L I B R A R Y

LITERATURE RESOURCES

REFERENCE
BOOKS
MEDIA
DATABASES
JOURNALS
WEBSITES
OTHER
OSU LINKS

This guide identifies resources in the field of Literature. This guide is meant to be a starting point for research and is not comprehensive. Please contact a Librarian if you need assistance in finding information.

You must login to the OSU-Tulsa Website (Click on Off-Campus Access) in order to view the following Databases, Journals and Electronic Books. To view NetLibrary Ebooks remotely you must set up an account in the Library.

REFERENCE

Reference books are good sources to find an overview of your topic, a definition of a term, a fact or a statistic.

Almanacs

American Literary Almanac: from 1608 to the Present
Circulation PS92 .A38

Bowker Annual of Library and Book Trade Information
 Reference Z731 .A47

New York Public Library Desk Reference
 Reference AG6 .N49

Atlases

Unavailable

Bibliographies

Unavailable

Biography

Biography & Genealogy Index Database

Biography Resource Center Database

Contemporary Authors Database

Contemporary Literary Criticism Database

Gale Literary Index Database

Book Reviews

Academic Search Elite Database

 American Reference Books Annual 2000 , 1999 , 1998 , 1997 NetLibrary Ebook
and Reference Z5848 .A72

Book Review Digest
 Reference and Index Z1219 .C95

Book Review Index
Reference Z1035.A1 B6

Book Review Index Online Plus Database

Booklist Journal

Books In Print with Reviews Database

Expanded Academic ASAP Database

Factiva Database
 New York Times Book Review.

Library Journal Journal

London Review of Books Online Website

Magills Literary Annual
 Reference and Circulation Z1219 .M33

ProQuest Reference Library Database

School Library Journal Journal

Dictionaries / Encyclopedias

Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable
Reference PE1630 .B74

Concise Oxford Dictionary of French Literature
Reference PQ41 .C6

Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Reference PN41 .C67

Dictionary of Literary Biography
Reference PS21 .D5

Dictionary of Literary Terms
Reference PN41 .C83

Larousse Dictionary of Literary Characters
Reference PR19 .L37

Oxford English Dictionary
Reference PE1625 .O87

Directories

Unavailable

Handbooks

Unavailable

Statistics

Statistical Abstract of the United States Website
and Reference HA202 .S82

Statistical Universe Database

Style Manuals

APA's Web Guide to Electronic Reference Formats Website

Chicago Manual of Style
Reference PN147 .C44

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing
Reference PN147 .G444

Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
Reference PN147 .T8

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
 Reference and Circulation PN147 .P83

Yearbooks

Unavailable

BOOKS

Books, videos, and dvds can be found in the OSU-Tulsa Library Catalog by author, title, keyword, or subject heading. Keyword searching allows you to AND terms together to produce a more focused list of available books.

You may want to check the Library of Congress Subject Headings Reference Z695 .Z8 L524 for a comprehensive list of terms to search in the Online Catalog.

Once you have identified a book you want, note the location and entire call number to identify where the book is located in the Library.

We also have approximately 40,000 full-text electronic books. These can be found through the Catalog or by going to the Library Website and clicking on Books and Electronic Book Collections. To view NetLibrary Ebooks remotely, you must set up an account in the Library.

Books In Print with Reviews Database - This is a database of books that are currently In-Print. Out-of-print books are noted as well. It is a good source to verify bibliographic information and to see what books have been published on a specific subject.

WorldCat  Database Database - This is a database of books cataloged by libraries worldwide. It is a good source to verify bibliographic information, to see what books have been published on a specific subject and to see what libraries own them.

MEDIA

Videos / DVDS

SELECTED VIDEOS XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX SHAKESPEARE VIDEOS

Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman (Video)
Media PN1997.85 .A77 1998 		Antony and Cleopatra (Video)
Media PR2802 .A23 L58 1993
Beowulf (Video)
Media PR1585 .B4 1987 		As You Like It (Video)
Media PR2803 .A2 L48 1996
Charles Dickens' Great Expectations (Video)
Media PR4560 .G74 1999 		Hamlet (Video)
Media PR2829 .A23 B72 1997
David Copperfield (Video)
Media PN1997 .D38 2000 		Henry IV, Part One & Part Two (Video)
Media PR2814 .A23 B22 1987
Edgar Allan Poe (Video)
Media PS2631 .E33 1995 		Julius Caesar (Video)
Media PR2808 .A23 L64 1989
Emily Dickinson: A Certain Slant of Light (Video)
Media PS1541 .Z5 E45 1995 		King Lear (Video)
Media PR2819 .A23 K5 1984
History of the English Language (Video)
Media PE1075 .H577 2001 		Macbeth (Video)
Media PR2823 .A2 P65 1987
Innocents Abroad (Video)
Media PS1312 .T66 1982  		Measure for Measure (Video)
Media PR2824 .A23 B75 1987
Last of the Mohicans (Video)
Media PN1997 .L37 D39 1996 		Merchant of Venice (Video)
Media PR2825 .A2 S53 1993
Mark Twain (Video)
Media PS1331 .W372 2001		 Midsummer Night's Dream (Video)
Media PN1997 .M53 1993
Moby Dick (Video)
Media PS2384 .M62 M62 1998 		Much Ado about Nothing (Video)
Media PR2828 .A2 B72 1993
Old Man and the Sea (Video)
Media PS3515 .E37 O53 2000 		Othello (Video)
Media PR2829 .A23 1998
Robert Frost (Video)
Media PS3511 .R94 Z842 1995 		Richard III (Video)
Media PR2821.A2 O45 1955
Story of English (Video)
Media PE1075 .S77 1986 		Romeo and Juliet (Video)
Media PR2831 .A37 P371 1995
To Kill a Mockingbird (Video)
Media PS3562 .E353 T6 1998 		Tempest (Video)
Media PR2833 .A2 C36 1983
Titus Andronicus (Video)
Media PR3093 .T58 1987
Tragedy of King Richard the Second (Video)
Media PR2820 .A23 T7 1982
Twelfth Night, or What You Will (Video)
Media PR2837 .A23 N8 1997

See Writing Out Loud (keyword) for individual author interviews on DVD (Reserves).

Also see OSU-Tulsa Library Subject Guide Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers.
DATABASES
A full-text database provides full-text access to periodical, journal, and magazine articles. In most case all you need to do is print out the article. From the Library Webpage, click on Journals and then click on General or a Broad Subject. Each database is designed so that you can usually search by keyword, subject, author, title or article, and/or title or the periodical. You also can limit by date as well as other parameters.

An index database provides a citation to the article, i.e. title of article, author, journal title, volume and issue number, page number, and date. You should check other databases for possible full-text coverage. You may need to consult the Catalog or Journals by Title to determine if the journal is owned by OSU-Tulsa Library in paper or microfiche.

Contemporary Authors Index Academic Search Elite Selective Full-Text
Contemporary Literary Criticism Index

Dissertations and Theses Selective Full-Text
Gale Literary Index Index

Expanded Academic ASAP Selective Full-Text
Roth Index to Poetry and Short Stories Index (CD ROM - Ask at the Reference Desk) Facts On File Full-Text
 

MAS FullTEXT Ultra Selective Full-Text
  Reference Universe Database
 

Research Library Selective Full-Text
  TVNews Archive Selective Full-Text

JOURNALS

Journals are considered to be more scholarly in focus than magazines and are often peer-reviewed. They may be available electronically full-text, in print, in microfiche or in any combination of these three formats. The following list of journals is only a selective list of available titles. Note that the dates of electronic journals are subject to change due to publisher and database vendor availability. Dates of coverage for print and microfiche journals can be found in the OSU - Tulsa Library Catalog or Journals by Title.

African American Review Modern Language Notes
African Languages and Cultures New England Quarterly
Alif: Journal of Comparative Poetics New German Critique
American Literary History Negro American Literature Forum
American Literature New Literary History
Black American Literature Forum Nineteenth-Century Literature
Booklist Nineteenth-Century Fiction
Boundary 2 PMLA
Callaloo Poetics Today
Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature Renaissance News
Chinese Literature: Essays, Articles, Reviews (CLEAR) Renaissance Quarterly
College Composition and Communication Representations
College English -
This is the college edition of English Journal.
Review of English Studies
Comparative Literature Rhetoric Review
Diacritics School Library Journal
ELH Shakespeare Quarterly
English Journal -
This is the high school edition. 		Slavic and East European Journal
French Review Social Text
German Quarterly Speculum
Hispania Studies in English Literature
Hispanic Review Studies in the Renaissance
Italica Transactions and Proceedings of the
Modern Language Association of America
Journal of African Cultural Studies Transactions of the Modern Language
Association of America
Journal of American Folklore Trollopian
Language Transition
Library Journal Tulsa Studies in Women's Literature
MELUS Twentieth Century Literature
MLN

World Literature Today

Modern Language Association of America. Proceedings Yale French Studies

WEBSITES

Specialized websites are excellent sources of information. Commercial, governmental, and nonprofit organizations, i.e. universities, associations, societies, libraries, etc. maintain websites. These websites provide an overview of the field, historical information, current trends, statistics, publish a newsletter or journal, identify recommended publications in the field, advertise workshops and conferences, provide information on career opportunities, and supply contact names, etc. Specialized websites are important in library research. The following websites have been evaluated and are recommended for use.

American Folklore Internet Public Library
Bartleby Joe Fishstein Collection of Yiddish Poetry
Black Drama: 1850 - Present Literary Resources on the Net
Caxton's Chaucer Oklahoma Center for the Book
Chronicles of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Project Gutenberg
Geoffrey Chaucer Website Works of Edgar Allen Poe
In Search of Shakespeare  

OTHER

SPECIALIZED
GENERAL
LookWAYup Website Academic Universe Database
  Librarian Index to the Internet Website
  RefDesk Website

OSU LINKS

Oklahoma Center for Poets and Writers OSU Department of English

Questions or comments about the OSU-Tulsa Library Subject Guide? Contact the OSU-Tulsa Library Liaison:
Lynn Wallace at lynn.wallace@okstate.edu Compiled by Jo Ann Wilson
Last modified 2/28/2005