The resources listed herein are merely starting points. The library can provide many more resources specific to a particular topic. Many of the sources below are databases accessible via the Internet.

Catalogs and Union Catalogs

Online Catalog LibCat includes the materials (books, journals, videos, documents and other materials) that the Libraries hold. Be aware that there are groups of materials not included in the catalog: many government documents and microform sets that we own may not appear in LibCat.

WorldCat Catalog of books and journals, the contents of over 14,000 research libraries, mainly in North America. Anything found on WorldCat that is not available in Evans Library can be ordered through Interlibrary Services or Get it for me.

RLIN Catalog of materials from Research Libraries Group, it includes archival materials and rare editions. It provides access to the RLIN Bibliographic File which reflects the collections of major research, academic, and national libraries; archives and museums; law, medical, and theological libraries; art and music libraries; area studies collections; public and corporate libraries; historical societies and book clubs. It also provides access to the English Short Title Catalogue, containing records from 1473 to 1800, for items of all types published in Great Britain and its dependencies or in English anywhere in the world from the beginnings of print through the 18th century. This system is mediated, so an appointment will need to be made with a librarian. http://endeavor.rlg.org.

Literature Criticism and Reviews

MLA International Bibliography This database indexes sources on literature, linguistics and drama from 1963 to present. Also available in print back to 1920. While it indexes secondary literature, it may lead to other pertinent information on the topic. PB1 .M46 from 1920 to 1962; from 1963 to present, on the web.

Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature An electronic index of critical articles and book reviews on language and literature in English back to 1892. The print index of article citations on English language and literature covers published articles from 1920 to present. PB1 .A55.

Wilson Indexes A collection of databases of article citations, on a variety of subjects from science to business to the social sciences. The web versions of Humanities Index, Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature and Essay and General Literature Index will provide citations to literary criticism articles and book chapters. Reader’s Guide to Periodical Literature, AI3 .R48, continues Poole’s Index, AI3 .P7, covering periodical literature from 1800 to present. Essay and General Literature Index includes citations to articles and book chapters from 1900 to present, AI 3 E752. Humanities Index will provide citations to criticism articles in literature, including poetry, short fiction, drama and novels. The print indexes back to 1972. AI3 H84

EBSCOHost (Academic Search Complete) is a collection of selected full-text periodicals and scholarly journals, U.S. and international newspapers, reference books and detailed pamphlets from a variety of disciplines.

PCI (Periodicals Contents Index) includes citations and selected full text from critical articles as well as book and performance review in humanities and social sciences journals from 1770 to 1993. This is the only electronic resource available that indexes back to the 1770s.

Arts & Humanities Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index are part of the Web of Knowledge, an online database indexing resources in all areas. It includes citations of critical articles on popular culture, film and television. The online versions go back to 1982 while the paper version of Arts and Humanities Citation Index , Z 5931.A78 goes back to 1975, and Social Sciences Citation Index, Z 7163.S6 extends back to 1956.

Selected Reference Sources

Breed, Paul Francis. Dramatic Criticism Index; a Bibliography of Commentaries on Playwrights from Ibsen to the Avant-Garde. Detroit: Gale Research, 1972. This is a selective index to nearly 12,000 play reviews and criticism on modern playwrights and their plays from the 19th and 20th centuries arranged alphabetically by playwright, then by title of the work. REF Z5781 .B8.

Salem, James M. A Guide to Critical Reviews. New York, Scarecrow Press, 1966-71, 1973, 1984. Volumes one and two of the most current edition of this set are located in the Reference Collection. Volume one contains reviews of American drama from 1909 to 1982. Volume two lists reviews of musicals from 1909 until 1989. Volume three contains reviews of European drama and volume four has reviews of screenplays. REF Z 5782 .S34 (1^st edition), REF Z 5782 .S342 (2^nd edition), REF Z 5781 .S16 1984 (3^rd edition).

Contemporary Literary Criticism. Detroit : Gale Research Co. This set of volumes by Gale Research includes excerpts from literary criticism appearing in monographs and periodicals from the 20th century. REF PN771 .C59. Other sets from Gale are Twentieth‑Century Literary Criticism, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism and Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800.

Modern Drama: A Checklist of Critical Literature on Twentieth-Century Plays This selective survey of the critical literature of twentieth century drama is arranged alphabetically by playwright, then by title of the work. REF Z5781 .A35.

Carpenter, Charles A. Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism, 1966-1980: An International Bibliography and Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism 1981-1990 : an International Bibliography. Use this selective list of critical publications on world drama to locate critical studies of playwrights since Ibsen. Collectively, they provide over 50,000 entries about plays and playwrights. REF Z5781 .C37.

Samples, Gordon. How to Locate Reviews of Plays and Films: a Bibliography of Criticism from the Beginnings to the Present provides a master index to other resources and bibliographies in drama and cinema. REF Z 5781 S19

European Drama Criticism is a selection of critical writings about European plays, arranged alphabetically by playwright, then by title of the work. REF Z5781 .P2 1977

Critical Survey of Drama is a reference set from Magill, providing a biographical sketch, a critical survey of each play author's professional achievements, and an extensive critical analysis of each play author's works. There are three sets, including the English Language Series REF PR623 .C75 1985, Foreign Language Series REF PN1625 .C74 1986, and the Revised Edition REF PN1625 .C74 1987 Suppl.

Electronic Journals and Full-text Databases

Lexis-Nexis Academic Universe is a full-text resource including newspapers as well as popular, trade and scholarly publications in all areas from about 20 years to the present. It will have the full text of critical articles and reviews from current sources.

Project Muse and JSTOR are packages of electronic journals in the Humanities. They are among the more than 20,000 online titles to which the Libraries have access. Project Muse is a full-text collection of humanities journals from 1995 to present; JSTOR is a full-text collection of history, philosophy, economics, and political science journals from their conception (at times, from the 1700s) to present. These are also accessible via the E-Resource Locator on the Libraries' web site at http://library.tamu.edu.

Library Assistance

If you need additional assistance, please don’t hesitate to go the Evans Reference Desk for help. They are located on the 1^st floor of Evans Library. You may also contact them via phone at 845-5741 or via email at lib-help@tamu.edu.

If you want specialized help, you may schedule an appointment with me, as liaison librarian to the Department of English, and I will be happy to help you with your research topic, recommend sources and introduce you to searching some of the electronic materials.