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Try synonyms and related terms:
poetics OR prosody
"short stories" OR "short fiction"
drama OR plays
From the information you find in the Catalog, be sure to note:
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Click on the links below to search for articles from periodicals (magazines, journals, newspapers, etc.) and for information from electronic books and multimedia resources. From off-campus, you will need to log in with your AACC username and password or enter the barcode number from the back of your AACC photo ID or Truxal Library card.
Gale Literature
Biographical information about authors and overviews and criticism of their literary works, from periodicals, eBooks, and more; contains books series like Literary Themes for Students, Literary Movements for Students, Poetry for Students, Drama for Students, Novels for Students, and much more
Infobase eBooks
Extensive background and criticism of literary works and their authors, as well as in-depth explorations of literary movements and genres, from a large collection of Bloom's Guides
MagillONLiterature Plus
Literary criticism, book reviews, work overviews, and more from Magill's and Masterplots
Project MUSE
Full text of scholarly literary journals like Modern Drama, Studies in the Novel, Journal of Narrative Theory, and more
JSTOR Arts & Sciences Collections
Full text of scholarly literary journals like Poetics Today, Twentieth Century Literature, New Literary History, and more
Ebook Central
Includes criticism, biographies, and full-text literary works
EBSCO eBook Collection
Includes criticism, biographies, and full-text literary works
ABC-CLIO eBook Collection
Books dealing with literary themes and history, as well as titles about specific literary works and authors
Credo Reference
Hundreds of reference books, including A Dictionary of Literary Symbols, Key Terms in Literary Theory, The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics, and much more
Oxford English Dictionary
Definitive record of the English language
Oxford African American Studies Center
African and African American literary figures and their literary works
To further research historical context of literary works, use:
Daily Life through History
Historical information about different cultures throughout history
Academic Video Online
Commercial and governmental newsreels, archival footage, public affairs footage, and important documentaries
National Newspapers & The Sun
Includes current and historical content from the New York Times (from 1851), Washington Post (from 1877), Baltimore Sun (from 1837), and more
NOT ENOUGH INFO? Try our multi-disciplinary databases:
Academic Search Premier and Gale Academic OneFile
Researching a play?
Visit our Research Guide to Theater Arts
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Use the library's Finding Articles from Citations page, which is part of the Finding Materials from Citations Guide.
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Find these materials in the Reference Section of Truxal Library:
LITERARY TERMINOLOGY
LITERARY CRITICISM & WORK OVERVIEWS
LITERARY BIOGRAPHY
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