ENGL 442 - Library Instruction Session

push_pin_blue.gif (1016 bytes)Annotated Bibliography (How to get started?)

I.  Start with the works of others in the field.  (Specialists on your author.)

AubieCat Use this tool to identify books and periodical locations at au.gif (1221 bytes) libraries.

  • Look for your author in a Subject Heading Search to find Bibliographies and Handbooks on the individual author.

1.  Subject Heading Search Ex. "James Henry"

Selected Results:

James, Henry, 1843-1916 Bibliography.

James, Henry, 1843-1916 Criticism and Interpretation Bibliography.

  • Also use keyword searches to identify Tables of Contents within book records concerning your author and Realism or Naturalism.

1.  Basic Keywd Search Ex. "Dreiser Naturalism" in all of these

Selected Results:

Gogol, Miriam.  Theodore Dreiser : Beyond Naturalism. 
2nd Floor PS 3507 .R55 Z848 1995.

Orlov, Paul A.  An American Tragedy : Perils of the Self Seeking Success.   2nd Floor PS 3507 .R55 A824 1998.

Pizer, Donald, ed.  Documents of American Realism and Naturalism.  2nd Floor PS 374 .N29 D63 1998.

  • These searches can lead to other Subject Headings.

1.  Selected Results:

Naturalism in Literature.
Naturalism in Literature Dictionaries.
Naturalism in Literature Periodicals.
Realism in Literature.
Realism in Literature Bibliography.
Realism in Literature Dictionaries.
Realism in Literature Periodicals.

push_pin_orange.gif (1016 bytes)Where do I go from here? (Have you found all of the bibliographies on your author?  Time to update these works.)

I.  Indexes and Databases (American Literature)

Go to  English Language and Literature Subject Page under Indexes and Databases: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/socsci/lit/literature.html#indexes

Indexes and Databases of most help for this assignment:

  • MLA International Bibliography
  • Literature Online (Chadwyck-Healey) (provides access to the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature)
  • Project Muse (Includes full-text to American Literature, Henry James Review, and Modern Fiction Studies)
  • JSTOR

II.  Indexes and Databases (History)(Understanding the culture intrinsic to these works.)

Go to History Subject Page under Indexes and Databases:
http://www.lib.auburn.edu/hum/humweb/historypage.html#indexes

Indexes and Databases of most help for this assignment:

  • America: History and Life
  • Historical Abstracts

III.  Citation Indexes (Now that you know a variety of authors who write on your subject: Find out who cites them.)

Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science provides access to current
bibliographic information and cited references from over 1,144 of the world's
leading arts and humanities journals, as well as covering individually selected,
relevant items from over 6,800 major science and social science journals. 1984 - Present. Only available on campus.)

push_pin_blue.gif (1016 bytes)Selected titles Bibliographies/Handbooks/Reference Works

  • Atkinson, Hugh C.   Theodore Dreiser; a checklist 2nd Floor Z8241.7 .A92
  • Bell, Millicent.  Edith Wharton & Henry James 2nd Floor PS 3545 .H16 Z59
  • Bell, Millicent.  The cambridge companion to Edith Wharton 2nd Floor
    PS 3545 .H16 Z636 1995
  • Boswell, Jeanetta. Theodore Dreiser and the critics, 1911-1982 2nd Floor PS3507.R55 B67 1986
  • Bradbury, Nicola.  An Annotated Critical Bibliography of Henry James 2nd Floor PS 2123 .B73 1987
  • Budd, John.  Henry James : a bibliography of criticism, 1975-1981 2nd Floor
    PS 2123 .B82
  • Cady, Edwin Harrison.  Stephen Crane 2nd Floor PS 128 .T88 no.23 1980
  • Ellison, Curtis W., et al.  Charles W. Chesnutt : a reference guide 2nd Floor
    PS 1292 .C6 Z685
  • Fenster, Valmai Kirkham.  Guide to American literature 2nd Floor REF
    PS 88 .F46 1983
    2nd Floor PS 374 .R37 T48 1997
  • Funston, Judith E.  Henry James : a reference guide, 1975-1987 2nd Floor
    PS 2123 .F86 1991
  • Garrison, Stephen. Edith Wharton : a descriptive bibliography 2nd Floor
    PS 3545 .H16 Z652 1990
  • Green, Suzanne Disheroon.  Kate Chopin : an annotated bibliography of critical works 2nd Floor PS 1294 .C63 G74 1999
  • Lauer, Kristin O., et al.  Edith Wharton : an annotated bibliography 2nd Floor
    PS 3545 .H16 Z688
  • Pizer, Donald.  Theodore Dreiser : a primary bibliography and reference guide 2nd Floor PS 3507 .R55 Z78 1991
  • Showalter, Elaine.  Sister's choice 2nd Floor PS 147 .S48 1991
  • Springer, Marlene.  Edith Wharton and Kate Chopin : a reference guide 2nd Floor PS3545.H16 Z78
  • Stallman, R. W.  Stephen Crane; a critical bibliography 2nd Floor
    PS 1449 .C85 Z92 1972
  • Taylor, Linda J.  Henry James, 1866-1916, a reference guide 2nd Floor
    PS 2123 .T39 1982
  • Thomas, Brook.  American literary realism and the failed promise of contract
    2nd Floor PS 374 .R37 T48 1997
  • Wright, Sarah Bird. Edith Wharton A to Z 2nd Floor  PS 3545 .H16 Z98 1998

 push_pin_orange.gif (1016 bytes)Selected Sources in History

  • Carruth, Gorton.  The encyclopedia of American facts and dates 3rd Floor
    E 174.5 .C3 1997
  • Hellerstein, Erna Olafson.   Victorian women : a documentary account of women's lives in nineteenth-century England, France, and the United States 3rd Floor HQ1599.E5 V5
  • Jabour, Anya.  Marriage in the early republic 3rd Floor HQ 535 .J28 1998
  • May, Elaine Tyler.  Great expectations : marriage and divorce in post-Victorian America 3rd Floor HQ536 .M37
  • Murdock, Catherine Gilbert. Domesticating drink : women, men, and alcohol in America, 1870-1940  3rd Floor  HV 5292 .M86 1998
  • Waller, Altina L.  Reverend Beecher and Mrs. Tilton : sex and class in Victorian America 2nd Floor BX 7260.B31 W34

 push_pin_blue.gif (1016 bytes)Periodicals Specific to American Realism and Naturalism

  • American Literary Realism, 1870-1910 2nd Floor PS 1 .A5
  • American Literary Scholarship 2nd Floor REF PS 3 .A47
  • American Literature 2nd Floor PS 1 .A6 also available on Project Muse at:
    http://www.lib.auburn.edu/JSTOR
  • Dreiser Studies 2nd Floor PS 3507 .R55 D7
  • Essays in Literature  2nd Floor PR 1 .E7 also available on Expanded Academic ASAP at: http://www.lib.auburn.edu/searchbank
  • The Henry James Review  2nd Floor PS 2124 .H46
    also available on Project Muse at:
    http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/henry_james_review
  • Journal of Narrative Theory : JNT  2nd Floor PE 1425 .J68 (previous title: The Journal of Narrative Technique)
  • Literature and Psychology 2nd Floor PN 49 .L5
  • Massachusetts Studies in English 2nd Floor PR 13 .M32
  • Modern Fiction Studies 2nd Floor PS 379 .M55 also available on Project Muse at:
    http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/modern_fiction_studies
  • Western Humanities Review 2nd Floor AP 2 .W426
  • The Year's Work in English Studies 2nd Floor REF PE 58 .E6

 push_pin_orange.gif (1016 bytes)Don't forget sources outside au.gif (1221 bytes)Libraries that support topic?

General

Chopin

Dreiser

Howells

James

Wharton

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