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Online catalog subjects (examples)

Welcome to the Literature and Writers research guide!

To find books in the library,
use the Book Catalog search box above to search for subjects such as: 

Short stories
Afro-American authors
Authors, American
Juvenile fiction
Criticism
Literature history and criticism theory
Science fiction
American prose literature
Faulkner, William


If you don't find enough, use broader subjects: American authors, women authors, gay and lesbian authors, and the like.

To find books by an author, type the last name first, and use the Author search choice.

To find books about writing, the terms Authorship or Rhetoric work well in most databases.

 

Gale Literary Reference/Circulating Books

The Gale publishing company's paper indexes for the following titles are on the shelves; the volumes are on the second floor. The electronic index for the following publications is located in the Literature Resource Center (SUNY Adirondack Library> Finding Articles > Subject Databases > Literature Resource Center).  Or you can enter "Gale Literary Index" in Google, or click Gale Index.

The following Gale publications are on our shelves:

The Beat Generation : A Gale Critical Companion
Ref  PS 228.B6 B43 2003 Vol.3

Contemporary Literary Criticism Index Ref PN 771 .C59

Contemporary Literary Criticism volumes circulate and are on the second floor  PN 771 .G27

Contemporary Authors Cumulative Index Ref Z 1224 .C6

Contemporary Authors volumes circulate and are on the second floor  Z 1224 .C58    

Dictionary of Literary Biography: Documentary Series
Ref  PS 129 .D52

Dictionary of Literary Biography ( We own approximately 50 selected volumes of the DLB series.)
PS 21 .D52 VOL.193  

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism Index
Ref PN 761 .N56

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism volumes circulate and are on the second floor PN 761 .N58

Shakespearean Criticism: Excerpts from the Criticism of William Shakespeare's Plays and Poetry, from the First Published Appraisals to Current Evaluations
Ref PR 2965 .S44 VOl.30

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism Index
Ref PN 771 .G27

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism volumes circulate and are on the second floor PN 771 .G27

 
 

Literature and Writers (a selected list of reference books)

SUNY Adirondack Library's reference collection has hundreds of reference books for literature research, in the call number area P (Literature) on the main floor.

The reference books include literary criticism, author biographies, literary themes and genres (science fiction, horror, children's books, etc.), literary dictionaries, quotation books, reference books covering one particular author (Shakespeare, Chaucer, Poe, many others) and much, much more. Click on the Advanced Seach tab at the top of the search screen in the catalog; enter the specific terms for which you are looking; and select "Reference" from the drop down menu in the Collections section.

 

Author

Title

Year

Call Number

Johnson, Sarah L.,

Historical fiction II : a guide to the genre

2009

Ref. Z1231.H57 J64 2009

Birch, Dinah.

The Oxford companion to English literature

2009

Ref. PR19 .O94 2009

Habib, Rafey.

A history of literary criticism : from Plato to the present  

2008

Ref. PN86 .H23 2008

Oh, Seiwoong.

Encyclopedia of Asian-American literature  

2007

Ref. PS153.A84 O37 2007

D’Ammassa, Don,

Encyclopedia of fantasy and horror fiction  

2006

Ref. PR830.F3 D36 2006

Brackett, Mary Virginia.

The Facts on File companion to the British novel. 

2006

Ref. PR821 .F2 2006

Ayto, John.

Brewer’s dictionary of phrase & fable

2005

Ref. PN43 .B65 2005

Boucquey, Thierry.

Encyclopedia of world writers

2005

Ref. PN451 .E55 2005

Sova, Dawn B.

Banned plays : censorship histories of 125 stage dramas

2004

Ref. PN2042 .S68 2004

Tyler, J. E. A.

The complete Tolkien companion

2004

Ref. PR6039.O32 Z459 2004

Bryer, Jackson R.

The Facts on File companion to American drama  

2004

Ref. PS330 .F33 2004

Parini, Jay.

The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature  

2004

Ref. PS21 .O94 2004

Huang, Guiyou,

Asian American short story writers : an A-to-Z guide

2003

Ref. PS153.A84 A828 2003

Zott, Lynn M.

The beat generation : a Gale critical companion

2003

PS228.B6 B43 2003

Drabble, Margaret,

The concise Oxford companion to English literature

2003

Ref. PR19 .D73 2003

Krueger, Christine L.

Encyclopedia of British writers  

2003

Ref. PR451 .E55 2003

Kanellos, Nicolás.

Hispanic literature of the United States : a comprehensive reference

2003

Ref. PS153.H56 K36 2003

Day, Frances Ann.

Latina and Latino voices in literature : lives and works  

2003

Ref. PS153 .H56 2003

Speake, Jennifer.

Literature of travel and exploration : an encyclopedia

2003

Ref. G465 .L565 2003

Kurian, George Thomas.

Timetables of world literature  

2003

Ref. PN524 .K87 2003

Genova, Pamela Antonia,

Twayne companion to contemporary world literature : from the editors of World Literature Today

2003

Ref. PN771 .T93 2003

Flora, Joseph M.

The companion to southern literature : themes, genres, places, people, movements, and motifs

2002

Ref. PS261 .C55 2002

Berkin, Carol.

Encyclopedia of American literature. 

2002

Ref. PS21 .E53 2002

Patterson, David.

Encyclopedia of Holocaust literature

2002

Ref. PN56.H55 E53 2002

Perkins, George B.,

HarperCollins reader’s encyclopedia of American literature

2002

Ref. PS21 .B46 2002

Hainsworth, Peter.

The Oxford companion to Italian literature

2002

Ref. PQ4006 .O84 2002

New York Public Library.

The New York Public Library literature companion

2001

Ref. PN41 .N49 2001

Hatch, Shari Dorantes.

African-American writers : a dictionary

2000

Ref. PS153.N5 A344 2000

Gelfant, Blanche H.,

The Columbia companion to the twentieth-century American short story  

2000

Ref. PS374.S5 C57 2000

Lambdin, Robert T.

Encyclopedia of medieval literature

2000

Ref. PN669 .E53 2000

Barron, Neil,

Fantasy and horror : a critical and historical guide to literature, illustration, film, TV, radi

2000

Ref. PN56.F35 F35 2000

Drabble, Margaret,

The Oxford companion to English literature

2000

Ref. PR19.H3 D6 2000

Knowles, Elizabeth

The Oxford dictionary of phrase and fable

2000

Ref. PN43 .O94 2000

Baker, Nancy L.,

A research guide for undergraduate students : English and American literature

2000

Ref. PR56 .B34 2000

Henderson, Helene,

Twentieth-century literary movements dictionary : a compendium to more than 500 literary, critic

2000

Ref. PN597 .T94 2000

Padgett, Ron.

World poets

2000

Ref. PN1021 .W67 2000

 

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    Electronic Books

    NetLibrary is a small collection of about 5000 full-text, electronic books. You may view the chapters of the books online. Books range from classic novels to recent books on technology and include reference books. SUNY Adirondack students, faculty and staff may search this from off-campus.

    Project Gutenberg is the oldest producer of free electronic books on the Internet. This collection contains more than 15,000 eBooks. Most are older literary works that are in the public domain in the United States. All may be freely downloaded, read and redistributed for non-commercial use.

    LibriVox  offers free audio books downloadable to your IPod. Books are classic novels, etc. that are in public domain; books are read by volunteers.

     

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