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Literature Resources: Reference Materials
English and literature resources in Davis Library at the University of Rio Grande
Provides full text information on thousands of authors and their works including: study guides; plot summaries; articles of literary criticism; full text of literary journals; and author biographies.
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
Descriptions of doctoral dissertations and master's theses some of which may be available through traditional interlibrary loan: http://www.rio.edu/library/Interlibrary-Loan-Request.cfm
Contains 440 works of 80 novelists and short-story writers, 1774-1850. This database comprises the full texts of the first editions of American novels and short stories written before 1850 by authors of significance during their lifetimes.
A collection of 1,200 books and anthologies of early American poetry providing access to 40,000 poems of American writers from the 17th to the early 20th century.
[OhioLINK] Now offered as part of the American and English Literature Collection through the OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC). Use Search by Collection pull down menu to limit search to only African-American Poetry.
[OhioLINK] Full text of books and other sources of poetry, drama and prose originally published in print. Also includes 21 historic editions of the Bible in English. Offered through the OhioLINK Electronic Book Center (EBC).
Full text of poetry intended for the stage from the late thirteenth century through the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods to the end of the nineteenth century.
Full text contains classic works of French literature to from the eighteenth, nineteenth and twentieth centuries, with a smaller selection of seventeenth century texts as well as some medieval and Renaissance texts.
Descriptive records for major European national, university and research library holdings representing the history of printing and the history of the book.
Paper Miscellaneous Reference Books in Reference Collection - Main Floor, Davis Library with Call Numbers
Oxford English Dictionary
Call Number: R 423 M982
A guide to the meaning, history, and pronunciation of over half a million words, both present and past. It traces the usage of words through 2.5 million quotations from a wide range of international English language sources.
Science Fiction: History, Science, Vision
Call Number: R 809.3876 S368
Cyclopedia of Literary Places
Call Number: R 809.922 C995
Use the Index in Volume 3.
Cyclopedia of Literary Characters
Call Number: R 809.927 C995
Use the Index in Volume 5.
Dictionary of Fictional Characters
Call Number: R 820.3 F855
Contemporary Authors
Call Number: R 928.1 C761
Look for and use the paper bound Cumulative Index which has a green dot on the spine and indexes the over 200 volumes of this work. Davis Library has the Original
Contemporary Authors (Volumes 1 – 160 and years 1962 - 1998, and denoted by simple volume numbers in the index) and the New Revision Series (Volumes 1 - 62 and years 1981 - 1998, and denoted by "CANR" in the index) in paper.
Film & Drama Reference Books - Davis Library Main Floor
Magill's Survey of Cinema
Call Number: R 791.43 M194
Use the Indexes in Volume 4 and Volume 6.
Film: An International History of the Medium
Call Number: R 791.4309 S628
Oxford Companion to the Theatre
Call Number: R 792.03 H333
Oxford Companion to American Theatre
Call Number: R 792.0973 O98
Monologues from Classic Plays
Call Number: R 808.8245 M751
Drama A-Z
Call Number: R 809.2 V367
Market Information - Reference Books
Writer's Market
Call Number: R 808.025 W956
Poet's Market
Call Number: R 808.81 P745
Collections - Reference Books
Granger's Index to Poetry
Call Number: R 808.81 G7581
These indicate where where specific poems, plays, short stories, etc. can be located in collections of such things.
Play Index
Call Number: R 808.82 P722
Short Story Index
Call Number: R 808.83 S559
Essay and General Literature Index
Call Number: R 808.84 E74
General Criticism - Reference Books
Critical Survey of Long Fiction
Call Number: R 808.81 G7581
Critical Survey of Short Fiction
Call Number: R 808.8309 C934c
World Literature Criticism
Call Number: R 809 W927
1,300 Critical Evaluations of Selected Novels and Plays
Call Number: R 809.924 M467
Use the Index in Volume 4.
Antiquities - Reference Books
Dictionary of Scripture and Myths
Call Number: R 290.3 G248
Encyclopedia of World Mythology and Legend
Call Number: R 291.13 M553
Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Call Number: R 803 B847
Dictionary of Medieval Romance & Romance Writers
Call Number: R 809.02 S744
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Call Number: R 880 H342
Harper's Dictionary of Classical Literature and Antiquities
Call Number: R 913.38 P366
Poetry and Criticism - Reference Books
Masterplots II: Poetry Series
Call Number: R 809.1 M423
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Call Number: R 809.103 E56
Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Call Number: R 809.103 E56
Survey of American Poetry
Call Number: R811.008 S963
Use the Index in Volume X.
American Literature and Criticism - Reference Books
American Writers
Call Number: R 810.9 A512
Use the Index in Volume 4 and look for the Supplements.
Cambridge History of American Literature
Call Number: R 810.9 C17
Modern American Literature
Call Number: R 810.9 M689
Oxford Companion to American Literature
Call Number: R 810.9 O98
American Authors 1600-1900
Call Number: R 928.1 K96am
Ohio Authors and Their Books
Call Number: R 928.1 C881
Black American Writers
Call Number: R 928.1 R953
English Literature and Criticism - Reference Books
British Writers
Call Number: R 820.9 B862
Use the Index in Volume 5.
Masterplots II: British and Commonwealth Fiction
Call Number: R 823.00924 M423
Use the Index in Volume 4.
Cambridge History of English Literature
Call Number: R 820.9 C178
Use the Index in Volume 15.
Moulton's Library of Literary Criticism
Call Number: R 820.9 M927
Use the Index in Volume 4.
Library of Literary Criticism
Call Number: R 820.9 M927
Use the Index in Volume 8.
Chaucer and the Fifteenth Century
Call Number: R 820.9 O98
Oxford Companion to English Literature
Call Number: R 820.9 O98
Children's & Young Adult Literature - Reference Books
Cyclopedia of Young Adult Authors
Call Number: R 810.9 C995
Use the Index in Volume 3.
Shakespeare - Reference Books
Shakespeare A to Z
Call Number: R 822.33 B789
Shakepeare Glossary
Call Number: R 822.33 O58
Concordance to Shakespeare
Call Number: R 822.33 G-B28
International Literature and Criticism - Reference Books
