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    Poetry Study Guide

    To start your research, SCC Library Information Specialists suggest:

    Locate a Copy of a Poem
    LINCC Online Catalog: Author Search
    LINCC Online Catalog: Subject Headings
    LINCC Online Catalog: Titles of Indexes to Poems
    Interlibrary Loan 

    Internet Links
    Locate Criticism of a Poem
    LINCC Online Catalog: Research Strategy
    LINCC Online Catalog: Selected Subject Headings
    LINCC Online Catalog: Titles of Collections/Indexes
    Literature Resource Center (Gale) ( Information)
    Gale Literary Index

    Biographical Information
    Internet Links: Poets
    Research Guide: Biography Authors Literary Research Tutorial

     

    Locate a Copy of a poem/LINCC Online Catalog: Author Search
    Most poetry is found in collections. Do an “Author (last name, first)” search using LINCCWeb  Online Catalog or another library to locate books of poetry written by a specific person. The online record may tell you what poems are contained therein or you may have to use the table of contents or index of the book itself.
     

    Locate a Copy of a poem/LINCC Online Catalog: Subject Headings
    Use a Subject Search on LINCCWeb  Online Catalog or another library to locate collections of poetry. SCC Librarian Selected Subject Headings  which are linked to SCC Library holdings and include the Call Number and availability for each:

    Locate a Copy of a poem in a Collection/LINCC Online Catalog: Titles of Indexes to Poems

    Columbia Granger's index topoetry Ref PN1022 .G7 1990
    Columbia Granger's index to poetry in anthologiesRef PN1022 .H39 2002
    Hoffman's Index to poetry: European and Latin American poetryin anthologiesRef PN1022 .H627 1985
     



    Locate Criticism of a poem/LINCCWeb  Online Catalog:  Research Strategy

    1. At “Search By” “Subject begins with,” type your search. For Example.Type author's last name first name
    2. Click "Go."
    3. In the Browse list, look for the heading:author's last name first name Dates of birth-death criticism and interpretation. Example: dickinson emily 1830-1886criticism and interpretation
    4. Click links until you locate sources. The online record may tell you what poems are contained therein or you may have to use the table of contents or index of the book itself to locate material that contains the poem you are critiquing.

    Locate Criticism of a Poem: SCC Librarian Selected Subject Headings which are linked to SCC Library holdings & include the Call Number & availability for each.


    Locate Criticism of a poem: Selected Titles of Collections/Indexes to Poetry Criticism

    Title/Campus*
    *To see campus, Click Title, Click Go, Click Title in Browse List, Locate Full View of Record

    Call Number

    African American authors, 1745-1945: bio-bibliographical critical sourcebookRef PS153.N5 A32 2000
    AfricanAmerican writersRef PS153.N5 A344 1990
    An index to criticisms of British and American poetryRef PR89 .C5
    Black Literature Criticism (Covers 19th and 20th centuries)Ref PS153.N5 B556
    Contemporary poetsRef PR603 .C6
    Critical survey of poetryRef PN1021 .C7 2002
    Critical temperRef PR85 .C77
    Epic and romance criticism; a checklist of interpretations, 1940-1972Ref Z7156.E6 C64
    Explicator cyclopediaRef PR401 .E9
    Guide to American poetry explication Comprehensive index of poetryexplication from 1925 through 1987Ref PS221 .G85 1989
    Guide to British poetry explicationRef PR311 .M37
    Guide to French poetry explicationRef PQ401 .C65 1993
    Hispanic Literature CriticismRef PQ7081.A1 H573
    Masterpiecesof African-American literatureRef PS153.N5 M264 1992
    Masterplots II. Poetry series Ref PN1110.5 .M37
    Poetry CriticismRef PN1010.P6
    Poetry explication: a checklist of interpretation since 1925 of British and American poems past and presentRef Z2014.P7 K8 1980
    Reader's index to the Twentieth century views literary criticism seriesRef Z6511 .T86
    Schomburg Center Guide toblack literatureRef PN841 .S36 1996

    Locate Biographical Information: LINCCWeb  Online Catalog Subject Headings which are linked to SCC Library holdings and include the Call Number and availability for each.

    Internet Links

    General

    Poets

     Poets: Hispanic

    Julia Alvarez

    Ana Castillo

    S&ra Cisneros

    Judith Ortiz Cofer

    Victor Hern&ez Cruz

    Gary Soto

    Poets: Native American

    Jimmy Santiago Baca

    Simon Ortiz

    Wendy Rose

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