American Literature: A Research & Reference Guide
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Literary Terms, Literary Movements
A Glossary of Literary Terms
LOCKWOOD Reference PN44.5 .A2 1988American Literature: the Essential Glossary
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS21 .M38 2003Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PN41 .M874 1997Cambridge History of American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridgeContinuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PN94 .C695 2002A Dictionary of Literary Symbols
LOCKWOOD Reference PN56 .S9 F47 1999Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs
LOCKWOOD Reference PN43 .D48 1988Dictionary of Poetic Terms
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PN1042 .M93 2003Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
LOCKWOOD Reference PN172 .E52 2001Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/hopkins.htmlLiterary History of the United States
LOCKWOOD Reference PS88. L5 1974Literature Online (LION)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lion.html
Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story
Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century
Encyclopedia of the Novel
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Routledge Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English
Specialized Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
LOCKWOOD Reference PN41 .B4 1991Cambridge Handbook of American Literature
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS21 .C36 1986Cambridge History of American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridgeChicano Literature: A Reference Guide
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.M4 C46 1985Dictionary of American Literary Characters
LOCKWOOD Reference PS374.C43 D5 2002Encyclopedia of American Poetry. The Twentieth Century
LOCKWOOD Reference PS323.5 .E53 2001Encyclopedia of American Poetry. The Nineteenth Century
LOCKWOOD Reference PS316 .E53 1998The Handbook of African American Literature
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS153 .N5 E78 2004Hispanic Literature of the United States : a Comprehensive Reference
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .H56 K36 2003Native American Literatures: an Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .I52 W47 1999The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States
LOCKWOOD Reference PS141 .E74 1982The Oxford Companion to American Literature
LOCKWOOD Reference PS21 .H3 1995
Biographical Resources
Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/dlb.htmlAfrican American Dramatists: An A-Z Guide
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS338 .N4 A69 2004Asian-American Poets: a Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Poetry Reference H82 2002 A84 1.1Black American Writers Past and Present: a Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary LOCKWOOD Reference Z1229.N39 R87
Contemporary American Ethnic Poets: Lives, Works, Sources
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Poetry Reference C84 2004 1.1Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
LOCKWOOD Reference PS374.N63 C66 1993Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights: An A-to-Z Guide
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Poetry Reference N44 2003 C66 1.1Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States : A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.L46 C65 1993The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers 1900-1945 .
UGL Reference PS153.N5 R65 1990Latino and Latina Writers
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.H56 L39 2004Modern American Women Poets
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS151 .G63 1984Modern American Women Writers
LOCKWOOD Reference PS151 .M54 1991Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: a Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
LOCKWOOD Reference PS217 .W64 N56 1997
Finding Literary Criticism (Online Resources)
MLA International Bibliography
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/mla.htmlABELL - (Modern Humanities Research Association) Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/abell.htmlAcademic Search Premier
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/aph.htmlLiterature Online
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lion.htmlTwayne Authors Series
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/twayne.htmlLiterature Resource Center ( LRC )
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lrc.htmlJSTOR ( Journal STORage )
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/jstor.htmlLatino Literature
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lali.htmlPeriodicals Index Online
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/pci.htmlProQuest Dissertations and Theses
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/dissertations.htmlProject MUSE
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/muse.htmlArts & Humanities Citation Index
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ahcitindx.html19th Century Masterfile
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/pooles.htmlAmerican Literary Scholarship
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_literary_scholarship/index.html
Finding Literary Criticism (Print Resources)
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
LOCKWOOD Reference PN86 L53Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism
LOCKWOOD Reference PN761 N5Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism
LOCKWOOD Reference PN771 G27Contemporary Literary Criticism
LOCKWOOD Reference PN 94 C62The New Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism
LOCKWOOD Reference PR85. N39 1985The Critical Perspective: Twentieth-Century Criticism
LOCKWOOD Reference PR85. C76 1985Literary History of the United States
LOCKWOOD Reference PS88. L5 1974Handbook of American Popular Literature
UGL Ref PS 169 P64 H36 1988Book Review Digest
LOCKWOOD Reference (Index) Z 1219 C96
Bibliographies
Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: A Guide to Information Sources.
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .N59 A373 1979Bibliography of American Literature
LOCKWOOD Reference Z1225. B55Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U.S.A
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1225 .G6 1984Bibliotheca Americana : A Dictionary of Books Relating to America .
LOCKWOOD Reference Z1201. S22 1961The New Sabin; Books described by Joseph Sabin and His Successors, Now Described again on the Basis of Examination of Originals, and Fully Indexed by Title, Subject, Joint Authors, and Institutions and Agencies .
LOCKWOOD Reference Z1201. T45Black American Writers: Bibliographical Essays
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.N5 B55Guide to American Literature and its Backgrounds since 1890
LOCKWOOD Book Collection 1890 Z1225 .J65 1972Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism: Selected Sources for the Study of More than 2,500 Outstanding Works of Western Literature
UGL Reference Z6511 .M25American Ethnic Literatures: Native American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and Asian American Writers and their Backgrounds: An Annotated Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .M56 P43 1992American Fiction, 1774-1850: A Contribution toward a Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1231.F4 W9 1969American Fiction, 1851-1875: A Contribution toward a Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1231.F4 W94 1965American Fiction, 1876-1900: A Contribution toward a Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1231.F4 W94 1966Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies
LOCKWOOD Reference PR83 H34 2002Reference Works in British and American Literature .
LOCKWOOD Reference Z2011 B74 1998WorldCat
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/worldcat.html
Annual Surveys of Literature Online
Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
http://ywcct.oxfordjournals.orgYear's Work in English Studies
http://ywes.oxfordjournals.org
Primary Sources Online
African-American Newspapers: The 19th Century
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/aan.htmlAmerican Memory
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/amemory.htmlAmerican Slavery: A Composite Autobiography American Periodical Series 1741-1900 (APS Online)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/aps.htmlArchivesUSA
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/archivesusa.htmlThe Civil War: A Newspaper Perspective
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/civil-war.htmlEarly American Imprints, Series I. Evans (1639-1800)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/earlyamerican.htmlEarly Encounters in North America
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ee.htmlEarly English Books Online (EEBO)
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/eeb.htmlHarper's Weekly
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/harpweek.htmlIn the First Person
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/inthefirstperson.htmlLiterature Online
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lion.htmlMaking of America – MoA
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/MoA.htmlNew York Times: Historical Index
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/nythist.html19th Century Masterfile
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/pooles.htmlPennsylvania Gazette
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/pg.htmlReadersGuide Retrospective, 1890-1982
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/rgr.htmlWright American Fiction 1851-1875
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/waf.html
Special Collections
The George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/kelley/Poetry Collection
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/pl/University Archives
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/archives/
Additional Web Resources
American Authors on the Web
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.htmlCelebration of Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/Electronic Text Collections
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/Literary Resources - American
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/Literature History.Com
http://www.literaryhistory.com/PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.htmlVoice of the Shuttle –American Literature
http://vos.ucsb.edu/search-results-netscape.asp
Citing Resources
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
LOCKWOOD Reference L B2369 .G53 2003How to Create an MLA Works Cited Page
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLACitation.htmlHow to Create MLA Parenthetical Citations
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLACitation.htmlFrequently Asked Questions about MLA Style
http://www.mla.org/style_faqAnnotated Bibliographies
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.htmlThe Chicago Manual of Style
LOCKWOOD Reference Z253 .U69 2003Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
LOCKWOOD Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
LOCKWOOD Book Collection LB2369 .T8 1987
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