Subject Headings include but are not limited to:
| Children in literature |
Realism in literature |
Swahili literature |
| American literature |
Fantastic literature |
Quotations |
| Literature—History and criticism |
Wells, H.G. 1866-1946, Criticism and Interpretation. |
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--In literature
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Call Numbers
Using Library of Congress Classification system, the call number indicates the location of books on the shelves. Stack books are on the second floor
| PA |
Classical Languages and literature |
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PR |
English Literature |
| PN 80-99 |
Literature-Criticisms |
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PS |
American Literature |
| PN 1010 |
Literature-Poetry |
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PT |
Germanic Literature |
| PN 1600 |
Literature-Drama |
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PZ |
Fiction |
| PN 3311 |
Literature- Prose, Fiction |
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PN 6080 |
Quotations |
Searching for Ebooks or Online Books
netLibrary integrates over 26,000 full text ebooks into the library holdings.
ebrary integrates over 30,000 full text ebooks into the library holdings.
Bartleby.com And so, Bartleby.com—after the humble character of its namesake scrivener, or copyist—publishes the classics of literature, nonfiction, and reference free of charge for the home, classroom, and desktop of each and every Internet participant.
Project Gutenberg seeks to put more than 10,000 paper editions of classics in the public domain into electronic format.
Classics Collections Page http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/cm/classics/
Internet Classics Archive http://classics.mit.edu/index.html
Searching the Reference Collection
Photocopies can be made of needed text as reference books are not available for check out. Some titles have duplicates in the stacks; it will be noted on the PAC record as a copy. This abbreviated list of sources is used for quick information.
| Cyclopedia of World Authors |
Ref PN 451 .M36 |
| Literature Criticism from1400 to 1800 (Gale) |
Ref. PN86 .L53 |
| European Authors, 1000-1900 |
Ref PN 451 .K8 |
| Masterplots II: American Fiction Series |
Ref PN 846 .M37 |
| Grangers Index to Poetry (7th edition) |
Ref PN 1022 .G7 |
| Hispanic Literature Criticism |
Ref PQ 7081 .A1 H573 |
| American Women Writers |
Ref PS 147 .A42 |
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African American Writers
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Ref PS 153 .N5 A344 |
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Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers
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Ref PS 374 .S35 T89
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Finding Professional Journal Articles
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By journal title:
From the library homepage, enter the name of the journal in the search box near the top. Change the tag to read “Journal Title” then enter. If your journal is full text in one of our databases the result will include a link to the database where you can access the full text. If there were no hits you can complete online an ILL form requesting a journal article reprint. Allow 7 days for receipt of the reprint. http://library.trevecca.edu
By subject:
Electronic Resources Link: You can select a general database or peruse by field of study a list of subscriber databases and Internet sites. Accessing databases off campus access requires you to provide your name and the ID number from your student ID. http://www.trevecca.edu/library/screens/eresources
Literature Database Descriptions
- Humanities Module - From ProQuest: Search all humanities titles on subjects such as communication, history, journalism, literature, philosophy, religion and more
- InfoTrac, use one of the online interdisciplinary databases, such as Expanded Academic Index or OneFile. In a subject search, you may start out with a broad topic. You will have categories listed from which you can narrow your search.
In PQD, type in specific topic. You can limit your online search to scholarly journals only that provide you with a result list of scholarly and more relevant articles.
Scribners Writers Series -part of the InfoTrac collection of databases. Scribner Writers Series includes 15-20 page signed essays on more than 2,000 authors and literary genres drawn from the acclaimed Scribner print series. The Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors - part of the InfoTrac collection of databases. Comprises 600 full-text titles from the Twayne Literary Masters series, 200 each from Twayne World, US, and English Authors. Both Scribners and Twayne series will soon become a part of the Literature Resource Center. Just added to InfoTrac, Southern Life, has many articles related to southern literature and authors.
When accessing databases from off campus, you will be asked to verify your Trevecca status
with your name and the 11 digit barcode number from your student I.D.
Internet Resources- Literature & Criticism
Selected Sites By Author
Achebe, Chinua http://web.cocc.edu/cagatucci/classes/hum211/achebe.htm
Aristotle http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/aristotle.html
Borges, Jorge Luis http://www.themodernword.com/borges/index.html
Cervantes, Miguel de http://www.csdl.tamu.edu/cervantes/english/index.html
Dorr, Lawrence http://www.eerdmans.com/Interviews/dorrinterview.htm
France, Marie de (12th c) http://www.people.vcu.edu/~cmarecha/
Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von http://www.goethesociety.org/
Ibsen, Henrik (1828-1906) http://www.mnc.net/norway/Ibsen.htm
Kafka, Franz (1883-1924) http://www.pitt.edu/~kafka/intro.html
Mahfouz, Naguib http://nobelprize.org/literature/articles/mahfouz/index.html
Resnais, Alan http://dvd.ign.com/articles/426/426080p1.html
Richardson, Don http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlight/movies/2003/peacechild.html
Sophocles (c.496 B.C.E.-406 B.C.E.) http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/cgi-bin/ptext?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0004:id=sophocles-3
Valmiki http://www.bhagwanvalmiki.com/valmiki0.htm
Voltaire http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/95nov/voltaire.html
Xun, Lu (1881-1936) http://www-hsc.usc.edu/~gallaher/luxun/luxun.html
Children's Literature Web sites:
Carol Hursts Children's Literature http://www.carolhurst.com/
Children's Lit. Web Guide http://www.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database http://www.childrenslit.com/
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature http://www.fairrosa.info/
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