American Literature: a select bibliography of reference sources

Harner, James L. Literary research guide: a guide to reference sources for the study of literatures in English and related topics. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1989.: Reference Z2011 H34 1989 (LC)
Covers many of the sources listed below. "JH" numbers here refer to Harner's annotations and explanations.
Abrams, M.H. A glossary of literary terms. 7th ed. Fort Worth, Harcourt Brace College Publishers, 1999.: Reference PN44.5 A25 1999
Altick, Richard Daniel. The art of literary research. 4th ed. New York: Norton, 1993.: CCL PR33 A48 1993; JH 5
Barzun, Jacques. The modern researcher. 5th ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1992.: Reference D13 B375 1992; JH 10
The Cambridge guide to literature in English. Ed. Ian Ousby. Revised Edition. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1993.: Reference PR85 C29 1993; JH125
The Cambridge history of American literature. Ed. Sacvan Bercovitch. Cambridge; New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994-. 8 vols.: CCL PS92 C35 1994; JH 3205
The Columbia history of the American novel. Ed. Emory Elliott. New York: Columbia University Press, 1991.: CCL PS371 C75X 1991; JH 3470
Columbia literary history of the United States. Ed. Emory Elliott. New York: Columbia University Press, 1988.: Reference PS92 C64 1988
Also: CCL: JH 3195
The concise Oxford dictionary of literary terms. Compiled by Chris Baldick. Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1990.: Reference PN41 C67 1990
Also: CCL: JH 105
Dictionary of American regional English. Ed. Frederic G. Cassidy. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1985-: Reference PE2843 +D52 1985
Also: CCL Reference: JH 3350
A Dictionary of modern critical terms. Ed. Roger Fowler. Rev. ed. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1987.: Reference PN44.5 F68 1987; JH 6130
A Guide to twentieth-century literature in English. Ed. Harry Blamires. London; New York: Methuen, 1983.: Reference PR471 G78 1983
Hart, James David. The Oxford companion to American literature. 6th ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.: Reference PS21 H37 1995; JH 3210
The History of Southern literature. Ed. Louis D. Rubin, Jr. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1985.: CCL PS261 H53 1985
Harmon, William; Holman, C. Hugh. A handbook to literature. 8th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 2000.: Reference PN41 H65 2000; JH 105
A Literary history of the American West. Compiled by the Western Literature Association. Fort Worth: Texas Christian University Press, 1987.: Reference PS271 L58 1987
Also: CCL: JH 3615
Literary history of the United States: History. Ed. Robert E. Spiller. 4th ed. New York: Macmillan, 1974. 2 v.: Reference PS88 L57 1974
Also: CCL: JH 3200
Ludwig, Richard M. Annals of American literature, 1602-1983. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.: Reference PS94 L83 1986
Also: CCL Reference: JH 3220
Westbrook, Perry D. A literary history of New England. Bethlehem: Lehigh University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ: Associated University Presses, 1988.: CCL PS243 W42 1988; JH 3583

II. BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES

American biographical archive: a one-alphabet cumulation of almost 400 of the most important English-language biographical reference works on the United States and Canada originally published between the 18th and the early 20th centuries [microform]. Ed. Laureen Baillie, Gerry Easter. London; New York: K. G. Saur, [1986-: Reference Fiche B1209
American biographical archive. Series II [microform]. Compiled by Laureen Baillie. London; New York: K. G. Saur, 1993.: Reference Fiche B2801
American women writers: a critical reference guide from Colonial times to the present. Ed. Lina Mainiero, Langdon L. Fraust. New York: Ungar, 1988.: Reference PS147 A42 1988; JH 3390
American writers: a collection of literary biographies. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1974- <2001>: Reference PS129 +A55
Also: CCL Reference
American writers before 1800: a biographical and critical dictionary. Ed. James A. Levernier, Douglas R. Wilmes. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983. 3 v.: Reference PS185 A43
Also: SML Stacks: JH 4030
Bio-base. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1978-: Reference Desk Fiche S320
Also: KLINE,: JH 565
Biography and genealogy master index: a consolidated index to more than 3,200,000 biographical sketches in over 350 current and retrospective biographical dictionaries. Ed. Miranda C. Herbert, Barbara McNeil. 2nd ed. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1980. 8 v.: Reference Z5305 U5 +B56 1980 (LC); JH 565
Biography and genealogy master index. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1985-: Reference Z5305 U5 +B562 (LC); JH 565
Also available online
Biography index: a cumulative index to biographical material in books and magazines. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1946/49-: Reference Z5301 B56 (LC); JH 540
Also available online through FirstSearch from the Databases and Article Searching.
Contemporary authors: a bio-bibliographical guide to current writers in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry, journalism, drama, motion pictures, television and other fields. Detroit, MI: Gale, 1962-: Reference Z1224 C65 (LC); JH 595
Also available online through Gale Literary Databases.
Dictionary of American biography. New York: Charles Scribner's, 1928-1961. 22 v.: Reference E176 D5 (LC); JH 3380
A Dictionary of British and American women writers, 1660-1800. Ed. Janet Todd. Totowa, NJ: Rowman & Allanheld, 1985.: Reference PR113 D5 1985; JH 2265
Dictionary of literary biography. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1978- 2001: Reference PN451 +D53
Also available online through Gale Literary Databases: JH 600
Notable American women, 1607-1950; a biographical dictionary. Ed. Edward T. James. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.: Reference CT3260 N67 (LC)
Also: CCL Reference: JH 3385
Notable American women: the modern period: a biographical dictionary. Ed. Barbara Sicherman, Carol Hurd Green. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1980.: Reference CT3260 N69 (LC)
Also: CCL Reference: JH 3385
Van Doren, Charles Lincoln. Webster's American biographies. Springfield, MA: Merriam, [1974].: Reference CT213 V36 (LC)
Also: CCL Reference
Who was who among North American authors, 1921-1939. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1976. 2 v.: Reference Z1224 W6 (LC)

III. UNIVERSAL AND NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES

The National union catalog, pre-1956 imprints: a cumulative author list representing Library of Congress Printed cards and titles reported by other American libraries. London: Mansell, 1968-81. 754 v.: Reference Z881 A1 +N37 (LC); JH 235
A comprehensive catalog of the holdings of over 800 research libraries in the United States and Canada. An author catalog, it contains records, with location information, for books published anywhere in the world before 1956 but now held in the United States or Canada.
Supplemented by:
National union catalog. 1953/57- Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1958-: Reference Z881 A1 +N373 (LC); JH 235
NUC. Books [microform]. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1983-: Reference Fiche S122
British Museum. Dept. of Printed Books. General catalogue of printed books. Photolithographic Edition to 1955. London: Trustees of the British Museum, 1959-1966. 263v.: Reference Z921 +B86 (LC); JH 250
Supplements: 1956/65 (50v.); 1966/70 (26v.); 1971/75 (13v.)
Supplemented by:
British Library. General catalogue of printed books, 1976-1985. London: British Library, 1986.: Reference Fiche B1221
________. General catalogue of printed books, 1976-1985: Supplement, 1982-1985. London: British Library, 1986.: Reference Fiche B1223
Nineteenth century short-title catalogue. Teaneck, NJ: Distributed by Chadwyck-Healey, 1984- . Ser.1, phase 1: 1801-1815 (6 v.); ser.2, phase 1: 1816-1870 (14v.) In progress.: Reference Z2001 +N65 1984 (LC); JH 2475
Records extracted from the catalogues of the Bodleian Library, the British Library, the Library of Trinity College, Dublin, the National Library of Scotland, and the University Libraries of Cambridge and Newcastle and designed to provide a bibliographic record of British books published during thenineteenth century. This includes all books published in Britain, all books in English wherever published, and all translations wherever published.
The English short-title catalogue (formerly The Eighteenth-century stort-title catalogue).
An online database of works printed in any language in the British Isles, North America, and British territories, and in English throughout the rest of the world, from 1403 to 1800. Available through:
Eureka The online database of the Research Libraries Group.
Available through the Multi-Protocol Gateway (MPG) and through the Databases and Article Searching, where Eureka is also available in a WWW version.
Books in print. New York: Bowker, 1948-: SML stacks Z1215 +P97 (LC) [Latest edition at Catalog Reference Desk]
Also: CCL Reference [Latest edition only]: Available online through FirstSearch from the Databases and Article Searching.; JH 4225

IV. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Besterman, Theodore. A world bibliography of bibliographies and of bibliographical catalogues, calendars, abstracts, digests, indexes and the like. 4th ed. Lausanne: Societas Bibliographica, 1965-66. 5 v.: Reference Z1002 +B47 1965 (LC); JH 155
Bibliographic index: a cumulative bibliography of bibliographies. New York: H. W. Wilson, 1937/42-: Reference Z1002 B53 (LC); JH 145
Bibliographische Berichte. Frankfurt am Main: Klostermann, 1959-: SML stacks X353 B425; JH 145a
Nilon, Charles Hampton. Bibliography of bibliographies in American literature. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1970.: Reference Z1225 A1 N55 (LC)
Also: CCL: JH 3225

V. GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES

A. PRIMARY MATERIALS

American autobiography, 1945-1980: a bibliography. Ed. Mary Louise Briscoe, Barbara Tobias, Lynn Z. Bloom. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1982.: Reference Z5305 U5 +A47 1982 (LC); JH 3545
Arksey, Laura. American diaries: an annotated bibliography of published American diaries and journals. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1983-: Reference Z5305 U5 +A74 1983 (LC); JH 3540
Blanck, Jacob. Bibliography of American literature. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1955-91. 9. v.: Reference Z1225 B53 (LC)
Also: Manuscripts & Archives Yns72 1955 B55: JH 3250
Brenni, Vito Joseph. The Bibliographic control of American literature, 1920-1975. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979.: SML stacks Z1224.5 B73 (LC); JH p. 365
Evans, Charles. American bibliography: a chronological dictionary of all books, pamphlets, and periodical publications printed in the United States of America from the genesis of printing in 1639 down to and including the year 1820. Chicago: Blakely Press, 1903-1959.: Reference Z1215 +A3; Microform Reading Room Z1215 A3 1941 (LC)
Also: Andrews Study: JH 4005
Bristol, Roger P. Supplement to Charles Evans' American bibliography. Charloettesville: University Press of Virginia, [1970].: Reference Z1215 +A31 (LC)
Also: Andrews Study: JH 4005a
Shipton, Clifford Kenyon. National index of American imprints through 1800: the short-title Evans. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1969. 2 v.: Reference Z1215 S45 (LC); JH 4005a
Shaw, Ralph R. American bibliography: a preliminary checklist for 1801-1819. New York: Scarecrow Press, 1958-66. 22 v.: Reference Z1215 A32 (LC); JH 4125
Newton, Frances P. American bibliography, a preliminary checklist, 1801 to 1819: printers, publishers and booksellers index, geographical index. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1983.: Reference Z1215 A32 Index (LC)
Also: SML stacks Z1215 N58 1983 (LC)
Checklist of American imprints for.... 1820- New York: Scarecrow Press, 1964-: Reference Z1215 A33 (LC); JH 4130
First printings of American authors: contributions toward descriptive checklists. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1977-1987. 5 v.: Reference Z1231 F5 +F57 (LC); JH 3250a
Goff, Frederick Richmond. Incunabula in American libraries: a third census of Fifteenth-century books recorded in North American collections. Millwood, NY: Kraus, 1973.: Reference Z240 +G58 1973 (LC); JH 1820a
Kaplan, Louis. A bibliography of American autobiographies: compiled by Louis Kaplan; in association with James Tyler Cook, Clinton E. Colby, Jr., Daniel C. Haskell. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1961.: Reference Z1224 K36 (LC); JH 3545
Matthews, William. American diaries in manuscript, 1580-1954; a descriptive bibliography. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1974.: Reference Z1236 M37 (LC); JH 3540a
Robbins, J. Albert. American literary manuscripts: a checklist of holdings in academic, historical, and public libraries, museums, and authors' homes in the United States. 2d ed. Sponsored by the American Literature Section of the Modern Language Association. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1977.: Reference Z6620 U5 M63 1977 (LC); JH 3230
Rusk, Ralph Leslie. The literature of the Middle Western Frontier. New York: Columbia University Press, 1925.: Reference PS273 R87 1925
Also: SML stacks Is50 p925; Franklin 106 R89
Sabin, Joseph. Bibliotheca Americana: a dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time. New York: Sabin, 1868-1936. 29 v.: Reference Z1201 S22 (LC)
Also: SML stacks X401 868; Franklin 106 Sa2: JH 4015
Sargent, Lyman Tower. British and American utopian literature, 1516-1985: an annotated, chronological bibliography. New York: Garland Pub. Co., 1988.: Reference Z2014 U84 S27 1988 (LC); JH 1005
United States catalog: books in print. New York: Wilson, 1899-1928.: Reference Z1215 +U55 (LC); JH 375a
Wing, Donald Goddard. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America, and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700. 2nd ed. New York: Index Committee of the Modern Language Association of America, 1972-1988. 3 v.: Reference Z2002 +W55 1972 (LC); JH 1995
_____________. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, Ireland, Wales, and British America and of English books printed in other countries, 1641-1700. 2nd ed., newly rev. and enl. Revised and edited by John J. Morrison and Carolyn W. Nelson, editors, and Matthew Seccombe, assistant editor. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1994- .: Reference Z2002 +W55 1994 (LC)

B. SECONDARY MATERIALS

American literary realism, 1870-1910. Arlington, TX: University of Texas, Dept. of English, 1967-: SML stacks X405 A38; JH 4160
American literary scholarship. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1963-: Reference PS3 A43; JH 3265
American literature: a journal of literary history, criticism and bibliography. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1929-: SML stacks Non-Circulating Ia105 Am354 [Current issues in Periodical Reading Room]; JH 3425 American women writers: bibliographical essays. Ed. Maurice Duke, Jackson R. Bryer, M. Thomas Inge. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1983.; Reference Z1229 W8 A44 1983 (LC); JH 3275
An Annotated critical bibliography of modernism. Ed. Alistair Davies. Totowa, NJ: Barnes & Noble, 1982.: Reference Z2014 M6 A56 1982 (LC); JH 2795
Eight American authors: a review of research and criticism. Ed. James Woodress. Rev. ed. New York, NY: Norton, [1971].: Reference PS201 E42 1971
Also: CCL: JH 4140
Etulain, Richard. A bibliographical guide to the study of Western American literature. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 1982.: SML stacks Z1251 W5 E8 1982 (LC); JH 3670
Fifty Western writers: a bio-bibliographic sourcebook. Ed. Fred Erisman, Richard W. Etulain. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.: SML stacks PS271 F55; JH 3670a
Fifteen American authors before 1900: bibliographical essays on research and criticism. Ed. Earl N. Herbert, Robert A. Rees. Rev. ed. Madison, WI: University of Wisconsin Press, 1984.: Reference PS55 F53 1984
Also: CCL: JH 3280
Gallagher, Edward Joseph. Early Puritan writers: a reference guide: William Bradford, John Cotton, Thomas Hooker, Edward Johnson, Richard Mather, Thomas Shepard. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1976.: Reference Z1227 G34 (LC)
Gohdes, Clarence Louis Frank. Literature and theater of the states and regions of the U. S. A. ; an historical bibliography. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1967.: Reference Z1225 G643 (LC); JH 3570
Journal of modern literature. Philadelphia: Temple University, 1970-: SML stacks PN2 J68 [Current Issues in Periodical Reading Room]; JH 2780
Leary, Lewis Gaston. Articles on American literature, 1900-1950. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1954.: Reference Z1225 L429 (LC); JH 3295
Leary, Lewis Gaston. Articles on American literature, 1950-1967. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1970.: Reference Z1229 L43 (LC); JH 3295
The New England quarterly. Boston, MA: The New England Quarterly, Inc. [etc.], 1928-: SML stacks Non-Circulating Cg1 48 [Current issues in Periodical Reading Room]
Also: Andrews Study CF1 N4: JH 3590
Pownall, David E. Articles on twentieth century literature: an annotated bibliography, 1954 to 1970: an expanded cumulation of "current bibliography" in the journal Twentieth Century Literature, volume one to volume sixteen, 1955 to 1970. New York: Kraus-Thomson, 1973-.: Reference Z6519 P68; JH 2790
Resources for American literary study. College Park, MD, 1971-: SML stacks X405 R313; JH 3445
Rubin, Louis Decimus. A bibliographical guide to the study of Southern literature, with an appendix containing sixty-eight additional writers of the Colonial South. Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 1969.: Reference Z1225 R83 (LC)
Also: CCL Z1225 R8 (LC): JH 3625
Sixteen modern American authors: a survey of research and criticism. Ed. Johnson R. Bryer. Rev. ed. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1974 [1973].: Reference PS221 F54 1974
Also: CCL: JH 4240
Society for the Study of Southern Literature. Committee on Bibliography. Southern literature, 1968-1975: a checklist of scholarship. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, [1978].: Reference Z1225 +S63 (LC)
Somer, John L. American & British literature, 1945-1975: an annotated bibliography of contemporary scholarship. Lawrence: Regents Press of Kansas, 1980.: Reference Z1227 S65 (LC); JH 2800
Twentieth century literature. Hempstead, NY: Hofstra University Press, 1955-: SML stacks Ia105 T914 [Current Issues in Periodical Reading Room]; JH 2780a
White, Barbara Anne. American women writers: an annotated bibliography of criticism. New York: Garland Pub. Co., 1977.: Reference Z1229 W8 W45 (LC)

VI. GENRES

A. DRAMA

1. GENERAL

American playwrights since 1945: a guide to scholarship, criticism, and performance. Ed. Philip C. Kolin. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.: Reference PS350 A44 1989; JH 4287
American theatre companies. Ed. Weldon B. Durham. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, c1986-1989. 3 v.: Reference PN2221 A43 1986; JH 3505
Bordman, Gerald Martin. The Oxford companion to American theatre. 2nd ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.: Reference PN2220 B6 1992
Also: Drama Reference: JH 3500
Contemporary dramatists. London: St. James Press; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1973.: SML stacks PR106 V55 [Latest volume in Reference]; JH 2880
Odell, George Clinton Densmore. Annals of the New York stage. New York: Columbia University Press, 1927-1949.: SML stacks PN2277 N5 O34
Also: Drama Reference A 2 Od2: JH 3510

2. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Hixon, Donald L. Nineteenth century American drama: a finding guide. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.: SML stacks PS632 H57
Ottemiller, John H. Ottemiller's index to plays in collections: an author and title index to plays appearing in collections published between 1900 and 1985. 7th ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1988.: Reference Z5781 O88 1988 (LC); JH 1150
Play index. 1949/52-1978/82. New York: Wilson, 1953-1983.: Reference Z5781 P53 (LC)
Also: Drama Reference Z5781 P53 (LC) (through 1992): JH 1155
U.S. Copyright Office. Dramatic compositions copyrighted in the United States, 1870 to 1916. Washington, DC: Govt. Printing Office, 1918. 2 v.: SML stacks Z5781 U55 (LC); JH 4195
Wegelin, Oscar. Early American plays, 1714-1830 ; a compilation of the titles of plays and dramatic poems written by authors born in or residing in North America previous to 1830. 2nd ed. New York: Literary Collector Press, 1905.: Reference Z1231 D7 W44 1968 (LC); JH 4070a

3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

Carpenter, Charles A. Modern drama scholarship and criticism 1966-1980: an international bibliography. Toronto; Buffalo: University of Toronto Press, c1986.: SML stacks Z5781 +C37 (LC)
Also: Drama Reference Z5781 +C37 (LC): JH 2875
Eddleman, Floyd Eugene. American drama criticism ; interpretations, 1890-1977. 2nd ed. Hamden, CT: Shoestring Press, 1979.: Reference Z1231 D7 P35 1979 (LC); JH 3250
Harris, Richard Hough. Modern drama in America and England, 1950-1970: a guide to information sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1982.: Reference Z1231 D7 H36 (LC); JH 4290
King, Kimball. Ten modern American playwrights: an annotated bibliography. New York: Garland Publishing, 1982.: SML stacks Z1231 D7 K56 1982 (LC); JH 4290a
Larson, Carl F. W. American regional theatre history to 1900: a bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1979.: Reference Z5781 L34 (LC); JH 3575
Meserve, Walter J. American drama to 1900: a guide to information sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1980.: Reference Z1231 D7 M45 (LC); JH 4200
Modern drama. Toronto: A. M. Hakkert Ltd. May 1958-: SML stacks Hae10 M72 [Current Issues in Periodical Reading Room]
Also: Drama, Periodicals M [Current Issues:la]: JH 2870
National theatre critics' reviews. New York: Critics' Theatre Reviews, Inc., 1940-: SML stacks PN1707 A1 +N48 [Current Issues in Periodical Reading Room]
Also: Drama, Periodicals N
The New York Times theater reviews. New York: New York Times, 1870-: Reference PN2266 +N48
Schoenbaum, S. Bibliography of the American theater, excluding New York City. Chicago, IL: Loyola University Press, 1965.: Drama [no call number given]; JH 3580
Wilmeth, Don B. American and English popular entertainment: a guide to information sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., c1980.: CCL Z7511 W53 (LC)
Also: Drama Reference Z7511 W53 (LC): JH 3525a

B. FICTION

1. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Bibliography of American fiction, 1919-1988. Ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli, Judith S. Baughman. New York: Facts on File, 1991.: Reference Z1231 F4 +B47X 1991 (LC); JH 3287
Coan, Otis Welton. America in fiction; an annotated list of novels that interpret aspects of life in the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Palo Alto, CA: Pacific Books, 1967.: SML stacks X410 F967C; JH 890a
Dickinson, A. T. Dickinson's American historical fiction. 4th ed. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981.: Reference Z1231 F4 D47 1981 (LC); JH 890
Facts on File bibliography of American fiction, 1866-1918. Ed. James Nagel, Gwen Nagel, Judith S. Baughman. New York: Facts on File, 1993.: Reference Z1231 F4 +B46X 1993 (LC); JH 3287
Facts on File bibliography of American fiction through 1865. Ed. Kent P. Ljungquist, Judith S. Baughman. New York: Facts on File, 1994.: Reference Z1231 F4 +F33X 1994 (LC); JH 3287
Grimes, Janet. Novels in English by women, 1891-1920: A Preliminary Checklist. New York, NY: Garland Publishing, 1981.: Reference Z2013.5 W6 +G75 (LC); JH 2640
Messerli, Douglas. Index to periodical fiction in English, 1965-1969. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1977.: Reference Z2014 F5 M475 (LC); JH 1085a
Mish, Charles Carroll. English prose fiction. Charlottesville, VA: Bibliographical Society of the University of Virginia, 1952-: Reference Z2014 F4 +M57 (LC); JH 2095
Short story index. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1953-: Reference Z5917 S5 S56 (LC); JH 1085
Wright, Lyle Henry. American fiction, 1774-1850: a contribution toward a bibliography. 2nd ed. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1969.: Reference Z1231 F4 W75 1969 (LC); JH 4180
Wright, Lyle Henry. American fiction, 1851-1875: a contribution toward a bibliography. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1957.: Reference Z1231 F4 W7512 (LC); JH 4180
Wright, Lyle Henry. American fiction,1876-1900: a contribution toward a bibliography. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1966.: Reference Z1231 F4 W7528 (LC); JH 4180

2. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

Adelman, Irving. The contemporary novel: a checklist of critical literature on the British and American novel since 1945. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow, 1972.: Reference Z1231 F4 A33 (LC); JH p. 317
Eichelberger, Clayton L. A guide to critical reviews of United States fiction, 1870-1910. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971-74. 2 v.: Reference Z1225 E32 (LC); JH 4185a
Gerstenberger, Donna Lorine. The American novel: A checklist of twentieth-century criticism. Denver: A. Swallow, 1961-: Reference Z1231 F4 G47 (LC)
Also: CCL; CCL Reference: JH 3475
Holman, Clarence Hugh. The American novel through Henry James. Arlington Heights: AHM, 1966.: SML stacks Z1231 F4 H65 (LC); JH 4185
Kirby, David K. American fiction to 1900 ; a guide to information sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research, [1975].: Reference Z1231 F4 K57 (LC); JH 4185a
Nevius, Blake. The American novel: Sinclair Lewis to the present. New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts, [1970].: SML stacks Z1231 F4 N4 (LC); JH 4270a
Rosa, Alfred F. Contemporary fiction in America and England, 1950-1970: a guide to information sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., 1976.: SML stacks Z1231 F4 R57 (LC); JH p. 317
Weixlmann, Joseph. American short fiction criticism and scholarship, 1959-1977: a checklist. Chicago, IL: Swallow Press, 1982.: Reference Z1231 F4 W43 (LC)
Also: CCL Reference: JH 3480
Woodress, James Leslie. American fiction, 1900-1950: a guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale, 1974.: Reference Z1231 F4 W64 (LC)

C. POETRY

1. GENERAL

Contemporary poets. Preface to the first edition, C. Day Lewis ; preface to the fifth edition, Diane Wakoski ; editor, Tracy Chevalier. 5th ed. Chicago: St. James Press, 1991.: Reference Z2014 P7 C65 1991 (LC); JH 2895
Malkoff, Karl. Crowell's handbook of contemporary American poetry. New York: Crowell, [1973].: Reference PS323.5 M35
Also: CCL Reference: JH 1980
New Princeton encyclopedia of poetry and poetics. Ed. Alex Preminger and T. V. F. Brogan. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1993.: Reference PN1021 E52 1993
Also: CCL Reference: JH 1230
Perkins, David. A history of modern poetry. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1976-1987. 2 v.: CCL PR610 P47; JH 2890

2. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Chapman, Dorothy Hilton. Index to Black poetry. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1974.: Reference PN1025 C53; JH 3840a
Davis, Gwenn. Poetry by women to 1900: a bibliography of American and British writers. London; New York: Mansell, 1991.: Reference Z2013.5 W6 D38X 1991 (LC); JH 3534
Index of American periodical verse. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1971-: Reference Z1231 P7 I47 (LC); JH 4325
Lemay, J. A. Leo. A calendar of American poetry in the Colonial newspapers and magazines and in the major English magazines through 1765. Worcester, MA: American Antiquarian Society, 1972, [1970].: SML stacks Z1231 P7 L45 1972 (LC); JH 4080
Library of Congress. General Reference and Bibliography Division. Sixty American poets, 1896-1944. Washington, DC, 1954.: SML stacks Z1231 P7 +U55 (LC)

3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

Alexander, Harriet Semmes. American and British poetry: a guide to the criticism, 1925-1978. Athens, OH: Swallow Press, 1984.: Reference Z1231 P7 +A44 1984 (LC); JH 1255a
Guide to American poetry explication. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall, 1989. 2 v.: Reference Z1231 P7 R66 1989 (LC); JH 1255a
Kuntz, Joseph Marshall. Poetry explication: a checklist of interpretation since 1925 of British and American poems past and present. 3rd ed. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1980.: Reference Z2014 P7 K8 1980 (LC)
Also: CCL Reference: JH 1255

VII. ETHNICITIES

A. AFRICAN-AMERICAN

1. GENERAL

Bell, Bernard W. The Afro-American novel and its tradition. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 1987.: CCL PS153 N5 B43 1987; JH 3805
Black biography, 1790-1950: a cumulative index. Ed. Randall K. Burkett, Nancy Hall Burkett, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Alexandria: Chadwyck-Healey, 1987-1990. 4 v.: Reference Z1361 N39 +B52 1990 (LC); JH 3765
Logan, Rayford Whittingham. Dictionary of American Negro biography. New York: Norton, 1982.: Reference E185.96 L6 1982 (LC)
Also: CCL Reference: JH 3770
Peterson, Bernard L. Contemporary Black American playwrights and their plays: a biographical directory and dramatic index. New York: Greenwood Press, 1988.: Reference PS153 N5 P49 1988
Also: Drama Reference: JH 3825a
__________. Early Black American playwrights and dramatic writers: a biographical directory and catalog of plays, films, and broadcasting scripts. New York: Greenwood Press, 1990.: SML stacks PS153 N5 P495 1990
Also: Drama Reference: JH 3825a
Rush, Theressa Gunnels. Black American writers past and present: a biographical and bibliographical dictionary. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1975. 2 v.: Reference Z1229 N39 R87
Also: CCL Reference: JH 3755a
Sherman, Joan Rita. Invisible poets; Afro-Americans of the nineteenth century. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1974.: CCL PS153 N5 S48; JH 3830
Wagner, Jean. Black poets of the United States; from Paul Laurence Dunbar to Langston Hughes. Trans. Kenneth Douglas. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1973.: CCL PS153 N5 W3313; JH 3835

2. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Brignano, Russell C. Black Americans in autobiography; an annotated bibliography of autobiographies and autobiographical books written since the Civil War. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1974.: Reference Z1361 N39 B67 (LC)
Also: SML stacks: JH 3850
Chapman, Dorothy Hilton. Index to poetry by Black American women. New York: Greenwood Press, 1986.: Reference Z1229 N39 C45 1986 (LC); JH 3840
Daniel, Walter C. Black journals of the United States: historical guides to the world's periodicals and newspapers. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1982.: Reference PN4882.5 D36; JH 3775
Fairbanks, Carol. Black American fiction: a bibliography. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1978.: Reference Z1229 N39 F34 (LC); JH 3820
Glikin, Ronda. Black American women in literature: a bibliography, 1976 through 1987. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Co., Inc., 1989.: Reference Z1229 N39 G57 1989 (LC)

3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

Afro-American poetry and drama, 1760-1975: a guide to information sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Company, 1979.: Reference Z1229 N39 A37 (LC); JH 3845
Bibliographic guide to Black studies. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1975-: Reference Z881 N592 +S353 (LC); JH 3720
Callaloo: A Black South journal of arts and letters. Baton Rouge, LA: Callaloo, 1976-: SML stacks NX506 C34 (LC) [Current Issues in Periodical Reading Room]; JH 3790
Houston, Helen Ruth. The Afro-American novel, 1965-1975: a descriptive bibliography of primary and secondary material. Troy, NY: Whitston Pub. Co., 1977.: SML stacks Z1229 N39 H68 (LC); JH 3815a
Margolies, Edward V. Afro-American fiction, 1853-1976: a guide to information sources. Detroit: Gale Research Co., 1979.: Reference Z1229 N39 M37 (LC); JH 3815
Miller, Wayne Charles. A comprehensive bibliography for the study of American minorities. New York: New York University Press, 1976.: Reference Z1361 E4 +M52 (LC)
Also: SML stacks, Andrews Study: JH 3700
Perry, Margaret. The Harlem Renaissance: an annotated bibliography and commentary. New York: Garland Pub., 1982.: Reference Z5956 A47 P47 1982 (LC); JH 3750

B. ASIAN-AMERICAN

Cheung, King-Kok. Asian American literature: an annotated bibliography. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1988.: Reference Z1229 A75 C47 1988 (LC); JH 3940

C. NATIVE-AMERICAN

1. GENERAL

Dictionary of Native American literature. Ed. Andrew Wiget. New York: Garland, 1994.: Reference PM155 D53X 1994
Littlefield, Daniel F. A biobibliography of Native American writers, 1772-1924. Metuchen, NJ: Scarecrow Press, 1981.: Reference Z1209.2 U5 L57 (LC)
Wiget, Andrew. Native American literature. Boston: Twayne Publishers, 1985.: CCL PM155 W54 1984; JH 3865

2. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF PRIMARY SOURCES

Brumble, H. David. An annotated bibliography of American Indian and Eskimo autobiographies. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1981.: SML stacks Z1209 B78 (LC); JH 3925
Colonnese, Tom. American Indian novelists: an annotated critical bibliography. New York: Garland Pub., 1985.: SML stacks Z1229 I52 C65 1985 (LC); JH 3920
Danky, James Philip. Native American periodicals and newspapers, 1828-1982: bibliography, publishing record, and holdings. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984.: Reference Z1209.2 U5 D36 1984 (LC); JH 3895
Littlefield, Daniel F. American Indian and Alaska native newspapers and periodicals. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1984-: Reference PN4883 L57 1984; JH 3895

3. BIBLIOGRAPHIES OF SECONDARY SOURCES

Marken, Jack W. The American Indian: language and literature. Arlington Heights, IL: AHM Pub. Corp., 1978.: Reference Z7118 M37 (LC); JH 3875

D. HISPANIC-AMERICAN

Chicano literature: a reference guide. Ed. Julio A. Martinez and Francisco A. Lomeli. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1985.: Reference PS153 M4 C46 1985
Also: CCL: JH 3975a
Eger, Ernestina N. A bibliography of criticism of contemporary Chicano literature. Berkeley: Chicano Studies Library Publications, University of California, 1982.: Reference Z1229 M48 E36 1982 (LC); JH 3975
Trujillo, Roberto G. Literatura Chicana: creative and critical writings through 1984. Oakland, CA: Floricanto Press, 1985.: Reference Z1229 M48 T78 1985 (LC); JH 3975a

VIII. PERIODICALS

A. GENERAL SOURCES

Union list of serials in libraries of the United States and Canada. New York: H. W. Wilson Co., 1965.: Catalog Reference Desk Z6945 +U53 1965 (LC)
Also: Reference: JH 640a
New serial titles. Washington, DC: Library of Congress, 1953-: Reference Z6945 +N48 (LC)
Also: Catalog Reference Desk: JH 640
Chielens, Edward E. The literary journal in America to 1900: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit, MI: Gale Research Co., [1975].: Reference Z6951 C57 (LC); JH 4145
Chielens, Edward E. The literary journal in America, 1900-1950: A Guide to Information Sources. Detroit, MI. Gale Research Co., 1977.: Reference Z6951 C572 (LC); JH 4250
Directory of periodicals publishing articles on English and American literature and language. 1st ed. Chicago: Swallow Press, 1960.: Reference Z2015 P4 D56 (LC)
Kribbs, Jayne K. An annotated bibliography of American literary periodicals, 1741-1850. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1977.: Reference Z1219 +K75 (LC); JH 4040

B. INDICES AND ABSTRACTS

1. SERIAL/CURRENT

America: history and life. v.0(1954/63)-10 (1973). Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1964-1973.: Reference Z1236 +A43 (LC); JH 3310
America: history and life. Part A: article abstracts and citations. v.11-25. 1974-88.: Reference Z1236 +A4318 (LC); JH 3310
America: history and life. Part B: index to book reviews. v.11-25. 1974-88.: Reference Z1236 +A432 (LC); JH 3310
America: history and life. Part C: American history bibliography, books articles and dissertations. v.11-25. 1974-88.: Reference Z1236 +A433 (LC); JH 3310
America: history and life. Part D: annual index. v.11-25. 1974-88.: Reference Z1236 +A434 (LC); JH 3310
America: history and life. v.12- . Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio, 1989- .: Reference Z1236 +A4344 (LC); JH 3310
America: history and life on disc. Expanded edition. Santa Barbara: ABC-Clio.: CD-ROM Reference Center; 1964-present
American literature abstracts. San Jose, CA: American Literature Abstracts, 1967-72. 5 v.: SML stacks PS1 +A43; JH 3305
Arts & humanities citation index. 1976- . Philadelphia Institute for Scientific Information, 1977- . Three times a year, with the last issue the annual cumulation.: Reference Z5937 +A795 (LC); JH 365
Hapi, Hispanic American periodicals index, 1970-1974. Los Angeles, CA: UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California, c1984.: Reference Z6953.8 H36 1984 (LC)
Hapi, Hispanic American periodicals index. 1975- . Los Angeles, UCLA Latin American Center Publications, University of California.: Reference Z6953.8 +H36 (LC); Hapi is also available online through the Databases and Article Searching.
Index to Black periodicals. Boston, MA: G.K. Hall & Co., 1984-: Reference AI3 I563 (LC); JH 3740
International index to periodicals. v.1- 1907/15-1965. New York: H.W. Wilson. Quarterly.: Reference AI1 S63 (LC); JH 385
Modern Humanities Research Association. Annual bibliography of English language and literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1920-: Reference Z2011 M63 (LC); JH 340
Modern Language Association of America. MLA international bibliography of books and articles on the modern languages and literatures. New York: MLA, 1921-: Reference Z7006 M63 (LC); JH 335

2. RETROSPECTIVE

Marks, Patricia. American literary and drama reviews: an index to late Nineteenth century periodicals. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1984.: Reference PN2259 M37 1984; JH 4150a
Nineteenth century readers' guide to periodical literature, 1890-1899, with Supplementary Indexing, 1900-1922. New York: H.W. Wilson, 1944. 2v.: Reference AI3 +R43 (LC); JH 400a
Periodicals contents Index. (PCI) Alexandria, VA: Chadwyck-Healey, 1993-.: A keyword index to the titles of articles published in several hundred North American, British and Continental journals, covering all subjects from 1818 to the 1960's, with stronger coverage for journals published after 1900. There is no printed equivalent of this database.
Poole's Index to periodical literature. Rev. ed. Boston; New York: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1891- . 6v. In 7: Reference AI3 P656 1938 (LC)
Also available online
Also: SML stacks, Beinecke Reference: v.1: 1802-1880; v.2: 1892-1896; v.3: 1897-1891; v.4: 1892-1896; v.5: 1897-1901; v.6: 1902-1906; JH 4150
Supplemented by:
Wall, C. Edward. Cumulative author index for Poole's index to periodical literature, 1802-1906. Ann Arbor: Plerian Press, 1971.: Reference AI3 +P657 (LC)
Poole's Index: date and volume key. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 1957.: Reference AI3 +P658 (LC); JH 4150a

IX. PRIMARY SOURCES

ArchivesUSA. Alexandria, VA. Chadwyck-Healey, 1997- .
ArchivesUSA integrates three resources: The National union catalog of manuscript collections (NUCMUC), The Directory of archives and manuscript repositories in the US (DARMUS), and The National inventory of documentary sources in the United States (NIDS). Researchers can search descriptions of manuscript collections in the United States, link to information about the repositories, and locate the finding aids in NIDS, a microfiche collection in the Microtext Center of SML.
National inventory of documentary sources in the United States[microform]. Teaneck, NJ: Chadwyck-Healey, 1983-: Microform Reading Room Fiche B1333
National inventory of documentary sources in the United Kingdom & Ireland [microform]. Cambridge, Eng.: Chadwyck-Healey, 1988-.: Microform Reading Room Fiche B2262
Early American imprints, 1639-1800. [New York, NY: Readex Microprint Corp.], [1984?-: Microform Fiche B1130; JH 4005a
Early American imprints, 1801-1819. [microform]. Ed. American Antiquarian Society. New York: Readex, 1985-[1991].: Microform Fiche B2803; JH 4125a
Wright American fiction, v.I, 1774-1850. New Haven: Research Publications, [1974?]-: Microform Film B765
Wright American fiction, v.II, 1851-1875. New Haven: Research Publications, 1969.: Microform Film B838
Wright American fiction, v.III, 1876-1900. New Haven: Research Publications, 19--: Microform Film B855

X. DISSERTATIONS

Emerson, O. B. Southern literary culture: a bibliography of masters' and doctors' theses. Alabama: University of Alabama Press, 1979.: SML stacks Z1251 S7 C3 1979 (LC); JH 3630
Gabel, Gernot U. Dissertations in English and American literature: theses accepted by Austrian, French, and Swiss universities, 1875-1970. Hamburg: Gabel, 1977.: SML stacks Z2011 G25 (LC); JH 490
Howard, Patsy Cliffene. Theses in American literature, 1896-1971. Ann Arbor, MI: Pierian Press, 1973.: Reference Z1225 H67 (LC); JH 3315
Woodress, James Leslie. Dissertations in American literature, 1891-1966. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 1966.: Reference Z1225 W66 1968 (LC); JH 3315

XI. LIBRARY CATALOGS AND GUIDES

Ash, Lee. Subject collections: a guide to special book collections and subject emphases as reported by university, college, public, and special libraries and museums in the United States and Canada. 6th ed. New York: R. R. Bowker Co., 1985. 2 v.: Reference Z688 A2 +A83 1985 (LC); JH 205
Berg Collection. Dictionary catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American literature. Boston, MA: G. K. Hall, 1969. 5 v.: Reference Z2011 +N47 (LC); JH p. 24
Berg Collection.. Dictionary catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature: first supplement. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1975.: Reference Z2011 +N471 (LC); JH p. 24
Berg Collection. Dictionary catalog of the Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American literature: second supplement. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1983.: Reference Z2011 +N471 Suppl. 2 (LC); JH p. 24
Brown University. Library. Catalog of broadsides of American verse in the Harris Collection of American poetry and plays. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1986. 5 v.: Reference Z1231 B7 B76 (LC)
Harvard University. Library. American literature. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Library, 1970. 2 v.: Reference Z1225 +H37 (LC)
Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History. Dictionary catalog of the Schomburg Collection of NegroLliterature and History. Boston: G.K. Hall, 1967.: Reference Z881 N592 +S352 (LC); JH 3720
Continued by:
Bibliographic Guide to Black Studies. Boston: G. K. Hall, 1975-: Reference Z881 N592 +S353 (LC); JH 3270

XII. OTHER SOURCES

A. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND TEXTUAL CRITICISM

Bowers, Fredson Thayer. Principles of bibliographical description. NY: Russell & Russell, 1962.: SML stacks X350 949Bob; JH 5205
Gaskell, Philip. A new introduction to bibliography. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1972.: Reference Z116 A2 G27 (LC)
Also: CCL: JH 5195
Greetham, D. C. Textual scholarship: an introduction. New York: Garland, 1992.: SML stacks Z1001 G7X 1992 (LC); JH 5194
McKerrow, Ronald Brunlees. An introduction to bibliography for literary students. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1928.: SML stacks X350 927m
Also: CCL Z1001 M33 (LC): JH 5195a
Thorpe, James Ernest. Principles of textual criticism. San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1972.: CCL P47 T563; JH 5240
Williams, William Proctor. An introduction to bibliographical and textual studies. 2nd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1989.: SML stacks Z1001 W58 1989 (LC); JH 5200

B. STYLE MANUALS

Achtert, Walter S. The MLA style manual. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1985.: Reference PN147 A28 1985 (LC)
Also: CCL Reference; SML stacks: JH 6400
Gibaldi, Joseph. MLA handbook for writers of research papers. 4th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 1995.: Reference LB2369 G53X 1995 (LC); JH 6400
University of Chicago. Press. The Chicago manual of style; for authors, editors, and copywriters. 14th ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1993.: Reference Z253 U49 1993 (LC); JH 6395

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