British Literature I (Eng 321)

Selected Library Resources 
Elmhurst College


Finding Books

Search Illinet Online, the library's catalog.

Sample Searches Using Library of Congress Subject Headings

Alleyn, Edward, 1566-1626.

Beowulf

Dramatists, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography

Epic poetry, English (Old)--History and criticism

Globe Theatre (Southwark, London, England)

Modernism (Literature)

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Criticism and Interpretation

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616--Stage history--To 1625

Stoppard, Tom--Criticism and interpretation

Theater--England--History

Theaters--England--London--History--16th century

Women in the theater--Great Britain--History

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Shakespeare Concordances and Other Reference Materials

    Britannica Online ~ The Encyclopedia Britannica, a good source of background information and bibliographies.

    Daily Life in Elizabethan England, 1995. Reference R 942.055 S617

    The Harvard Concordance to Shakespeare, 1973. Reference R822.33G S752h

    History of the Theatre, 8th ed., 1999. Reference R 792.09 B864h 1999

    Medieval England: An Encyclopedia, 1998. Reference R 942M489

    Victorian Britain, 1988. Reference R 942.081 V645

 

Finding Literary Criticism

MLA International Bibliography ~ The major index in literary studies.

How do I find out if the Elmhurst College Library has the journal I need?

Drama Criticism. 12 vols. Reference R 809.2 D763c

Shakespearean Criticism. 54 vols. Reference R 822.33DS527c

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Using the Web: Resources and Evaluation

Literary Web Sites

Evaluating Web Sites

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Documentation

  • Citing Sources
  • MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 1999. Reference R 808.02 G437mLp 1999 (Ask for this at the reference desk in the library.)

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This page was created 9/14/2000 and was last modified 9/14/2000.

Email Anne Jordan-Baker, Assistant Librarian.