Some English Department Faculty Publications
Philip Collington (2006). "Stuffed with all honourable virtues": Much Ado About Nothing and The Book of the Courtier. Studies in Philology, vol. 103, issue 3, p. 281-312.
Joseph Little (2007). Achieving Objectivity Through Genred Activity: A Case Study. Journal of Technical Writing & Communication, vol. 37, issue 1, p. 75-94.
Daniel Pinti (2006). Julian's Audacious Reticence: Perichoresis and the Showings. Anglican Theological Review, vol. 88, issue 4, p. 499-517.
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Niagara University Library
Guide to Literary Criticism Research
Finding Journal Articles
Quite a bit of literary criticism is disseminated through journal articles. Start with this database:
- Academic Search Complete via EBSCOhost
- This database has articles from a few dozen criticism journals and contains some full-text articles. Please note that it only covers articles written since about 1990.
However, with literary criticism research, you often need to search further back in time. If this is the case for you, then try these
databases:
- MLA Bibliography
- This database from the Modern Language Association indexes drama and literature journals back to the 1960s. Please note that search results include only citations and abstracts, not full-text articles.
- JSTOR: Language & Literature
- This database was developed with the help of the Modern Language Association and includes the full text of 58 core journals in the diverse fields of literary criticism (including drama and theatre) that have emerged in the last thirty years. Please note that coverage dates vary from journal to journal.
If your research deals with literature or authors and history, you should try:
- America: History and Life
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This database indexes articles about America and Canada written since 1954. Search results include citations and abstracts, not full-text articles.
- Historical Abstracts
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This database indexes articles about world history, excluding the United States and Canada, written since 1954. Search results include citations and abstracts, not full-text articles.
If you are looking for book reviews since 1990 or so, try:
- Westlaw Campus Research
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This full-text database provides access to many North American and international newspapers.
Research Library and National Newspapers via ProQuest
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These databases provides access to many full-text magazine and newspaper articles.
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Finding Books
Books are an extremely important component of literary criticism research.
To locate books owned by Niagara University Library, use the Library Catalog.
Tip: You can find literary criticism books on a particular author's work by doing a keyword search using the author's last name and the word criticism.
For example, Dickens AND criticism. Also, when you're looking at a literary criticism book entry, you can find similar books by clicking on
the subject heading that will look like this one: Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870 -- Criticism and interpretation
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If you want to search for books owned by other libraries, too, then try searching WorldCat, a catalog that contains references to more than 57 million items owned by 9,000 libraries worldwide.
Don't worry - if you need a book owned by another library, you can request it. To learn how, jump to the section
called Obtaining Materials NU Library Does Not Own.
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Finding Author Biographies, Literary Criticism Reference Works and Web Sites
- Literature Research Center
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This reference resource provides full-text access to biographies and critical analysis of authors from every age and literary discipline. The database covers more than 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with additional in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most studied authors.
Twayne Authors Series
This literary reference resource series provides literary criticism for nearly 600 authors.
The Library also has a large collection of literature and literary criticism reference books that may be helpful for your research. For example:
- Contemporary Authors (Z1224 .C62)
- Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (PN41 .C67x 2001)
- Continuum Encyclopedia of Children's Literature (PN1008.5 .C66 2001)
- Contemporary Literary Criticism (PN771 .C59)
- Dictionary of Literary Biography (PN451 .D545x)
- Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century (PN771 .E5)
- Literature Criticism From 1400 to 1800 (PN86 .L53 1984)
- Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature (PN41 .M42 1995)
- Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (PN761 .N5)
- Poetry Criticism (PN1010 .P499)
- Shakespearean Criticism (PR2965 .S43)
- Short Story Criticism (PN3373 .S386)
- Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (PN771 .G27)
The Reference Collection is located on the first floor across from the Reference Desk.
If you are looking for specific information on the World Wide Web, visit a search engine like
Google and type your keywords in.
If you would like to browse a directory of literary criticism web sites, try this one:
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Obtaining Materials NU Library Does Not Own
If you need an article or a book that NU Library does not own, you can make use of
Interlibrary Loan to obtain it.
Tip: In a hurry? If the article or book you need is owned by another library in Western New York, you can visit that library and use their resources on site (view a list of Western New York library web sites).
Please note: If you wish to borrow a book from another Western New York library, you can get an Infopass Card at the Reference Desk.
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How to Cite Your Sources
Check with your professor first, but the most commonly used style manual
in the English Department is the following:
- MLA Handbook For Writers of Research Papers.
(Ref LB2369 .G53 2003b)
This manual is the definitive source, but you will find some online guides as well.
Try a Google search of "MLA Style" to see other guides.
Tip: Please talk to your professor if you have questions
about how to cite your sources.
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