English Pathfinder: Poetry

The following lists are not comprehensive. The items listed on this page are representative of some of the most frequently used research materials on this topic. To find more material, consult the library catalog or contact your librarian for assistance.


Indexes

An index is a specialized database that organizes information about the locations of articles in journals/magazines, reports and newspapers; and book chapters, papers in conference proceedings, and book reviews. Indexes provide the complete bibliographic citation of an article, including the title of the article, author, name of the journal, volume number, the pages of the journal in which the article can be found, and a short summary, or abstract, of the article. Some indexes are in book form, and some are electronic databases. Some electronic databases, including MLA, do NOT provide the complete text of articles. For tips on how to effectively search databases, and how to find journals that are not available on-line, contact your librarian, or consult How to Find Materials on English in the Waidner-Spahr Library.

Print:

The Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry in Collected and Selected Works
REF PN1022 .C63 2004

Chicorel Index to Poetry in Anthologies and Collections--Retrospective
REF PN1022 .C54 1975

 

Electronic:

MLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
The premier scholarly index for literature, language, linguistics, and folklore.

Essay and General Literature Index
Indexes chapters and essays contained in books of collected works.

Humanities Full Text
Covers journal articles in the humanities, archaeology, art, classics, film, folklore, history, journalism and communications, linguistics, literature, music, performing arts, and religion. This database is a good starting point for research in literature, and may also help you place your topic in social, political, and cultural contexts.

Humanities and Social Sciences Retrospective
A bibliographic database that cites articles from English-language periodicals. Coverage includes a wide range of interdisciplinary fields covered in a broad array of humanities and social sciences journals.

JSTOR
An interdisciplinary archive of over 600 journals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences.

Literary Index
Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale, including Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Critisicm, and Poetry Criticism.

Lexis-Nexis
Lexis Nexis will provide you with full-text from newspapers around the world, for up to the past ten years.

Project Muse
Project Muse covers numerous subject fields in the humanities, the social sciences, and the arts, including history. Journals covered by Project Muse are scholarly and peer-reviewed, published by a not-for-profit press or scholarly society, and be a sensible fit with titles in the humanities, the social sciences and the arts.

WorldCat
A catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. You can use this database to find out what libraries own material you might need.

 

 

Encyclopedias & Dictionaries

Dictionaries and encyclopedias are helpful in finding basic information about your topic area. They may also serve as sources of inspiration to you as you search for new topics to research. The following list is not comprehensive. Search the library catalog for more encyclopedias and dictionaries. Refer to How to Find Materials on English in the Waidner-Spahr Library for tips on how to best perform a search, or contact your librarian for assistance.

The Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations
REF PN6082 .C57 1992

Last Lines: An Index to the Last Lines of Poetry
REF PN1022 .K55 1992

First-line Index of English Poetry, 1500-1800
REF Z2014 .P7 F5 1969

Encyclopedia of American Poetry - The Nineteenth Century
REF PS316 .E53 1998

The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English
REF PR601 .O9 1994

The New Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms
REF PN1021 .N39 1994

Guide to British Poetry Explication
REF PR311 .M34 1991

International Index to Recorded Poetry
REF PN1022 .H63 1983

Poetry Handbook: A Dictionary of Terms
REF PN44.5 .D4 1974B

A Register of Middle English Religious & Didactic Verse
REF Z2012 .B87 1916

 

Biographies

 

Print:

International Who's Who in Poetry
REF PN1270.5 .I58 2002

 

Electronic:

Biography and Genealogy Master Index
Biography and Genealogy Master Index is the first place you should look when seeking biographical information on any living or deceased person worldwide. It is an electronic index to over 13 million biographical entries in 3,400+ biographical reference works.

Contemporary Authors

A database that includes biographic details on approximately 100,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters. Featured are current writers, the most-studied literary figures of the early 20th Century and authors from around the world whose works have been translated into English or published in the United States. Included are the author's writings, media adaptations, works in progress sidelights and interviews.


Dictionary of Literary Biography
The Dictionary of Literary Biography presents career biographies and criticism of writers from all eras and all genres through volumes dedicated to specific types of literature and time periods.

 

Bibliographies

Contemporary English Poetry: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism to 1980
REF PR601 .S53 1984

Poetry by American Women, 1900-1975: A Bibliography
REF PS151 .R4 1979

English Poetry of the First World War: A Bibliography
REF Z2014 .P7 R45 1978

A Bibliography of Studies in Metaphysical Poetry, 1939-1960
REF Z2014 .P7 B4 1964

Criticism

 

Print:

Critical Survey of Poetry
REF PN1021 .C7 2003

Electronic:

Literary Index
Gale's Literary Index is a master index to the major literature products published by Gale, including Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Critisicm, and Poetry Criticism.

Literature Criticism Online
This index includes several literary criticism series including Poetry Criticism and Contemporary Literary Criticism.

 

Websites

 

Literary Resources on the Net
A "meta" site maintained by Rutgers University — Newark.