ENG 322 -- American literature after 1870
Dr. Martin

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Find articles

• MLA International Bibliography
  Comprehensive index of journal articles and books related to literature. This is the primary tool for finding literary criticism. Links to full-text when available, but expect to use ILLiad to request many of these articles or Summit to request books.
• Literature Resource Center
  Online access to literary criticism in over 250 journals. To find literary criticism on a specific author, use the basic search form and set these limits:
   
  
  • Person -- by or about
  • Peer-reviewed publications
  • Literary criticism (clear other content types)
• JSTOR
  Includes the full-text of about eighty scholarly journals in literature, usually from the first issue through from two to five years ago. It does not include current issues. While these journals should be indexed in the MLA Bibliography, searching JSTOR directly allows you to search for articles that, while not focused on a specific poem or story, may discuss it. Watch the publication dates.

Off-campus access to these databases is easy. When prompted, sign in with your SMU network/email user name and password. For problems, call 360.486.8803 or email us.

  

Find books

• O'Grady Library catalog -- to find books in Saint Martin's collection, in Summit, or beyond.

To find books on a particular author, do a subject search of the author's name or the author's name and the phrase "criticism and interpretation":

• SU:"Morrison, Toni"
• SU:"Morrison, Toni" SU:"criticism and interpretation""

Reference and other background sources

Selected online titles

• Literature Resource Center
  Detailed literary biographies from Gale's Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, and the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
• Oxford Reference Premium Online: Literature
  Includes The Oxford Companion to American Literature, The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature, The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Latinos and Latinas in the United States, The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, and The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English, among other titles.
• American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide from Colonial Times to the Present
• Black Literature Criticism: Classic and Emerging Authors since 1950
• Contemporary American Women Poets : An A-to-Z Guide

Selected print titles

PS374.S5 C57	The Columbia Companion to the Twentieth-Century American Short Story (2000)
REF PS323.5 E53	Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century (2001)
REF PN41.E487	Encyclopedia of the Novel (1998)
REF PN81.J554	The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism (2005)
PS 374.S5 R43	A Reader's Companion to the Short Story in English (2001)
REF LB2369.G53	MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2009)

  

Websites

Citation guides and writing resources

• The Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) -- MLA Formatting and Style Guide

Other resources

• English Department, Saint Martin's University
• Writing Center, Saint Martin's University

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