Books and other Monographs

LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho.  Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.

WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world.  Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.

 

Reference Books! :

Contemporary Authors - A multi-volume series in the NIC Library's Reference Collection, for library use only [Call Number Z1224 .C58].  Contains biographical information on approximately 112,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrights, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.  Sketches typically include personal information, addresses, career history, writings, work in progress, biographical/critical sources and authors' comments and/or informative essays about their lives and work.  Search the publisher's Literary Index to find the volume that has entries on your subject.

Contemporary Literary Criticism - A multi-volume series in the NIC Library's Reference Collection, for library use only [Call Number PN771 .C59].  Covers authors who are currently active or who died after December 31, 1999.  Each volume profiles approximately 6-8 novelists, poets, playwrights and other creative and nonfiction writers by providing full-text or excerpted criticism taken from books, magazines, literary reviews, newspapers and scholarly journals.  Search the publisher's Literary Index to find the volume that has entries on your subject.

Dictionary of Literary Biography - A multi-volume series in the NIC Library's Reference Collection, for library use only [Call Number PS129 .D5].  Provides biographical information in theme-based volumes, such as American Poets Since World War II.  Search the publisher's Literary Index to find the volume that has entries on your subject.

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism - A multi-volume series in the NIC Library's Reference Collection, for library use only [Call Number PN761 .N56].  Provides commentary on the careers and works of acclaimed poets, novelists, short story writers, dramatists and philosophers who died between 1800 and 1899.   Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors with chronologically arranged criticism representing the entire range of response to each author.  Entries typically include an author portrait, an introduction to the author, a primary bibliography, annotated criticism and an annotated list of further reading sources.  Search the publisher's Literary Index to find the volume that has entries on your subject.

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism - A multi-volume series in the NIC Library's Reference Collection, for library use only [Call Number PN771.G27].  Presents substantial excerpts from the best criticism on the major literary figures and nonfiction writers, including novelists, poets, playwrights and literary theorists, of 1900 to 1999. Each volume presents overviews of four to eight authors with chronologically arranged criticism representing the entire range of response to each author.  A typical excerpt is prefaced by an annotation that explains the critic's reputation and critical philosophy and providing a synopsis of the excerpt.  Search the publisher's Literary Index to find the volume that has entries on your subject.

World Literature and Its Times - A 2-volume series in the NIC Library's Reference Collection, for library use only.  Each volume outlines about 50 literary works, with an introduction to the work, a discussion of events in history at the time the literary work takes place, the literary work in focus, a discussion of events in history at the time the literary work was written, and bibliographies for further reading.  Search the publisher's Literary Index to find the volume that has entries on your subject.

        Vol. I:  Latin American Literature and Its Times [Call Number PQ7081 .M625 1999]

        Vol. 2:  African Literature and Its Times [Call Number PL8010 .M65 2000]

 

Critical Survey of Short Fiction - A multi-volume series commonly referred to as Magill's, in the NIC Library's Reference Collection, for library use only [Call Number PN3321.C7].  Each signed author entry in the Magill Critical Surveys includes the birth and death dates of the writer, a section on the writer's achievements, a brief biographical essay, an analysis of the writer's work, a list of the writer's principal literary works, and a selected annotated bibliography of critical works. The last volume of each set usually contains essays on the principal periods, schools, or forms of literature within the genre.  Each volume is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the writer. There is a combined author-title index at the end of the last volume of each set.

Critical Survey of Long Fiction - A multi-volume series commonly referred to as Magill's, in the NIC Library's Reference Collection [Call Number PR821.C7 1983].  Each signed author entry in the Magill Critical Surveys includes the birth and death dates of the writer, a section on the writer's achievements, a brief biographical essay, an analysis of the writer's work, a list of the writer's principal literary works, and a selected annotated bibliography of critical works. The last volume of each set usually contains essays on the principal periods, schools, or forms of literature within the genre.  Each volume is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the writer. There is a combined author-title index at the end of the last volume of each set.

Critical Survey of Poetry - A multi-volume series commonly referred to as Magill's, in the NIC Library's Reference Collection [Call Number PN1021 .C7 2003].  Each signed author entry in the Magill Critical Surveys includes the birth and death dates of the writer, a section on the writer's achievements, a brief biographical essay, an analysis of the writer's work, a list of the writer's principal literary works, and a selected annotated bibliography of critical works. The last volume of each set usually contains essays on the principal periods, schools, or forms of literature within the genre.  Each volume is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the writer. There is a combined author-title index at the end of the last volume of each set.

 

Journal articles                                       

Academic OneFile  - a general journal index covering many disciplines, not just Literature.  Contains full-text of some articles. 

MLA International Bibliography - Covers literature, language, linguistics and folklore.  Provides citations to journal articles, single-author monographs, book chapters from multi-author works, dissertation abstracts, and book series.  Produced by the Modern Language Association of America.

ProQuest Newstand - contains full-text of articles from 27 newspapers, including The New York Times. 

Web Sites

APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.

APA Interactive Tutorial - Developed by Mr. Kevin Schoepp.

 

Bibliographies : MLA Format - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.

Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Format - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.

 

Humbul Humanities Hub - A subject directory of evaluated Websites, maintained by Oxford University and the British Resource Development Network.  It provides links to reputable Websites worldwide on history, philosophy, religion, languages and culture.  "The site's professional look and feel is a reflection of Humbul's permanent staff, which includes scholars working with the site either full or part time." -- J. Millhorn, CHOICE.

Voice of the Shuttle - A subject directory for the Humanities.  Provided by the University of California Santa Barbara.