Sandor Teszler Library
Course Guide for Humanities 101
| Sandor Teszler Library Course Guide for Humanities 101 |
Professor Cox--Spring 2008
| Ref. PS 21 .M34 | Magill's
Survey of American
Literature. 6 volumes. (2007) A good, current biography of your author with discussion of major works and suggestions for further reading. |
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Ref. PS 261 .S515 | Encyclopedia
of Southern Literature. (1997) Provides articles on major writers, works of literature and themes in Southern Literature. Appendices include lists of authors by state and chronologies. |
| Ref. PS 261 .C55 |
Companion
to Southern Literature. (2002) Provides articles on major writers, themes and ideas as they relate to Southern Literature. |
| Ref. PS 261 .C555 | Companion
to the Literature and
Culture of the American South. (2004) Arranged in broad chapters, the first section deals with themes and issues such as "Southern Music" or "The South in Popular Culture". The second chapter has chapters on major writers and movements, including a chapter on "Fugitives and Agrarians". |
| Ref. F 209 .E53 |
Encyclopedia
of Southern Culture. 1989. Interdisciplinary work covering all aspects of life in the South. Divided into 24 sections on broad topics such as Agriculture, Black Life, Geography, Language, and Mythic South. This is a classic. A newer version, the New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (2006) is being published piece by piece, with six of 24 volumes out so far. (Ref. F 209 .N47, right next door) |
| Ref PN 3373 .S3844 | Short
Stories for Students. 1997-present. Criticism and biographical material focused on the authors and short stories most commonly read in college. Doesn't cover everything, but a great place to start if your story is here. A similar series, Poetry for Students ( Ref. PN 1101 .P756 ), does the same for poetry. In fact, pick a genre, there's probably a series like this for it. |
| e-books | Oxford
Reference Online. A Swiss Army knife for research. Search hundreds of specialized scholarly dictionaries and companions to literature, history, science, politics, the arts. Brief answers for context on almost any question. |
These indexes are available from the Library webpage under Research Databases, or you can search for them by name in the library catalog.
Academic Search Premier is the world's largest database of full text information on all subjects. Covers about 25 years.
InfoTrac OneFile is another extremely large collection of journal, magazine, and newspaper articles. Slightly better for popular titles.
JSTOR is an all scholarly, all full-text database which goes for depth rather than breadth. Especially good for history and literature.
Literature Resource
Center
Database for literary research
including biographical articles, full text literary criticism, current
journal articles and links to valuable web sites.
Librarian's Index to the
Internet>Books and Literature
A
directory assembled by librarians with links to scholarly resources in
a variety of topics related to publishing and literature. Especially
good for links to sites about authors.
Internet Public
Library>Literary Criticism Online
Links to scholarly web sites about authors and their works.
William
Faulkner on the Web
From the
University of Mississippi, provides an introduction to Yoknapatawpha
County, biographical information, entries on individual works and links
to additional information about Faulkner's works.
| In-Person Any library staff member can help you. However, reference librarians are available at the Reference Desk (just to the right as you enter the library) during the following hours:
| Phone On-campus: 4302 Off-campus: (864) 597-4302 Email
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