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Literature

 

The Ferguson Library houses an extensive collection of materials in English Language and World Literature in translation on the Ground Floor of the Main Library. Further sources are available in Reference on the Second Floor. Texts in various editions and translations, and criticism are available for borrowing and online (E-Books) through our website.
 

Electronic Databases: Including Books in Print, JSTOR, Literature Resource Center, NetLibrary, & What Do I Read Next?

Web Sources

American Authors on the Web - Internet sites on American literature and a chronological listing of American authors with links.
Bartleby.com - A comprehensive Internet publisher of literature, reference and verse free of charge.
Basics of Good Writing - Learn how to construct a good paper.
Bibliomania - Free online texts for over 2000 classics.
Books & More
The Censorship Pages - How censorship has affected both the world of books and the Internet with newsgroups and chatrooms for discussion and a list of relevant quotations.
Great Books Index - An Index to the Great Books in English translation with links to online editions.
Internet Public Library-Literary Criticism - Librarians choose the best sources.
LiteraryHistory.com - A guide to articles on literary criticism.
Literary Resources on the Net –American - Maintained by Rutgers University.
Project Gutenberg - Comprehensive source for e-texts copyright-free.
SparkNotes - Free sign-in for literary criticism online.
Voice of the Shuttle -Literature in English
Voice of the Shuttle -Literatures (Other than English) - One of the most comprehensive literature resource pages on the Net.
Where To Do ReSearch: Books & Literature - The official site of Research Unlimited.

Writers Print Sources

Literary Market Place: LMP - R 029.6 L776m
Writer’s Market
Guide to Literary Agents - R808.02   G946l

Students Print Sources

For Students Series: Poetry, Drama, Novels, Short Stories, Shakespeare, Epics, Developing Nations
10,001 Ideas for Term Papers, Projects, Reports & Speeches - R808.02  L232t  1998
A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses and Dissertations - R808.06  T929m 1996

Literature and Author Print Sources

Dictionary of Literary Biography - Rq820.9 D554o
Literary Criticism Series
Critical Survey Series: Drama, Long Fiction, Poetry, Short fiction
Shakespearean Criticism
- R822.33 D S527cr
Masterplots
- R 808.8 M194m

World Literature Print Sources

African American Writers - R 820.9 A258a 2001 
American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies - R 820.9 A512 
Black Literature Criticism - R q 809.8896 B627
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century - R803 E56o 1999
Literature of Developing Nations for Students - R809.891724 L776
Hispanic Literature Criticism - R860.9 H673l
McGraw Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama
- Rq809.2 M147e 1984
Voices of Multicultural America - R825.08 V889
World Poets - R825.1003  W927p

Quotation Print Sources

New York Public Library Book of Twentieth Century American Quotations - R808.882  N532y
Baseball’s Greatest Quotations - R808.882  B299g
Oxford Dictionary of Quotations - R808.8  O98g?  1999
African-American Quotations - R808.882  A258a
Cassell Dictionary of Contemporary Quotes - R808.882  A569c

Current Periodicals

The Atlantic
Harper’s
New York Times Book Review
New Yorker
Paris Review
Publisher's Weekly
Saturday Review

Retrospective Periodicals

The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine - 1881-1930
The Forum - 1930-40
The Independent - 1898-1928
North American Review - 1882-1940
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature - 1802-1906
Scribner’s Magazine - 1887-1939

 

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