Alvin Sherman Library, Research, and Information Technology Center
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Subject
Guide: Literature
| The subject guide to Literature provides information on resources available from the Alvin Sherman Library, both in the library and online, related to literature, including literary criticism. The subject guide covers subject headings, reference sources, books, periodicals, databases, Web sites, and style guides. |
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Periodicals |
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Databases |
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Books |
Style Guides |
Subject Headings
You can find books and other materials in the library by searching NovaCat, the NSU Libraries online catalog. How to search NovaCat. To locate books and materials at other libraries, see Catalogs.
Suggested Library of Congress (LC) subject headings include: |
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Reference Sources
Encyclopedias and Dictionaries
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PQ7081.A1 E56 2000 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PN451 .C6 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PS21 .E53 2003 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PN56.S48 C97 2003 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PN451.D5 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PN241 .E53 2000 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PN44 .M33 1996 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
LB2369 .G53 2003 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PN41. M42 1995 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PS507 .N65 2007 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PR1109 .A2 2000 |
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Sherman Library Reference - 2nd floor
PN6014 .N66 2001 |
Books
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E-books
E-books, or electronic books, may be accessed via NovaCat.
Entries for electronic books in NovaCat will
have the eBook icon 
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Periodicals
Periodicals include journals, magazines, newspapers and other serial publications. Search NovaCat for individual titles and holdings information. Periodicals do not circulate, but may be viewed at the library location listed. NSU distance students may request copies of specific articles via Document Delivery.
| Title | Location |
| American Literature: A Journal of Literary History, Criticism and Bibliography | Available in print and online |
| American Literary History | Available online |
| American Poetry Review | Available in print and online |
| College Literature | Available online |
| Contemporary Literature | Available in print and online |
| English Literary History ( ELH ) | Available in print and online |
| Essays in Criticism | Available in print and online |
| The Explicator | Available online |
| Journal of Modern Literature | Available in print and online |
| New Literary History | Available online |
| Studies in American Fiction | Available online |
| World Literature Today | Available in print and online |
| Yale Journal of Criticism | Available online |
Databases
The online and CD-ROM databases serve as indexes to the literature, primarily periodicals. They include citations, abstracts and sometimes full-text. Click on the Info icon
for a complete description of the database. To access the databases, see Electronic Resources.
Top Picks
| Title of Database | Type |
| Literature Criticism Online
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Full text |
| Literature Resources from Gale (formerly Literature Resource Center)
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Full text |
| Alexander Street Literature (formerly World Literature Online) | Full text |
| Essay and General Literature
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Citations and abstracts only |
| JSTOR
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Full text |
| MLA International Bibliography Plus | Citations and links to selected full text |
| Project Muse |
Full text |
| Short Story Index |
Citations and abstracts only. |
Also Recommended
| Title of Database | Type |
| Academic OneFile | Full-Text |
| Black Short Fiction and Folklore |
Full text |
| Black Women Writers |
Full text |
| Caribbean Literature |
Full text |
| Humanities Full-Text |
Selected Full text |
| Irish Women Poets of the Romantic Period |
Full text |
| Latin American Woman Writers |
Full text |
| Latino Literature |
Full text | Periodicals Archive Online | Full-Text |
| ProQuest Central |
Full-Text |
| Scottish Women Poets of the Romantic Period |
Full text |
| South and Southeast Asian Literature |
Full text |
Web Sites
Many useful information resources are available on the Internet. But remember to evaluate any Web site before using it for research.
| Website & Description |
| Electronic Text Center
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/collections/languages/ This center at UVA includes approximately 40,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in twelve languages, with more than 19,000 related images (book illustrations, covers, manuscripts, newspaper pages, museum objects, etc.) |
| Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/ Critical and biographical websites about authors and their works; can be browsed by author, title, nationality, or literary period. |
| Librarians Internet Index: Literature and
Books http://www.lii.org/pub/topic/literature |
| Literary Resources on the Net http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit List of online literary resources with emphasis on English and American literature. Maintained by Jack Lynch, Rutgers University. |
| Million Book Project http://www.archive.org/details/millionbooks An early collection of books from the Indian scanning centers of the Universal Library Project or sometimes called the Million Books Project. |
| On-Line Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/ Listing over 30,000 free books on the Web. |
| Project Gutenberg http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page There are over 25,000 free books in the Project Gutenberg Online Book Catalog. |
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Style Guides
| For information about citing resources using MLA or APA styles, see Style Guides. |
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