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English This guide is intended to help you research topics in your English classes. If you need additional help, please ask a librarian. Books Use the online catalog to locate books on your topic. For books about a literary work or specific author, search the title of the work or the author's name as a subject. Listed below are Dewey Decimal call numbers for areas in literature. Books in these sections are located on the first floor. 800 Literature and rhetoric   810 American literature in English   811 Poetry 812 Drama 813 Fiction   820 English and Old English literature   840 French literature   850 Italian literature   860 Spanish and Portuguese literature

Reference Books

Works on Novels, Short Stories, Poetry and Drama - American and British Authors:

• Contemporary Novelists. R 823.03 V788c.
• Encyclopedia of World Literature in the Twentieth Century. R 803 E56.
• Explicator Cyclopedia, v. 3: Prose. R 808.81 E96 v. 3.
• Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism. R 809.034 N714; Twentieth Century Literary Criticism. R 809.04 G151t; and Contemporary Literary Criticism. R 809.04 C759 - These three sources contain selected excerpts from critical writings on authors. Critiques are drawn mainly from writings of the past 25 years. Use latest index to find references to author in all volumes and series.
• Masterplots. R 809.3 M194m.

Works on American Authors and Literature:

• American Women Writers. R 810.9 A512.
• American Writers. R 810.9 A512.
• Guide to American Literature: From Emily Dickinson to the Present. R 810.9 C156g.
• Modern American Literature. R 810.9 C975m.

Works on British Authors and Literature:

• British Writers. R 820.9 B862.
• Modern British Literature. R 820.9 T286m.

Works on Short Stories:

• Short Story Criticism. R 809.2 S559.

Works on Poetry and Drama:

• American and British Poetry: A Guide to the Criticism. R 821 A434a.
• Contemporary Dramatists. R 822.914 V788c.
• Explicator Cyclopedia, v. 1-2: Poetry. R 808.81 E96 v. 1-2.
• Poetry Criticism. R 809.1 P745.

Biographical Information:

• Contemporary Authors. R 928 C761.
  

Databases

Use these databases to find journal and magazine articles on topics in literature criticism.

• Chadwyck-Healey Poetry Databases - includes African-American Poetry, American Poetry, English Poetry, Faber Poetry Library, 20th Century African-American Poetry, 20th Century American Poetry, and 20th Century English Poetry.
   
• Greenwood Digital Collection (NC LIVE): includes the series Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Authors and Literature in Context.
   
• Humanities International Complete - a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important reference sources in the humanities.
   
• MLA Bibliography - covers language, literature, linguistics and folklore.
   

Journals and Magazines

Listed below are some of the English journals and magazines that the library owns. We have access to more online. Consult JournalFinder to find out if the library has access to the journal and issue you need. If not, you may be able to obtain the article from NC State or Meredith or through interlibrary loan.

Web Sites

• American Authors on the Web
   
• Literary Resources on the Net
   
• The Mark Twain Project