Literary resources for poetry project

1. ENGL 2132
MODERN AMERICAN LITERATURE
Overview of Library Resources
Suggested Resources for Poetry

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8. EBOOKS @ THE CLAYTON STATE LIBRARY

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13. BIOGRAPHY AND LITERARY HISTORY
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete –Includes biographical
and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the
world's most influential literary figures …while placing writers in
the larger perspective of literary history.
Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature -Identifies the
significant literary devices and global themes that define a writer's
style and place the author in a larger literary tradition
Concise Major 21st Century Writers -Profiles outstanding and
widely known writers with detailed biographical and
bibliographical information.

14. LITERATURE CRITICISM ELECTRONIC RESOURCES
(DATABASES)
Gale Literary Sources- collections of essays, commentary, criticism,
primary sources and biographical information related to literature,
history and culture from a variety of sources.
Literature Criticism Online - collections of essays, commentary, criticism and
biographical information related to literature, history and culture
Literature Online full-text library of British and American poetry, drama
and prose stretching back to the 8th century through to the present day.
includes biographical sketches of major writers, selected author bibliographies,
and critical and reference works.
MLA International Bibliography - offers a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books,
and dissertations. Produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), the electronic version
of the bibliography dates back to the 1920s

15. ADVANCED SEARCH – “WALLACE
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USING … ANY FIELD

16. BOOKS AND EBOOKS– MODERN
AMERICAN POETRY
Library Catalog:
ProQuest Ebook Central
eBook Collection (EBSCOhost)

18. EBOOK RESOURCES
“John Crowe
Ransom”

19. MULTI-DISCIPLINARY RESOURCES
Academic Search Complete (Ebsco)
JSTOR –archived collection of journals including the field of literature.
Research Library

20. JSTOR
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option
Limit your search to journals
in Language & Literature

21. You can select multiple databases from the same vendor.
For example, here I selected the following resources
available through EBSCOhost --
Academic Search Complete
Literary Reference Center
MLA International Bibliography
eBook Collection

22. SAMPLE SEARCH IN LITERATURE
ONLINE

23. ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Cornell University Libraries online guide*
http://guides.library.cornell.edu/annotatedbibliography
*Olin Library Reference **Purdue University Libraries
Research & Learning Services West Lafayette, IN
Cornell University Library
Ithaca, NY
OWL:Online Writing Lab at Purdue** (See
samples)
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/
common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibl
iographies/index.html