Literature and Writers 

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.

I Was a Teenage Illiterate

Faulkner Link to Plantation Diary Discovered

The Battle for Jack  Kerouac's Estate

Arts & Letters Daily   A NEWSPAPER FOR THE LITERARY  

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

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.

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.

Need more books? See Finding Books.