World Literature
Looking for information about an author from another country? Need to find critical discussions of a German novel, a Greek play, or a Japanese poem? These and other questions can be answered with the aid of the resources listed below. If you have additional questions, ask the librarians. They are ready to assist you in finding the information you need.General Background Information
African Writers, Ref 896 A258cx
Ancient Writers, Ref 880.09 A541lu
Australian Literature, Ref 820.016 L813a
British Writers, Ref 820.9 B862bco
Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature, Ref 820 C17b
Cassell’s Encyclopedia of World Literature, Ref 803 C34
Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Ref 809.005 C614g
Columbia Dictionary of Modern European Literature, Ref 803 C72
Contemporary Authors, Ref 928.1 C76a
Dictionary of Italian Literature, Ref850.3 D554bo 1996
Dictionary of World Literature: Criticisms. Forms, and Technique, Ref 803 SH55d
Encyclopedia of German Literature, Ref 830.9 K82egl
Encyclopedia of Literary Critics and Criticism, Ref 801.9503 E56mu
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century, Ref 803 E56
Guide to French Literature, Ref 840.9 L664gf
Library of the World’s Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Ref 808.8 L69
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Ref 809 L776gr
Masterplots, Ref 808.8 M19
New Oxford Companion to Literature in French, Ref 840.9 N532fr
Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature, Ref 809.8971 O98t
Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Ref 880.9 H853oc2
Oxford Companion to French Literature, Ref 840.3 H34o
Oxford Companion to German Literature, Ref 830.03 O98g3
Oxford Companion to Irish Literature, Ref 820.9 O98weh
Oxford Companion to Literature in Wales, Ref 891.66 O98s
Penguin Companion to European Literature, Ref 809.894 P399
Poetry Explication; A Checklist of Interpretation Since 1925 of British and American Poems, Past and Present, Ref 803 K96p
Reference Guide to World Literature, Ref 809 R332he2
Shakespearean Criticism, Ref 822.33 DH314sc
World Literature Since 1945, Ref 809 I93w
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Locating the World Literature Collection
Books are arranged on the shelf by broad subject categories. The major categories for World Literature are:
800 Literature & Rhetoric
803 (Literary)Dictionaries & Encyclopedias
809 Literary History & Criticism
820s English & Old English Literatures
830s Literature of Germanic Languages
840s Literature of Romance Languages -French
850s Italian, Romanian, Rhaeto-Romanic Lit.
860s Literature of Spanish & Portuguese Lang.
870s Literature of Italic Languages -Latin
880s Hellenistic Literatures –Classical Greek
890 Literature of Other Languages
891 East Indo-European & Celtic Literatures
892
Afro-Asiatic Literatures (Semitic)
893 Non-Semitic Afro-Asiatic Literatures
894 Ural-Altaic, Paleosiberian, Dravidian
895 Literatures of East and Southeast Asia
896 African Literatures
897 South American Native Literatures
898 Other Literatures
Government Documents
LC Library of Congress
Theological Materials
1st floor, north Reference
1st floor, west Periodicals
2nd floor General Book Stacks
3rd floor General Book Stacks
Print Resources
Education Index
Essay and General Literature Index
Humanities Index
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
Digital Resources
Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost)
Academic Search Elite (EbscoHost)
Article1st (FirstSearch)
Biography Resource Center
Literature Resource Center
MAS FullText Ultra (EbscoHost)
MasterFile Premier (EbscoHost)
MLA Bibliography (FirstSearch)
Professional Development Coll. (EbscoHost)
WorldCat (FirstSearch)
Databases and indexes
EBSCOHost: Full text periodical database
NetLibrary: Full text e-book database
NewsBank: Full text newspaper database
First Search: Periodical and information indexes
Web Sources
ALEX: A CATALOGUE OF ELECTRONIC TEXTS
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/alex/
ANTHOLOGY OF MEXICAN SHORT STORY
http://www.arts-history.mx/cinco2.html
AUTHOR WEBLIOGRAPHY
http://www.lib.lsu.edu/hum/authors.html
BRITISH & IRISH AUTHORS ON THE WEB
http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/UK-authors.html
BRITISH WOMEN ROMANTIC POETS, 1789-1832: AN ELECTRONIC COLLECTION OF TEXTS
http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/English/BWRP/
CALDECOTT MEDAL HOMEPAGE
http://www.ala.org/alsc/caldecott.html
CAMBRIDGE HISTORY OF ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/
CANADIAN LITERATURE ARCHIVE
http://www.umanitoba.ca/canlit/
CELT: ONLINE RESOURCE FOR IRISH HISTORY, LITERATURE AND POLITICS
http://www.ucc.ie/celt/
CONCORDANCES OF GREAT BOOKS
http://www.concordance.com/
COURSE MATERIALS, STUDY GUIDES TO VARIOUS WORKS
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/ guides_index.html
DATABASE OF AWARD WINNING CHILDREN’S LITERATURE
http://www2.wcoil.com/~ellerbee/ childlit.html
DICTIONARY OF WRITERS IN MEXICO
http://www.arts-history.mx/literat/li2.html
EIGHTEENTH CENTURY RESOURCES
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/18th/
ELECTRONIC TEXT COLLECTIONS IN WESTERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE
http://www.lib.virginia.edu/wess/etexts.html
ENGLISH LITERATURE: EARLY SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (1603-1660)
http://www.luminarium.org/sevenlit/
GALLICA CLASSIQUE
http://gallica.bnf.fr/Classique/
INTERNET CLASSICS ARCHIVES
http://classics.mit.edu/
IPL: ONLINE LITERARY CRITICISM ONLINE
http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/
LATIN LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
http://www.csbsju.edu/library/internet/latin.html
LATINO LITERATURE WEB PAGE
http://home.talkcity.com/LibraryLawn/jdabbott/
LEGENDA: EUROPEAN LITERATURE
http://www.ehrc.ox.ac.uk/legenda/enlight.html
LITERARY CRITIC.COM-EASTERN AND CENTRAL EUROPEAN LITERATURE
http://www.literarycritic.com/easterneurope.htm
LITERARY MENAGERIE
http://sunset.backbone.olemiss.edu/~egcash/
MODERN EUROPEAN LITERATURE INDEX
http://www.accd.edu/sac/english/bailey/modern.htm
MYLITSEARCH.COM
http://www.literarycritic.com/easterneurope.htm
NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE WINNERS 1901-2000
http://almaz.com/nobel/literature/literature.html
PERSEUS DIGITAL LIBRARY
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/
PREHISPANIC LITERATURE OF MEXICO
http://www.arts-history.mx/indigena/indice2.html
PULITZER PRIZES.COM
http://www.pulitzer.org/
SIXTEENTH CENTURY RENAISSANCE ENGLISH LITERATURE (1845-1603)
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/
SLAVOPHILIA: SLAVIC AND EAST EUROPEAN RESOURCES
http://www.slavophilia.net/lit.htm
CLA: SPANISH LITERATURE
http://www.virginia.edu/cla/split.htm
WORLD POETRY
http://www.worldpoetry.com/
