American Literature Pathfinder Page

To find books in the MHS Media Center, open Destiny (the online catalog) located on the MHS Media Center Web page. Type in the author's name or title you want to search. You might also try American Literature, poets, etc.

REF 808.1 POE	*Poetry for Students.* (20 vols.) New York: Gale, 1998-
REF 808.1 POE	*Poets: American and British.* (3 vols.) New York: Scribner, 1998.
REF 808.82 DRA	*Drama for Students.* (18 vols.) New York: Gale, 1998-
REF 808.83 NOV	*Novels for Students.* (19 vols.) New York: Gale, 1997-
REF 809.1 CRI	*Critical Survey of Poetry.* (8 vols.) Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press, 2003
REF 809.1 NOT	*Notable Poets.* (3 vols.) Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1998.
REF 809.2 NOT	*Notable Playwrights.* (3 vols.) Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press, 2005.
REF 809.3 CRI	*Critical Survey of Long Fiction.* (8 vols.) Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press, 2000.
REF 809.3 SHO	*Short Stories for Students.* (19 vols.) New York: Gale, 1997-
REF 809.3 SHO	*Short Story Writers.* (3 vols.) Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1997.
REF 809.91 LIT	*Literary Movements for Students.* (2 vols.) New York: Gale, 2002.
REF 809.933 LIT	*Literature and Its Times.* (5 vols. +suppl.) New York: Gale, 1997-
REF 810.7. RES	*Research Guide to American Literature.* ( 7 vols.) New York: Facts on File, 2010.
REF 810	*Encyclopedia of American Literature.* (3 vols.) New York: Facts on File, 2002.
REF 810.9 AME	*American Ethnic Writers.* (2 vols.) Hackensack, NJ: Salem Press, 2000.
REF 810.9 AME	*American Writers Classics.* (2 vols.) New York: Gale, 2004.
REF 810.9 IDE	*Identities and Issues in Literature.* (3 vols.) Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press, 1997.
REF 810.9 MAG	*Magill's Survey of American Literature, rev. ed.* (6 vols.) New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2007.
REF 810.92 AME	*American Writers.* (4 vols. + suppl.) New York: Scribner, 1974-
REF 820.9 GRE	*Great Writers of the English Language.* (14 vols.) New York: Marshall Cavendish, 1989.
REF 920 GRE	*Great American Writers: Twentieth Century.* (13 vols.) New York: Marshall Cavendish, 2002.

LitLinks
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/
Here you may search by author within 5 genres: fiction, drama, poetry, essays and critical theory.

Representative Poetry Online
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/
From the University of Toronto, this is a searchable database of poems and information about poets.
It includes "3,162 English poems by 500 poets from Caedmon, in the Old English period, to the work of living poets today."

Literary History
http://www.literaryhistory.com
Literary History is an index to full-text internet published articles covering more than 250 major American and British writers.http://www.shmoop.com/literature/

Shmoop
http://www.shmoop.com/literature/
"An educational website for high school and college students, created by Ph.D. and Masters students from Stanford and Berkeley."
Contains information on Literature, Poetry and U.S.History.

Literary Reference Center [in library & from home]*
   " is a comprehensive database that provides users with a
     broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary
     disciplines and timeframes."
     *To access students must use their Nevins Library Card.

   Salem Literature
        Includes: *Critical Insights: Authors
                         *Critical Insights: Works
*If using from home: click on remote access and enter the password in the Login area.
Ask the media specialist for the password.

   eLibrary (currently unavailable)
     Full text database of magazine and newspaper articles, TV and radio transcripts, pictures and
     maps. Find full text, up-to-date, published articles.

    ProQuest (Massachusetts Newsstand)
    Newspaper articles from the Boston Globe (1980 - current),
     Boston Herald (1991 - current), and several other Massachusetts newspapers.

Ebooks from infobase: Use this link to quickly access our Ebooks from Infobase publishers.
Click on the Literature to access those books relevant to your topic.
*If using from home: you will be prompted for a Username and Password. Ask one of the media specialists for the passwords.

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