Research Tips - Literature :: Sunlink
TO ACCESS BOONE’S HOLDINGS VIA INTERNET
UPDATED JANUARY, 2006
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Click on “Begin your Search”
Click on “region3” (central Florida)
Click on Orange County
In the location field, use the drop-down menu to select Boone HS
You may search according to author or title. Double click on your results to find further information, including the call number which is the location of the book within the library media center.
Using the On-line Public Access Card Catalog (OPAC)
To retrieve sources:
- By an author: enter as “author” search: Twain, Mark
- About an author: enter as “subject” search: Twain, Mark
Also, search under areas that would apply to a particular author:
Authors poets American fiction
American novelists dramatists American poetry
Drama short stories American literature
Essays
Other sources to look into:
- Dictionaries, Handbooks, etc:
R 810.3 Har Oxford Companion to American Literature
R 820.3 Har Oxford Companion to English Literature
R 803 Mer Encyclopedia of Literature
R 803.219 Ben Benet’s Reader’s Encyclopedia
- Biographical/Critical Comment on individual authors:
R 809 Dic Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLBs)
R 810.9 Wri Writers for Young Adults
R 820.9 Mou Library of Literary Criticism of English and Am. Authors
R 809.2 Not Notable Playwrights
R 920 Enc Encyclopedia of World Biography
810s are “general American literature”
R 810.9 Ada Dictionaries of American Authors
R 810.9 Gre Great American Writers – 20th Century
R 810.9 Mag Magill’s Survey of American Literature
R 810.99 Ame American Women Writers
R 810.9 Ame American Writers
R 920 K American Authors 1600-1900
809.89 Moe Literary Women
810.9 Ame American Romanticism, Realism, Modernism
810.989 Oft Great Black Writers
810.997 Kau Key West Writers and their houses
813.54 Con Contemporary American Women Writers
920 Cou Famous Modern American Novelists
920 Con Contemporary Black American Fiction Writers
920 Mad American Horror Writers
820s are “general British literature”
R 820.9 Bri British Writers
R 820 Oxf Oxford Illustrated History of English Literature
R 820.900 Library of Literary Criticism
R 823.8 Oxf Oxford Reader’s Companion to Dickens
R 823.91 Blo British Women Writers
R 920 Kun British Authors before 1800
R 920 Kun British Authors of the 19th century
820.3 Ada Dictionary of English Literature
R 803 Col Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature
R 809 Gre Great World Writers of the 20th Century
R 809 Mag Magill’s Survey of World Literature
R 920 Kun European Authors, 1000 – 1900
R 920 Flo Spanish American Authors: The 20th Century
R 920 Wak World Authors 1950-1990
R 920 Con Contemporary Poets
R 920 Eth Contemporary Authors
R 920 Flo Spanish-American Authors of the 20th Century
R 920 Vin Contemporary Novelists
- General Critical Analysis
813s are general criticism/author information
R 801.95 Ril Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)
R 801.95 Twe Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC)
R 809 Nin Nineteenth Century Literary Criticsm (NCLC)
R 809.1 Poe Poetry for Students
- Literary/Historical Background
R 809 Mos Literature and its Times
R 809 Mos World Literature and its Times
R 810.9 Bea Beat Culture
R 820.9 Gre Great Writers of the English Language |
