Research Guides : English Literature
and Criticisms : Particulars
General
Subject-Specific
Particulars
Indexes are systematic listings that are used to trace and identify
material, hence they are excellent sources for locating current
information on specific topics . They usually analyze the material
within a single article, as opposed to a whole book, so the vocabulary
used is more specific to your field of research, and not as general
as the LC subject headings used in catalogs for book-length works.
An Index is often referred to as a Serial Bibliography.
The bibliographies listed above are cumulative, and only
represent what is available at the time of publication. Indexes
keep a learning community current on new ideas being generated
as they are published.
The Shepard Library Reference
Team has an excellent guide
for locating articles. Use this as a starting point for locating
articles in your area of research.
These print sources, located in the Serials
Department, have articles indexed by various keywords necessary
to retrieve originally published articles.
Book Review Digest (1905 - 1998)
Book Review Index (1966 - 1998)
Essay and General Literature Index (1960 - 1998)
Humanities Index (1974 - 1998)
New York Times Index (1899 - 1998)
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature (1890 - 1998)
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Journals Most Often Cited
Many of the academic journals you will find in the Serials Department
address the scholarly communication needs of research in English
literature. Following is a list of some of the best journals in
Shepard for English literature studies, but remember if Shepard
doesn't own it, you can always use the Interlibrary
Loan Department to access articles in journals not currently
available in Shepard.
African American Review
American Historical Review
American Journal of Philology
American Scholar
Booklist
Callaloo
CLA Journal
College English
College Literature
Critical Inquiry
Drama Review
English Literary History
English Historical Review
English Journal
English Language Notes
Journal of African History
Journal of American History
Journal of the History of Ideas
Keats, Shelley Journal
Modern Language Notes
Modern Language Quarterly
Modern Fiction Studies
New Literary History
Novel: A Forum for Fiction
Papers on Language and Literature
Philological Quarterly
Shakespeare Quarterly
Studies in Philology
Studies in Romanticism
Studies in the Novel
Victorian Poetry
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Many indexing/abstracting services are now electronic, and are
called databases. Oftentimes, the full text of the article can
also be retrieved at the point of initial access. Shepard
Library has a collection of databases which address the needs
of research and study in English. One of the best is the MLA
Bibliography, but there are others that you will find to be
helpful. Go to Electronic
Databases for English and conduct a search for the topic or
author you are researching. If you need help, please stop at the
Reference Desk (530-6473); someone will be glad to assist
you.
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