Class Guide » ENGL 4400: Studies in VerseOverviewThe library has many resources that can help with your assignments for this and other classes. For a more complete list of resources, see the English Language and Literature subject guide. Ask a Librarian can answer quick questions by email. You can stop by or call the Central Reference desk at 387-5178.Finding BooksUse WMU’s Library Catalog, WestCat, to locate books, videos, films, sound recordings, slides and journals owned by WMU Libraries.To search for books about authors and their works use the Basic Search, searching for the author as a subject heading (last name first), otherwise use Advanced Search to find books on your topic. If WMU Libraries do not have the book, you can borrow it from another library through Interlibrary Loan, though you must register first. Or borrow from a Michigan library through MeLCat. Biographical InformationDictionary of Literary Biography Contemporary Authors Z 1224 .c6 (Ref) How to Locate PoemsIf you want a book of poems by a specific poet look under his or her name as an author in the Basic Search of the Library Catalog. If you want to find references to specific poems by author, title, first line, or subject, begin with these resources.Poem Finder (LitFinder) More than 125,000 full-text poems and over 850,000 poems indexed. Search by any word(s) in a poem title, first line, last line, book title, author, or subject. International in scope (in English translation) and covers antiquity to the present. Academy of American Poets A multi-media resource providing information on over 400 American poets, including biographical and bibliographical information, the full-text of selected poems, audio clips, and related web sites. Chadwyck-Healy Literature Collections Full text of English and American poetry, drama, and fiction from different time periods. The Literature Online database organized by collections. Columbia Granger's Dictionary of Poetry Quotations Electronic Poetry Center Provides easy access not only to poetry "published" electronically but to more conventional printed poetry and poet web pages. Granger's Index to Poetry PN 1022 .G7 (Ref - Most recent in Desk Coll.) Index of American Periodical Verse PN 1021 .I5x (Ref) 1971-present. An annual title and author index to poems published in periodicals in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. If you find a poem you're looking for in this index you need to search WestCat, the Libraries' catalog, to see if we own the periodical in which that poem is printed. Literature Online (LION) A searchable full-text database of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, literary criticism from over 200 literature journals and various reference resources. Includes biographies, bibliographies, and links to Web sites. Poetry Index Annual Literary CriticismMLA International Bibliography (Modern Language Association) Z 7006 .M64 (Ref. Index Shelves) (1921-present) Literature Online (LION) A searchable full-text database of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, literary criticism from over 200 literature journals and various reference resources. Includes biographies, bibliographies, and links to Web sites. Poetry Criticism PN 1010 .P499 (Ref) Poetry Explication: A Checklist of Interpretations Since 1925 of British and American Poems Z 2014 .P7 K8 (Ref) Ask A LibrarianMaira Bundza, E-mail: maira.bundza@wmich.edu |
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