1. Writing and Literature Subject Guide
Keywords to try
Literature use Author Names
Screenwriting try Time Periods
Plays search for Seminal Works
Theater look for Literary Styles
Journalism think of Motifs or Themes
Reference & E-books of Interest (1st
Floor or ONLINE!)
Dictionaries & Thesauri
• A Dictionary of Literary Symbols PN56 .S9 F47 1999
• The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms E-book
• Dictionary of Literary Influences: The Z1039 .C45 D53 2004
Twentieth Century, 1914-2000
• NTC’s Dictionary of American Slang & Colloquial Expressions E-book
• NTC’s Thematic Dictionary of American Slang E-book
Encyclopedias
• Cyclopedia of Literary Characters PN44 .M3 1998
• The Oxford Companion to English Literature PR19 .O94 2000
• The Oxford Companion to African American Literature PS153 .N5 O96 1997
OR E-book
• The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in E-book
English
• The Oxford Companion to American Literature PS21 .H3 1995
Style Manuals
• MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers PE1478 .M57
• The Chicago Manual of Style PE1478 .C45
Handbooks
• The Basics: A Rhetoric and Handbook PE1408 .B8852 1998
• A Writer’s Reference PE1408 .H2778 1995
• The Elements of Style PE 1408 .S772 2000
• Elements of Style for Screenwriters (circulating: 2nd
floor) PN1996 .A73 1998
• Eats, Shoots & Leaves E-book
2. Databases for Articles (Resource link, www.scad.edu/library)
JSTOR
Literature Resource Center
Arts & Humanities Search (OCLC)
Wilson Omnifile Mega Edition
Project Muse
Websites
Agent Query
http://agentquery.com/
A resource for to find literary agents and publishing information.
National Novel Writing Month
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Done every November, National Novel Writing Month encourages writers to complete a 175-
page novel by the end of the month. They also offer fora, resources, online radio programs, and
more.
Publishing Law Center
http://publaw.com/index.html
Legal information for the publishing industry, including copyright, trademark, and registering
with the Copyright office.
Bartleby’s
http://www.bartleby.com/
Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse by unlimited access to books and information
on the web, FREE. Get famous quotes, proverbs, dictionaries, encyclopedias and more.
AK & SF/02.2009
