Library of literary criticism (Series). New York: Frederick Ungar.

(1969) Modern American literature. (4th ed.). (Vols. 1-3).(XPS 221 .C81969)

Serafin, S. R. (Ed.). (2001). The Continuum encyclopedia of American literature. New York: Continuum. (X PS 21.E53 2001)

Spiller, R. E., et al. (Eds.). (1963). Literary history of the United States (3rd ed.). (Vols. 1-2). New York: Macmillan. (PS 88 .L5 1963).

First volume has the history. Other volumes have bibliographies of literature and cultural events, by period and genre, and for individuals.

(1963-1979). American literary scholarship. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (XPS 3 .A5)

Annual collection of bibliographic essays covering the year's scholarship on particular authors, periods, genres, and themes. Author and subject indexes.

Humanities International Complete (EBSCO) [on-campus]
Humanities International Complete is an essential collection for comprehensive coverage of the humanities with some full text content. Produced by Whitston Publishing (an imprint of EBSCO Publishing), this database includes all data from Humanities International Index (over 2,000 titles and 2 million records) plus unique full text content, much of which is not found in other databases. The database includes full text for more than 770 journals.

Literature Resource Center [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: varies. Includes the series Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), and Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) and full-text articles from 34 literary journals.

Project Muse (All Titles) [on-campus]
Coverage varies. Searchable index of over 110 journals in the humanities and social sciences. Selected full text.

Credo Reference [on campus]
Content available throughCredo Reference includes a wide range of general reference titles together with a large collection of subject-specific books spanning 20 topics, covering everything from the arts to astronomy, law to literature and science to Shakespeare.

Catalog USMAI [help]
Books, journals, government documents and other materials in the University System of Maryland, including UB. You may search up to six individual locations or the entire system.

NetLibrary [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. A collection of E-texts covering specifically chosen by Maryland Academic Libraries. Funded by the Maryland Digital Library (MDL).

WorldCat [on-campus] [help]
Coverage: Varies. International database of collections (including books, journals , dissertations, documents, and other materials) held by libraries worldwide. Maryland libraries that own copies of the items display at the top of the list of libraries so you can easily determine if local libraries own the material needed. Records of any type of material cataloged by OCLC member libraries. Includes manuscripts written as early as the 12th century.

(1988-1992). Classical and medieval literature criticism (Vols. 1-3). Detroit, MI: Gale Research. (XPN 610 .C53)

Lengthy excerpts from noteworthy critical works.

Hammond, N.G.L. & Scullard, H. H. (Eds). (1970). The Oxford classical dictionary (2nd ed.). Oxford, UK: Clarendon. (XDE5 .O9 1970)

The source for quickly and fully tracing allusions to the Greco-Roman literary, cultural, and historical background of English and American literature. Many entries are long and include bibliographic references.

Watson, G. (Ed.). (1969-1974). The new Cambridge bibliography of English literature (Vols 1-4). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (XZ 2011 .N45)

The most comprehensive source for editions and bibliographies. Arranged chronologically with an introductory section dealing with information sources for manuscript and language.

Barnhart, C. L. (Ed.). (1967). The new century handbook of English literature (rev. ed.). New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts. (XPR 19 N4 1967)

Similar to the Cambridge guide to literature in English, but briefer and more entries, especially for authors and literary characters.

(1973 to present). Contemporary literary criticism. Detroit: Gale. (XPN 94 .C6)

Excerpts from books and periodical articles containing criticism of living author's creative writing. Latest volume has cumulative author, title and nationality indexes.

Magill, F. N. (Ed.). (1979). Magill's bibliography of literary criticism (Vols. 1-4). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press. (XZ 6511 .M245)

Selected sources from both books and periodicals for the study of over 2,500 outstanding works of literature from the Gilgamesh epic to Gunter Grass' novels.

Kuntz, J. M. & Martinez, N. C. (Eds.). (1980). Poetry explication (3rd. ed.). Boston: G. K. Hall & Co.. (XPR 502 .K8 1980)

A checklist of interpretations since 1925 (to 1977) of British and American poems from Chaucer's to Ciardi's; from books or periodicals.

Beecham, W. (Ed.). (1985). Research guide to biography and criticism: Literature. (Vols. 1-2). Washington: Research Publishing. (XPR 85 .R47 1985)

Alphabetical arrangement of authors in British and American literature. Includes biographical information, overview and evaluation of selected biographies and of criticism, and lists of other sources about "those authors who are most often studied."

Walker, W. S. (1977 to present). Twentieth-century short story explication (3rd ed.). (Vols. 1-4) Hamden, CT: Shoe String Press. (XZ 5917 .S5 W33)

Published since 1961, this bibliography indexes interpretations of stories published in books after 1800. Individual issues of the index are not cumulative. Supplements are issued regularly.

(1972) Modern German Literature (Vols. 1-2). (XPT 401 D6)

Includes excerpts from books and journal articles on works or on authors.Selective bibliography may be found for each author.

(1981-1998) Contemporary authors. Detroit, MI: Gale Research. (XPN 771 .C6)

Includes sketches of approximately 100,000 author's lives, both living and deceased. Writers in fiction, general non-fiction, poetry, drama, television, etc., are included in this ongoing series.

(1987) Benet's reader's encyclopedia. (3rd ed.). New York: Harper & Row. (XPN 41 .B4 1987)

Alphabetically arranged entries provide brief definitions of terms, places, works, and persons. Its broad scope includes history, philosophy, and the arts.

Cuddon, J.A. (1998). (4th ed.). A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory.Oxford: Blackwell. (XPN 41 .C83 1998).

Holman and Harmon (below) and this title are best used together, since coverage is complementary.

Ferber, M. (2002). A dictionary of literary symbols. New York: Cambridge University Press. (X PN56.S9F47 1999)

(1963-1979). American literary scholarship. Durham, NC: Duke University Press. (XPS 3 .A5)

Annual collection of bibliographic essays covering the year's scholarship on particular authors, periods, genres, and themes. Author and subject indexes.

Magill, F. N. (Ed.). (1976). Masterplots (rev. ed.). (Vols. 1-12). Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Salem Press. (XPN 44 .M33 1976)

Arranged alphabetically by title of the work under consideration. Each entry summarizes the work, provides a brief critical evaluation, and lists principal characters.

(1994) Masterplots II African American literature series (Vols. 1-3). (XPS153.N5 M2645)

Contains: Title Index, Author Index, Type of Work (autobiography, novel, poetry etc.)

Women writers

Magill, F. N. (Ed.). (1994). Great women writers. New York: Holt.(XPN471 .G74 1994)

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