Sources for Literary Study

General Literary Study Encyclopedias, biographies and biobibliographies

Indexes to Periodical Literature

French Literary Resources

Resources in Other Disciplines

Listed below you'll find a list of sources that will help you begin your literary research. Many of these sources provide citations to books and articles on your topic. In order to get the actual books or articles, you will have to continue your search by using the HELIN catalog (http://helin.uri.edu) to find material at URI or one of the other libraries in the HELIN consortium, or by requesting an Interlibrary loan (http://www.uri.edu/library/interlibrary_loan/ill.html) to receive materials from other libraries outside of the HELIN system. It is important to remember that requesting material from other HELIN libraries or through ILL takes time and should be done early in the research process.

For general help in using the library's research tools please refer to the online user guides (http://www.uri.edu/library/guides/index.html). There are links to HELIN, ILL, Reference Databases, User Guides and other library information on the library's home page - http://www.uri.edu/library/.

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General Literary Study

http://www.uri.edu/library/guides/subject/genref/biography.html

Biographical Sources Reference Guide

 

URI Ref. PN41 .E487 1998

Encyclopedia of the Novel.

International exploration of the novel from its origins to the present day. Entries cover novelists and their works, types of novels, technical and formal aspects, critical approaches, and the development of the novel in different countries and regions. Bibliographic references are included.

 

URI Ref. PN771 .E5 1999
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century.

This multi-volume encyclopedia provides international coverage including articles on national literatures, and biographical/critical articles. Includes bibliographies for authors and an index to the entire set.

 

http://www.uri.edu/library/reference_databases/title.html
Gale Literary Databases.

Search Contemporary Authors for information on modern authors including novelists, poets, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Search Contemporary Literary Criticism for full text or excerpts of criticism from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals. Search the Dictionary of Literary Biography for career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras ans all genres.(Follow this link to the database list and find the source you need.)

 

http://library.uri.edu/

HELIN Catalog

Includes holdings in the URI library and other colleges and universities in the HELIN consortium. To find books about an author, do a SUBJECT search using the last name first. (Example: Duras, Marguerite.) The "Search Other Libraries" button will search CLAN (RI public libraries), Josiah (Brown Univ.) and WorldCat for titles that are not available in HELIN.

 

http://www.uri.edu/library/guides/subject/arthum/litcrit.html

Literary Criticism Reference Guide