ONLINE RESOURCES

Books 
Indexes & Databases  
Cultural & Historical Context  
MLA Style: Citation Guidance         

REFERENCE BOOKS & EXPLICATORS (indexes)

Short Stories 
Poetry
Drama 
Novels 
General Sources of Critical Material (All Genres) 
       (Available in the Reference section of the Cleveland State Library)

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BOOKS

Voyager Catalog

• Select Subject Search
• Search for books about  your Author by Last Name, First Name
  example: Dickinson, Emily
• Select books about 'criticism and interpretation' if available.

Netlibrary - ebook citation guidance  (APA & MLA)

• Conduct a Keyword Search for books about your Author
• Search by the Author's Last Name
  example:  Hemingway
• For a more advanced search:
  - Enter the Author's Last Name in the Keyword Search box
  -  Enter a few words from the title in the Full Text box and place quotation marks around the title words.
       Example:   Keyword = Faulkner
                          Full Text = "Barn Burning"  

Literature Resource Center (Tennessee Electronic Library)  

Use Advanced Search:  Author's last name in top box and title keywords in the second box.  Change drop down menu for second box to "Title-all words."

 

Expanded Academic ASAP (Tennessee Electronic Library)  

Use Keyword Search:  Author's last name AND title keywords. 

 

Humanities Full Text (H.W. Wilson) 

Use Advanced Search:  Author's last name in top box and title keywords in the second box. Set top box to Subject search.  Leave second box set on All - Smart Search. 

 

JSTOR

Use Full-text Search:  Author's last name in top box and title keywords in the second search box.

 

Encyclopedia Britannica 

Search Encyclopedia Britannica for historical context.

 

AGent (multi-database search)

Select Literature and use keyword search techniques:  author's last name "and" title keywords.

Print Indexes

Essay and General Literature Index  (In Library Only)

This index is available in bound volumes at the Index Tables  REF AI 3 E752 (multivolume). 

 

Humanities Index (In Library Only)

This index is available in annual volumes at the Index Tables INDEX AI 3 H85 (multivolume) 

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CULTURAL & HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Bedford St. Martin's Interactive Fiction Tutorial

This tutorial accompanies The Compact Bedford Introduction to Literature by Michael Meyer.  Examine the section about Cultural Contexts.

 

Short Stories for Students REF PN3373.S3845

Each commentary has a Historical Context section which suggests historical themes worth exploration.

SOURCES

JSTOR 

New York Times 1851-2002 (ProQuest)

Readers Guide to Periodical Literature - Index Tables

Frequently Asked Questions 
        How do I document works from the World Wide Web? 

Use the guidance for a "Work from a Library Subscription Service" for JSTOR and the Gale/InfoTrac databases such as Literature Resource Center, Expanded Academic ASAP and Contemporary Criticism.

How to Cite an Article from InfoTrac   
  This page provides more examples of MLA citations for
             Gale/InfoTrac databases.

SHORT STORY

Twentieth Century Short Story Explication 
        REF Z5917 S5 W33 (multivolume) 
Twentieth Century Short Story Explication (new series) 
        REF Z5917 S5 W35 (multivolume)
Short Fiction Criticism: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of Stories and Novelettes: 
        REF Z5917 S5 T5
Critical Survey of Short Fiction: 
        REF PN3321 C7, 2001 (multivolume)
Short Stories for Students (Included in Literature Resource Center) 
        REF PN 3373.S3845 (multivolume)

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POETRY

Guide to American Poetry Explication  
             REF Z1231 P7 G85, 1989 vols. 1-2  
Guide to British Poetry Explication  
        REF Z2014 P7 M34, 1991 vols. 1-4  
Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems Past and Present 
        REF Z2014 P7 K8 1980  
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century  
        REF PS316 E53 1998   
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century  
        REF PS323.5 E53 2001 

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REFERENCE BOOKS & EXPLICATORS (indexes): 

DRAMA

American Drama Criticism  
        REF Z1231 D7 P3 (and supplements)  
Guide to American Drama Explication  
        REF Z1231 D7 O84, 1995
Modern Drama: A Checklist of Critical Literature  
        REF Z5781 A35  
Research Guide to Biography and Criticism: World Drama  
        REF Z5781 R47, 1986  
1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays  
        REF PN44 M344, 1978 (multivolume)  
Critical Survey of Drama  
        REF PR623 C75, 1994 (multivolume)

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