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NONFICTION
808.83 SOL Facts on File companion to the world novel
808.83 YOU You've got to read this
809.2 BLO Dramatists and dramas
809.2 GRE Great playwrights /
809.3 BLO Novelists and novels
813 CRI Critical essays on Richard Wright's Native son /
813 HEM BUR Ernest Hemmingway and his world.
813 SNO Amy Tan : a literary companion /
813 WOM Women's issues in Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club /
813.4 THE Kate Chopin's The awakening /
813.52 ERN Ernest Hemingway /
813.52 ERN Ernest Hemingway's The sun also rises /
813.52 ROV Ernest Hemingway.
813.52 WAN Readings on The sun also rises /
818 RAC Racism in Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings /
818.54 MAY Maya Angelou's I know why the caged bird sings /
820.9 ROG The Oxford illustrated history of English literature /
822.3 BLO Shakespeare : the invention of the human.
822.3 BLO William Shakespeare's Romances
822.3 CAM Shakespeare's tragic heroes, slaves of passion /
822.3 HAL Shakespeare, a pictorial biography /
822.3 HAR Shakespeare: the tragedies; a collection of critical essays.
822.3 SHE Shakespeare's language
823.509 BRA Companion to the British novel, 18th and 19th centuries /
823.509 GAY The Facts on File companion to the British novel.
823.9 CON HAR Conrad's Heart of darkness and the critics.
823.912 CON Joseph Conrad /
823.914 CHI Chinua Achebe's Things fall apart /
843.009 TAY The Facts on File companion to theFrench novel.
843.91 THO Albert Camus : a study of his work /
843.914 CUN Readings on The plague /
909 DEN Great books
920 SHI Latin American writers /
REFERENCE
REF 803 ENC Encyclopedia of world literature in the 20th century.
REF 808.8 MAS Masterpieces of women's literature /
REF 809 BLO The Bloomsbury guide to women's literature
REF 809 GRE Great writers of the English language.
REF 809 LIT Literary movements for students
REF 809 MUL Multicultural writers since 1945
REF 809 WOR World Literature Criticism : 1500 to the present.
REF 809.2 BUR The drama 100
REF 809.3 BEA Beacham's encyclopedia of popular fiction. : Analyses /
REF 809.3 NOV Novels for students
REF 810 HAR The concise Oxford companion to American literature
REF 810.3 HAR The Oxford companion to American literature
REF 810.3 REF Reference guide to American literature /
REF 810.9 AME American history through literature: 1870-1920
REF 810.9 AME American writers; a collection of literary biographies.
REF 810.9 CON Concise dictionary of American literary biography : The Twenties, 1917-1929.
REF 810.9 CON Concise dictionary of American literary biography : The Age of maturity, 1929-1941.
REF 810.9 CON Concise dictionary of American literary biography / : Broadening views, 1968-1988 /
REF 810.9 MER Merriam Webster's dictionary of American writers
REF 810.9 TWE Twentieth-century American literature.
REF 820 REF Reference guide to English literature /.
REF 820.9 BRI British writers /
REF 820.9 KRU Encyclopedia of British writers
REF 820.9 MAJ The major authors edition of the New Moulton's library of literary criticism /.
REF 820.9 STA Encyclopedia of British writers
REF 822.3 CAM The reader's encyclopedia of Shakespeare,
REF 822.3 SHA The annotated Shakespeare.
REF 822.33 OLE All things Shakespeare : an encyclopedia of Shakespeare's world
REF 860 CON Latin American literature
REF 860.9 LAT Latin American writers.
DATABASES
The African American Experience
The African American Experience is the definitive electronic research tool for African American history and culture from one of the most respected publishers in the field.
http://aae.greenwood.com/default.aspx
The American National Biography
A useful and dynamic source of information - updates quarterly, with hundreds of new entries each year and revisions of previously published entries to enhance their accuracy and currency. Search Tip: For a precise match, enter a name in the format Last Name, First Name.
http://www.anb.org/articles/index.html
Bloom's Literary Reference
Examines great writers, important works, memorable characters, and influential movements and events in world literature.
http://www.fofweb.com/Direct2.asp?ItemID=WE00&ID=16926
Encyclopedia Britannica
The most comprehensive K-12 reference resource. To access the following additional databases, click on the Additional Britannica Databases button.
www.school.eb.com
Gale Virtual Reference Library
GVRL is a collection of ebooks that cover the following topics; arts, biography, business, education, environment, history, information and publishing, law, literature, medicine, multicultural studies, nation and world, religion, science and social science.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
The Latino American Experience
The Latino American Experience marks the first-ever database dedicated to the history and culture of Latinos, the largest, fastest-growing minority group in the United States. LAE offers unparalleled depth and content. Much needed; very timely; muy fresca .
http://lae.greenwood.com
Literature Resource Center
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493?db=LitRG
Lit Finder
LitFinder is international in scope, covers all time periods, and contains a wealth of primary literature content, including full-text poems, poem citations and excerpts, full-text short stories, full-text essays, full-text speeches, and 1full-text plays. LitFinder also includes biographies, work summaries, photographs, and a glossary.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography includes the stories of 50,000 men and women who shaped the history of the British Isles and beyond, from the explorer Pytheas of the fourth century B.C. to modern figures who died before December 31, 2000. 10,000 portrait illustrations illuminate the articles.
www.oxforddnb.com
Scribner Writers Series Online
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
Twayne's Authors Online
Full-text journal articles, literary criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews on over 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/whea91493 
WEBSITES
Absolute Shakespeare
Absolute Shakespeare, the essential resource for William Shakespeare's plays, sonnets, poems, quotes, biography and the legendary Globe Theatre.
http://www.absoluteshakespeare.com/
Biography
A site based on the television program, Biography , that features the lives of famous people past and present.
www.biography.com
The History Channel
The A&E site for history based on the television series.
www.historychannel.com
Internet Public Library
The Internet Public Library (IPL) is a public service organization and learning/teaching environment at the University of Michigan School of Information.
www.ipl.org
Literary Resources on the Net
This site provides a collection of links to literature resources and is maintained by an associate professor form Rutgers University.
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
Nobelprize.org
The Nobel Literature Prize has distinguished the works of authors from many different languages and cultural backgrounds. It has been awarded to unknown masters as well as authors acclaimed worldwide.
http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/
SAC LitWeb
Website of San Antonio College providing links to information on not only British literature and authors but a wide variety of literature resources.
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/britlit.htm
Schmoop
Schmoop wants To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.
http://www.shmoop.com/public/about_us.php
The Sweet Search
SweetSearch Biographies offers profiles and outstanding search results for thousands of famous-or infamous-people.
http://www.sweetsearch.com/biographies
Many living authors like Amy Tan have their own websites
SEARCH ENGINES
Ask.com
Ask.com is a search engine that is a result of the merging of Teoma and Ask Jeeves, resulting in one of the world's most powerful and unique search engines.
www.ask.com
MLA CITATION AIDS
easyBib
The free automatic bibliography composer. Create MLA-style bibliographies, then save them to Word.
http://www.easybib.com
NoodleTools
Individual citations in MLA, APA, or Chicago/Turabian format
http://www.noodletools.com/noodlebib/citeone_s.php?style=MLA


 

 


 
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