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Books pertaining to language and literature are shelved in the P section according to the Library of Congress Classification System. Books that have Ref before the call number are shelved in the Reference section on the main floor of Buley Library. Circulating books are indicated by SCSU Stacks on CONSULS. The P section of the circulating collection is split between the first and second floors. Books with call numbers A through N are on the main floor. P through Z are on the second floor.
Reference Sources
The following reference books provided information on writers of different nationalities and their works:
African
African Writers -- Ref PL8010. A453 2 volumes
A Handbook for African Writers -- Ref PN147. G44
Selected Black American, African and Caribbean Authors: a Bio-bibliography -- Ref Z1229. N39 P34
Twentieth Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, First Series --Ref PR9205. A52 T88
Twentieth Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, Second Series -- Ref PR9205. A52 T89
Twentieth Century Caribbean and Black African Writers, Third Series, --Ref PR9205. A52 T89
American
American Authors, 1600-1900 -- Ref PS21. K8
American Literary Biographers, First Series -- Ref PS78. A45
American Literary Biographers, Second Series -- Ref PS78. A46
American Literary Journalists -- Ref PS369. A45
American Magazine Journalists, 1850-1900 -- Ref PN4871. A474
American Magazine Journalists, First Series -- Ref PN4871. A475
American Magazine Journalists, Second Series -- Ref PN4871. A475
American Nature Writers -- Ref PS163. A6
American Poets, Illustrators and Non-fiction Authors -- REF PS490. A45
American Realists and Naturalists -- Ref PS201. A46
American Short Story Writers, 1880-1910 -- Ref PS374. S5 A39
American Short Story Writers before 1880 -- Ref PS374. S5 A38
American Short Story Writers, 1910-1945, First Series -- Ref PS374. S5 A396
American Short Story Writers, Second Series --Ref PS374. S5 A3962
American Short Story Writers since World War II --Ref PS374. S5 A3964
American Travel Writers 1776-1864 --Ref PS366. T73 A44
American Writers --Ref PS129. A55 4vols. + 4 supplements
American Writers before 1800: a Biographical and Critical Reference Guide -- Ref PS185. A4 3 volumes
American Writers for Children before 1900 -- Ref PS490. A44
American Writers for Children since 1960. Fiction --RefPS374. C454 A4
American Writers of the Early Republic --Ref PS208. A44
American Women Writers --RefPS147. A4 5 volumes
Antebellum Writers in New York and the South --RefPS128. A5
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature --Ref PS21. B46
The Birthday Book: Birth dates, Birthplaces and Biographical Sources for American Authors and Illustrators of Children's Books -- Ref PS490. M8
Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography --Ref PS129. C66 6 volumes
A Dictionary of American Authors --Ref Z1224. A22
A Dictionary of American Fiction Writers --Ref PS129. P6
A Dictionary of North American Authors deceased before 1950 -- Ref PS128. W3
A Directory of American Fiction Writers -- Ref PS129. P6
Modern American Literature -- Ref PS221. C8 3 vols. And 3 supplements
Modern American Women Writers -- Ref PS151. M54
Nineteenth Century American Western Writers -- Ref PS271. N56
The Oxford Companion to American Literature --Ref PS21. H3
Reference Guide to American Literature --Ref PS129. R44
Twentieth Century American Literature --Ref PS221. T834 8 volumes
Who's Who in U.S. Writers, Editors and Poets --Ref PS129. W47
Australian
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature --RefPR900. 2. E55
British
A Biographical Dictionary of Renaissance Poets and Dramatists --Ref PR421. S33
British Authors before 1800: a Biographical Dictionary --Ref PR105. K9
British Children's Writers, 1800-1880 --Ref PR990. B747
British Children's Writers, 1880-1914 --Ref PR990. B75
British Children's Writers, 1914-1960 --Ref PR990. B75
British Fantasy ad Science Fiction Writers before World War I --Ref PR868. F3B75
British Mystery Writers, 1860-1991 --Ref PR830. D4 B75
British Reform Writers, 1789-1832 --Ref PR468. S6 B75
British Prose Writers, 1600-1800. First Series --Ref PR769. B7
British Prose Writers Second Series --Ref PR769. B74
British Prose Writers of the Early Seventeenth Century --Ref PR769. B75
British Romantic Prose Writers 1789-1832 --Ref PR771. B75
British Romantic Prose Writers, Second Series --Ref PR771. B76
British Short Fiction Writers, 1800-1880 --Ref PR829. B72
British Short Fiction Writers, 1880-1914 --RefPR129. D5
British Short Fiction Writers, 1915-1945 --Ref PR829. B746
British Short Fiction Writers 1945-1980 --Ref PR829. B76
British Short Fiction Writers 1880-1914. The Romantic Tradition --Ref PR829. B744
British Travel Writers 1837-1875 --Ref PR788. T72 B74
British Travel Writers, 1876-1909 -- Ref PR78. T72 B743
British Writers -- Ref PR85. B688 + supplements
The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English --Ref PR85. C29
Dictionary of English Literature, being a Comprehensive Guide to English Authors and their Works --Ref PR19. A38
Eighteenth Century British Literary Biographers --Ref PR752. B56 E38
Modern British Essayists, First Series --Ref PR927. M6
Modern British Essayists, Second Series --Ref PR927. M62
Nineteenth Century British Literary Biographers --Ref PR75. N56
Old and Middle English Literature --Ref PR166. O43
The Oxford Literary Guide to the British Isles --Ref PR109. E18
Prentice Hall Guide to English Literature --Ref PR19. B5
Sixteenth Century British Non-dramatic Writers, First Series --Ref PR411. S58
Sixteenth Century British Non-dramatic Writers, Second Series --Ref PR411. S582
Sixteenth Century British Non-dramatic Writers, Third Series --Ref PR411. S583
Sixteenth Century British Non-dramatic Writers, Fourth Series --Ref PR411. S584
Twentieth Century British Literature --Ref PR473. T84 6 vols.
Victorian Prose Writers after 1867 --Ref PR781. V52
Victorian Prose Writers before 1867 --Ref PR781. V53
Canadian
Canadian Writers --Ref PR9180. 2. C37
Canadian Writers since 1960, First Series --Ref PR9186. C37
Canadian Writers since 1960, Second Series -- Ref PR9186. 2. C37
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature --Ref PR9180. 2. O94
European
Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature --Ref PN771. C575
European Authors, 1000-1900; a Biographical Dictionary --Ref PN451. K8
Everyman's Dictionary of European Writers --Ref PN451. H3
French
Dictionary of Modern French Literature: From the Age of Reason through Realism -- Ref PQ41. D65
French Novelists, 1900-1930 --Ref PQ671. F67
French Novelists, 1930-1960 --Ref PQ671. F68
French Novelists since 1960 --Ref PQ671. F69
French Poetry: The Renaissance through 1915 --Ref PQ405. F74
French Prose and Criticism through 1789 --Ref PQ611. F74
French Prose and Criticism, 1790-World War II --Ref PQ621. F74
French Women Writers --Ref PQ149. F73
Modern French Literature --Ref PQ306. M57
The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French --Ref PQ41. N49
The Oxford Companion to Literature in French --Ref PQ41. N4
Nineteenth Century French Fiction Writers --Ref PQ661. N56
Nineteenth Century French Fiction Writers: Romanticism and Realism --Ref PQ655. N56
German
German Writers from the Enlightenment to Sturm and Drang, 1720-1764 --Ref PT293. G47
German Writers in the Age of Goethe First Series --Ref PT311. G47
German Writers in the Age of Goethe, Sturm and Drang to Classicism --Ref PT311. G48
German Baroque Writers, 1580-1660 --Ref PT271. G47
German Baroque Writers, 1661-1730 --Ref PT271. G48
German Writers and Works of the Early Middle Ages --Ref PT193. G47 Nineteenth Century German Writers, 1841-1900 --Ref PT341. N56
Nineteenth Century German Writers to 1840 --Ref PT351. N56
Greek and Latin
Ancient Greek Authors --Ref PA3064. A63
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism --Ref PN86. C52
Crowell's Handbook of Classical Literature --Ref PA31. T4
Greek and Latin Authors 800 B.C.-A.D.1000 --Ref PA31. G7
Greek and Roman Authors --Ref PA3002. A5
Oxford Classical Dictionary --Ref DE509
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature --Ref PA31. H69
Icelandic
Icelandic Authors of Today: with an Appendix giving a list of works dealing with Modern Icelandic Literature --Ref Z2556. C65 Volume 6
Irish
Anglo Irish Literature -- Ref PR8712. A5
Dictionary of Irish Literature --Ref PR8706. D5
Dictionary of Irish Writers --Ref PR8727. C5 3 vols.
Irish Playwrights 1880-1995 -- Ref PR8789. I67
Modern Irish Writers: a Bio-critical Sourcebook --Ref PR8727. G66
The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature --Ref PR8706. O88
The Oxford Companion to the British Isles --Ref PR109. E18
Italian
Dictionary of Italian Literature --Ref PQ4057. I73
Italian Novelists since World War II -- Ref PQ4057. I73
Mexican
Chicano Literature -- Ref PS153. M4 C46
Chicano Writers, First Series --Ref PS153. M4 C48
Chicano Writers, Second Series --Ref PS153. M4 C484
Japanese
Biographical Dictionary of Japanese Literature --Ref PL723. B5
Latin American
Biographical Dictionary of Hispanic Literature in the United States --RefPQ7420. 2. K3
Dictionary of Twentieth Century Cuban Literature --Ref PQ7378. D53
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature --Ref PQ7081. A1 E56
Latin American Writers --Ref PQ7081. A1 L37
Modern Latin American Writers, First Series --Ref PQ7082. N7 M55
Modern Latin American Writers, Second Series --Ref PQ7082. N7 M55
Russian
Early Modern Russian Writers, Late Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century --Ref PG2991. 2. E17
South Slavic Writers before World War II --Ref PG564. S66
South Slavic Writers since World War II --Ref PG564. S684
Spanish
Modern Spanish and Portuguese Literature --Ref PQ6072. M57
Spanish American Authors: The Twentieth Century --Ref PQ7081. 3. F57
Twentieth Century Spanish Poets --Ref PQ6085. T88
Databases
The following databases contain a wealth of information on literary figures and their works:
Asian
American Drama
Provides information on approximately 250 plays along with related biographical,
production and theatrical information.
American
Civil War Letters and Diaries
The collection includes approximately 100,000 pages of published memoirs,
letters and diaries from individuals on all aspects of the Civil War.
Black
Drama - 1850 to present
contain the full text of 1,200 plays written from the mid-1800s to the present
by more than 100 playwrights from North America, English-speaking Africa,
the Caribbean, and other African diaspora countries. Many of the works are
rare, hard-to-find, or out of print.
British
and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
The database contains approximately 100,000 pages of published letters and diaries from individuals
writing from the 1500 to 1900, plus several thousand pages of previously unpublished
materials. Drawn from more than 1,000 sources, including journal articles,
pamphlets, newsletters, monographs, and conference proceedings, much of the
material is in copyright. Represented are all age groups and life stages,
all ethnicities, many geographical regions, the famous and the not so famous.
More than 500 biographies enhance the use of the database.
Dissertation
Abstracts Online
Contains abstracts of dissertations on a wide range of academic subjects,
including literature. 1861-present.
Digital Dissertations provides more than 2 million entries to doctoral dissertations and masters' theses. More than 600,000 are available in native or PDF formats for immediate free download. Coverage 1861-current.
Britannica Online
The electronic equivalent of the print encyclopedia with internet links.
Essay
and General Literature Index
An index to essays that appear in collections focusing on the social sciences
and the humanities.
Expanded
Academic Index (ASAP)
Periodicals covering all academic concentrations.
Gale's
Literature Resource Center
Full-text author biographies, critical essays, and more drawn from several
Gale resources, including Contemporary Authors, the Dictionary of Literary
Biography and the Literary Criticism sets.
GenderWatch
This is a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters,
regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted
to women's and gender issues. Information on women authors and their books
can be found here.
Granger's
World of Poetry Online
Contains poetry citations, poems in full text, scholarly commentary on poems
and poets, biographical and bibliographical information and a glossary of
poetic terms.
JSTOR
Full-text access to back issues of scholarly journals in all fields.
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe
Lexis/Nexis Academic Universe is a full-text database that has several subject
categories. Under "Biographical Information", you can find information on
authors and writers.
Literary
Reference Center (Ebsco)
Provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their
works across literary disciplines and time periods. LRC combines information
from major reference works, books, literary journals, and more. Some articles
available in full-text.
Literature Online
(LION)
LION is a fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and
American poetry, drama and prose, 136 full-text literature journals, and other
key criticism and reference resources.
MLA
International Bibliography
This is the primary database for literary research and indexes scholarly articles
in literary journals, books and dissertations. Covers literature, language,
linguistics and folklore. Check CONSULS to see if we own the publication cited.
New
York Times Historical Archives
Contains the full-text of New York Times from 1851-to 2001 (rolling window).
North
American Women's Letters and Diaries
North American Women's Letters and Diaries is one of the largest collection
of women's diaries and correspondence ever assembled. Spanning more than 300
years, it brings the personal experiences of hundreds of women to researchers,
students, and general readers.
Project Muse
Contains full text of scholarly journals in the humanities, social sciences
and mathematics.
Scottish
Women Poets of the Romantic Period
Contains biographical and critical essays on approximately 47 poets.
Wilson
Select Plus
Indexes/abstracts articles in the humanities, including philosophy, folklore,
linguistics, archeology, film, religion, and literature. Includes film and
book reviews.
Indexes
Indexes provide bibliographic citations to articles in books, magazines, journals, and newspapers. A bibliographic citation consists of author, title of article, title of periodical, volume, page and date. Once you get the citation, check CONSULS to see if we have the publication that is cited in the index.Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature --Ref Z2011. M689
This is the English counterpart of the MLA. It identifies books, pamphlets and periodical articles that contain literary information.Biography Index -- Index Section
Indexes biographical material in books and journals. Includes references to obituaries, collections of letters, diaries, memoirs and bibliographies.Biography and Genealogy Master Index -- Ref Z5305.U5 B87
Includes biographical sketches that have been published in current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Good place to start if nothing other than the person's name is known.Essay and General Literature Index -- Index Section, Main Floor
This is an index to chapters in books and essays in collections.Humanities Index -- Index Section, Main Floor
Index articles that appear in English language journals. Includes language, literature and literary criticism. Entries are by author and subject.The New York Times Index -- Index Section, Main Floor
Indexes articles that appear in the New York Times. Book Reviews are arranged by title under the section, "Book Reviews".
Web Sites
American Authors
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.htmlAuthors - Litlinks
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Authors on the Web
http://www.people.virginia.edu/~jbh/author.htmlA Celebration of Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/Children's Authors and Illustrators on the Web
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/authors.htmlGoogle Directory: Authors
http://directory.google.com/Top/Arts/Literature/Authors/Great Writers and Poets
http://www.xs4all.nl/~pwessel/writers.htmlGreat Writers on the Internet
http://mclibrary.nhmccd.edu/lit/great.htmlInternet Public Library
http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.10.00/Literary Criticism (LibrarySpot)
http://www.libraryspot.com/litcrit.htmLiterary Resources
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/Open Directory Project
http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/Authors/Voice of the Shuttle
http://vos.ucsb.edu/Yahoo - Authors
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Authors/
Winnie Shyam
Reference Librarian
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