general subject of literature may be found in books, magazine or journal articles, and in computer networked resources such as our CD network or the World Wide Web. Many of the indexes useful in finding information on these topics are not specialized for literature.
Other guides in our reference pages may also help you. The links are at the left of this page. Look at our web resource, How to Use the Library. It provides information on finding books, magazines and journal articles, borrowing from other libraries, and using reserves set up by faculty.
Following is information on resources more specific to Literature.
Style and Writing Resources
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers . 6th ed.. The Modern Language Association of America, 2003.
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing.
2nd ed. Modern Language Association, 1998.
Guide to Grammar and Writing ( Professor Charles Darling, Capital Community-Technical
College) http://webster.commnet.edu/HP/pages/darling/original.htm
Source (Dartmouth University) http://www.dartmouth.edu/~sources/contents.html
Literature Indexes at GCCC
The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry . Columbia University Press. (Call number R 808.81 S664g, shelved on the index tables at GCCC.) This work indexes poems by subject words, title, first line, and author and gives a reference to the anthologies which collect poems by many authors in one book. This complements Granger's Columbia Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works, which indexes poems in books which publish poems by one author.
The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works . Columbia University Press. (Call number R 808.81 S664g, shelved on the index tables at GCCC.) This work indexes poems by subject words, title, first line, and author and gives a reference to the collections of poems by a single author in which the poem is published. This complements Granger's Columbia Index to poetry which indexes poems in anthologies which collect poems by many authors in one book.
The Play Index. H. W. Wilson Company . (Call number R 808.82 P722pn, shelved on the index tables at GCCC.) Volumes covering several years index plays by author, title, subject, and characters in the cast. An entry refers to the book of collected plays in which the play is published.
Short Story Index. H. W. Wilson Company . (Call number R 803 C771s, shelved on index tables at GCCC.) Volumes covering several years are arranged in a single list which includes entries for authors, titles, and subjects. The entry refers to the book in which the story was published.
Collected Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism . Gale. Coverage: living authors and those who died after December 31, 1959. Multi-volume. Cumulative index in each volume (indexes to other Gale collections); active subscription
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism . Gale. Coverage: authors who died between 1900 and 1960. Multi-volume. Cumulative index in each volume (Indexes to other Gale collections); closed subscription, volumes available to 2003
Gale Literature Resource Center. Gale. On INFOTRAC
Internet Public Library search under Arts and Humanities, Literature
http://www.ipl.org/
General Periodical Indexes Which Include Criticism
First Search PerAbs has full text magazine and journal articles including some criticism
Infotrac Expanded Academic ASAP has full text magazine articles including some criticism
Indexes Not Available Locally
The following indexes are not available or not current at GCCC. They are very useful for extended research and may be found at larger libraries such as FHSU.
Humanities Index . H. W. Wilson Company. Available in print and in electronic formats.
MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures . Modern Language Association of America. Available in print and electronic formats.
London Review of Books (online only)
http://www.lrb.co.uk/
Modern Fiction Studies . Johns Hopkins University Press. Ask at the GCCC desk
NewYork Review of Books (online only)
http://www.nybooks.com/nyrev/index.html
New York Times Book Review . New York Times Company. Ask at GCCC desk. http://www.nytimes.com/books/ (registration is free)
The New Yorker. Ask at GCCC desk.
http://www.newyorker.com/
Studies in Short Fiction . Newberry College. Ask at the GCCC desk.
The Threepenny Review (partial content) (online only)
http://www.threepennyreview.com/
Collections of texts
(books etc.)
ALEX (U. Cal. Berkeley) (Lit. and Phil.)
http://www.infomotions.com/alex2/
The Online Books Page (U. of Pa.)
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/
Bartleby
http://www.bartleby.com/
Internet Public Library, search under Reading Room, Books
http://www.ipl.org/
Voice of the Shuttle (Host U. Cal. SB, Alan Liu)
http://vos.ucsb.edu/