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How To Find Literary Criticism
| Reference Books | Online Literary Criticism |
| Subject Search With the Online Catalog | General Internet Sites |
| Book Review Index | Specific Internet Sites |
Reference Books
Look up the author’s name in the green Gale Biography Master Index or find the title of the book in one of the accompanying paper indexes.
The indexes will refer to the following criticism sets:
- CLC--Current Literary Criticism
- TCLC--Twentieth Century Literary Criticism
- DLB--Dictionary of Literary Biography
- CA--Contemporary Authors
- SSC--Short Story Criticism
- PC--Poetry Criticism
- NCLC--Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
Find the volume numbers listed in the index and look up the author’s last name alphabetically.
Subject Search With the Online Catalog
Type in author’s last name in the Subject search. A list of all the books by subject on that author appears. A separate listing for literature and literary criticism follows.
The circulating literary criticism area is useful for well-known authors. A variety of critical choices are available such as:
- Casebooks--pro-and-con criticism on an author.
- Criticism at different educational levels.
- Comprehensive examination of an author over more than one generation.
- A to Z topic organization for authors; this may make finding information easier.
- Essays focused on recent trends in scholarship on the author.
Book Review Index
The library subscribes to Book Review Index and Book Review Digest. Book reviews written at the time of publication can be found there, mostly for 20th century titles.
Online Literary Criticism
The library subscribes to numerous online databases that contain literary criticism. GaleNet has databases where one can find many of the articles found in the printed reference books. Try using Academic Search Premier or Masterfile Premier in EBSCO as well. These databases can be accessed by clicking the "Databases" button at the top of the page.
General Internet Sites
- Critical Reading: A Guide to Literary Criticism
- Voice of the Shuttle
- Literary Resources on the Net
- Literary Index: Internet Resources in Literature
- LitLinks
- Internet Public Library Online Literary Criticism Collection
Specific Internet Sites
- The Literary Gothic
- Luminarium
- The Mississippi Writers Page
- Mr. William Shakespeare and the Internet
These sites offer a variety of good literary criticism concerning different time periods and geographic regions.