English Language & Literature:
A Resource Pathfinder
Articles
Search Terms Use the following database tools to find subdivisions of individual course topics. They will also provide additional keywords and narrower, broader, or related subject terms.
§ Topic Guide (ProQuest)
§ Subject Guide (Gale)
§ Thesaurus (WilsonWeb)
§ Concept Map (Credo Reference)
Databases
§ Academic OneFile (Gale)
§ Humanities Full Text (WilsonWeb)
§ MLA International Bibliography (CSA)
§ ProQuest Research Library (ProQuest)
Journals
Full Text Electronic Journals @ Madonna Library This database lists and provides access to e-journals available at Madonna Library. To locate online journals for this major, search by journal title, or browse titles under the subject category “Languages & Literatures.”
Selected titles in Full Text Electronic Journals:
§ American Drama
§ American Literary History
§ American Poetry Review
§ ANQ: American Notes and Queries
§ College Literature
§ Early American Literature
§ ELH
§ Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing and Culture
§ Essays in Criticism
§ Explicator
§ Forum: College Composition and Communication
§ Issues in Writing
§ Journal of American Folklore
§ Journal of Children’s Literature
§ Journal of Narrative Theory
§ Kairos
§ Mythlore
§ Papers on Language & Literature
§ Poetry
§ Poets and Writers
§ Review of English Studies
§ Shakespeare Studies (Columbia)
§ Southern Literary Journal
§ Studies in the Literary Imagination
§ Style
Print Journals @ Madonna Library Selected titles related to this major:
§ African American Review
§ Antioch Review
§ College Composition and Communication
§ College English
§ Comparative Literature
§ Contemporary Literature
§ Journal of Popular Film & Television
§ Journal of Technical Writing & Communication
§ Mississippi Quarterly
§ MLN
§ Modern Fiction Studies
§ Modern Language Quarterly
§ Nineteenth-Century Literature
§ North American Review
§ Quill
§ Renascence
§ Sewanee Review
§ Studies in American Fiction
§ Studies in English Literature
§ Studies in the Novel
§ TriQuarterly
§ Tulsa Studies in Women’s Literature
§ Twentieth Century Literature
§ Writer
§ Writers’ Digest
Web Sites
§ African American Literature & Culture Society
§ American Comparative Literature Association
§ Bartleby.com: Great Books Online
§ BUBL LINK: Literature and Rhetoric Resources
http://bubl.ac.uk/link/linkbrowse.cfm?menuid=10942
§ Celebration of Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/#A_Section
§ Citing Print and Electronic Resources – Madonna University
http://ww3.madonna.edu/library/citation.htm
§ Digital Storytelling – University of Minnesota
http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/
§ Heath Anthology of American Literature
http://college.hmco.com/english/heath/lit_links.html
§ Indigenous Peoples’ Literature
http://www.indians.org/Resource/natlit/natlit.html
§ Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
§ Intute: Arts & Humanities
http://www.intute.ac.uk/artsandhumanities/
§ Literary History
http://www.literaryhistory.com/
§ The Literary Link: Children’s & Young Adult Literature
§ Literary Resources on the Net
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/
§ Modern American Poetry
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets.htm
§ Modern Language Association
§ Online Books Page – University of Pennsylvania
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/
§ PAL: Perspectives in American Literature
http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/home.htm
§ Project CROW: American Literature Surveys
http://www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/index.html
§ San Antonio College LitWeb
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/litindex.htm
§ Stone Center for Black Culture & History: Literature Web Guide
http://www.lib.unc.edu/stone/webguide/index.html?display=print_items&item_id=18
§ VG: Voices from the Gaps – Women Artists and Writers of Color
§ VoS: Voice of the Shuttle – Web Site for Humanities Research
§ Writing @ Colorado State University
§ Writing for the Wired World: Resources, Links and Tips – University of Saskatchewan
http://library2.usask.ca/~fichter/writing/
Books
Search for books in the Madonna Catalog using the general keyword option for a broad search. Use the subject browse option with the subject headings “American Literature,” “English Literature,” and “English Language” for a more focused search.
Selected Reference Titles
CT120 .C77
Contemporary authors. Detroit, Gale Research.
PN771 .C761
Contemporary literary criticism. Detroit, Gale Research.
PN761 .N714
Nineteenth century literature criticism. Detroit, Gale Research.
PN771 .T971
Twentieth century literary criticism. Detroit, Gale Research.
Selected Circulating Titles
PR56.B34 2006
Baker, Nancy, and Nancy Huling. A research guide for undergraduate students: English and American literature. New York: Modern Language Association, 2006.
PS228.C68 B35 2006
Balkun, Mary. The American counterfeit: Authenticity and identity in American literature and culture. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2006.
PS153.N5 B45 2004
Bell, Bernard. The contemporary African American novel: Its folk roots and modern literary branches. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2004.
GR72.3 .S78 2002
Blayer, Irene, and Monica Sanchez (Eds.). Storytelling: Interdisciplinary and intercultural perspectives. New York: Peter Lang, 2002.
PN1009.A1 C29 2002
Cai, Mingshui. Multicultural literature for children and young adults: Reflections on critical issues. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2002.
PS169.E25 T43 2008
Christensen, Laird, Mark C. Long, and Fred Waage (Eds.). Teaching North American environmental literature. New York: Modern Language Association, 2008.
PR778.S62 C57 2007
Claybaugh, Amanda. The novel of purpose: Literature and social reform in the Anglo-American world. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2007.
PS42.T36 2001
Edgar, Christopher, and Gary Lenhart (Eds.). The teachers and writers guide to classic American literature. New York: Teachers & Writers Collaborative, 2001.
PE1404.E36 2005
Ehrenworth, Mary. The power of grammar: Unconventional approaches to the conventions of language. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2005.
PN4775 .F56 2003
Fink, Conrad C. Writing to inform and engage: The essential guide to beginning news and magazine writing. Boulder, CO: Westview, 2003.
PN1009.A1 G75 2006
Griswold, Jerome. Feeling like a kid: Childhood and children’s literature. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Press, 2006.
PE1404.P457 2001
Holdstein, Deborah H., and David Bleich (Eds.). Personal effects: The social character of scholarly writing. Logan, UT: Utah State University Press, 2001.
PS228.M63 C36 2005
Kalaidjian, Walter (Ed.). The Cambridge companion to American Modernism. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
PE1431.L87 2008
Luntz, Frank. Words that work: It's not what you say, it's what people hear. New York: Hyperion, 2008.
PS221. M394 2007
McDonald, Gail. American literature and culture, 1900-1960. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2007.
PS374.B55 M65 2007
Millard, Kenneth. Coming of age in contemporary American fiction. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2007.
HM258.C76 2006
Norales, Francisca O. Crosscultural communication: Concepts, cases, and challenges. Youngstown, NY: Cambria, 2006.
PS153.152 C36 2005
Porter, Joy, and Kenneth Rankin (Eds.). The Cambridge companion to Native American literature. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005.
PN1996.R16 2006
Rabinger, Michael. Developing story ideas. Burlington, MA: Focal Press, 2006.
PE1404.R356 2001
Rankin, Elizabeth. The work of writing: Insights and strategies for academics and professionals. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2001.
PE1479.C7 R59 2006
Roberts, Edgar V. Writing about literature. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Prentice Hall, 2006.
LB1631.S285 2003
Schuster, Edgar H. Breaking the rules: Liberating writers through innovative grammar instruction. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann, 2003.
PS153.M4 T38 2006
Tatum, Charles M. Chicano and Chicano literature: Otra voz del pueblo. Tuscon: University of Arizona Press, 2006.
PN47.W45 2003
Weinstein, Arnold. A scream goes through the house: What literature teaches us about life. New York: Random House, 2003.
PE1405.U6 W47 2005
Whithaus, Carl. Teaching and evaluating writing in the age of computers and high-stakes testing. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum, 2005.
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jlumetta, 1/8/2008; updated 7/29/2009