ENGL 112-01 (Introduction to Literary Analysis)   Tags: english, english literature, literary criticism, literature  

Research begins by digging in core, scholarly resources and then reading and evaluating with a discerning eye

How to Read and Why, by Harold Bloom, PN83 .B55 2000

How to Read World Literature [electronic resource] by David Damrosch

How to Read a Book, by Mortimer J. Adler and Charles van Doren, PN83 .A43 1972

Give your attention to wisdom, your mind to understanding and dig for it - keep at it - dig, read, evaluate and then repeat these over and over, all the while writing down ideas until something sparks your imagination and interpretation begins to surface.

Library of Congress Classicification Outline

P -- Language and Literature (select Word or PDF)

Oxford English Dictionary (OED), THE premier English dictionary (hardcopy)

Oxford English Dictionary (OED) ONLINE, An elecronic version of THE English dictionary

Oxford Reference Online, an online reference library including dictionaries and encyclopedias

MLA Directory of Periodicals, publishing details about the journals indexed in MLA International Bibliography

Literature Online, searchable database of key criticism and reference resources

Litfinder, provides access to full-text poems, stories and plays plus bibliographies, essays and explanatio

Cambridge biographical encyclopedia, E. Campus Reference, CT103.C26 1998 (hardcopy)

Cambridge biographical dictionary, E. Campus Reference, CT103.C25 1996 (hardcopy)

Stanford encyclopedia of philosophy (open access)

The Concise Oxford dictionary of literary terms, (Chris Baldick), E. Campus Reference, PN41.C67 2004 (hardcopy)

The Bedford Glossary of critical and literary terms, (Ross Murfin, Supryia M. Ray), E. Campus Reference, PN44.5 .M86 1998 (hardcopy)

Norton Anthology of American Literature (Online Glossary)

A Glossary of Literary Terms (Gale Online Glossary)

Literary Vocabulary, Carson-Newman College (Online literary terms compiled by Dr. Wheeler)

American National Biography Online, Offers portraits of over 18,700 men and women (database)

Gale Virutal Reference Library, Includes biographical and literary criticism resources (database)

Who's Who, premiere biographical information (hardcopy)

APU SEARCH OPTIONS

APU Library Catalog (Quick Search)

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Link+ Catalog- Advanced Search

Articles-Multi-Database Search

Periodical Finder - Full-text Journals by Title

WorldCat, a catalog of North American Libraries