REFERENCE MATERIALS

Critical Survey of Drama

Individual author essays contain brief biographical information; list of works; analysis of themes and techniques; critical interpretation of the playwright’s works; and resource list for further study. Volumes 7-8 contain several essays covering dramatic genres; the forms of drama throughout history; ethnic/regional drama; and musical, experimental, and radio and television drama, as well as a comprehensive subject index. Arranged alphabetically by author’s last name. Some material available online in Literary Reference Center.

REF PN1625.C68 2003

Masterplots II: Drama Series

Contains brief critical evaluations of selected works of 20th-century drama. Most are English-language works, but representative plays in translation from European countries are also included. Arranged alphabetically by title of play. Each article includes time and place of the work’s first performance, setting, principal characters, an overview of the action and plot, themes and meanings, and dramatic devices. Cumulative author and title indexes can be found in Volume 4. Some material available online in Literary Reference Center.

REF PN1625.M37 2004

Drama for Students

In-depth analyses of classic examples of drama. Each entry includes an introduction to the play and the author, a plot summary, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes in the drama, an explanation of important literary techniques in the play, a critical overview, excerpts from published critical essays, and an essay placing the drama within its historical context. The most recent volume contains a cumulative author/title index. Some material available online in Literature Resources from Gale.

REF PN 1601 .D595

The Gale Series of Literary Criticism

This series provides excerpts from published literary criticism. Each set focuses on a particular genre or period of literature. A paperback cumulative title index is filed with each set. Some material from each set is available online in Literature Resources from Gale.

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800

Includes authors writing between 1400 and 1800.

REF PN 86 .L53

Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (NCLC)

Includes authors writing between 1800 and 1900.

REF PN 761 .N5

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC)

Includes authors writing in the early 1900s.

REF PN 94 .T85

Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)

Includes authors writing in the late 1900s.

REF PN 94 .C6

Classical and Medieval Literature (CMLC)

Includes authors writing before 1400.

REF PN 610 .C5

Literature Criticism from 1400-1800

Includes authors writing between 1400 and 1800.

REF PN 86 .L53

RESEARCHING THE TOPIC: Books

To locate books at PJC and other Florida community college libraries, click on Find Books at the top of the LRC homepage, or click Go at Search PJC Catalog. Enter the author’s last name along with the term criticism. For example, to locate literary criticism about the works of Arthur Miller, type miller criticism into the search box. For literary criticism of a specific title, type author name criticism, for example, miller crucible.

ARTICLES

To access the following resources, click on Most Used Article Databases on the left side of the library home page. Login is automatic from the library computers. To log in from remote computers: 1) select Pensacola Junior college from the drop down menu; 2) type the 14-digit barcode number from the PJC photo ID in the Borrower ID box; 3) type the last four digits of your Social Security number into the PIN box. Questions: call 484-2002 or email libraryreference@pjc.edu.

Literature Resources from Gale

Single search access to biographical and critical information on authors and their works pulled from a variety of literary reference sources and current journal articles. Covers authors from every age and literary discipline. To limit to full-text articles only, and or peer-reviewed publications, check the appropriate box(es).

Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)

Contains the full text of plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, articles from literary journals, author biographies, over 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories, and author interviews and images of key literary figures.

JSTOR
Access back issues of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available. Use the Advanced Search, page down to select the Discipline Language & Literature.

Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)

Multidisciplinary source of articles from magazines and scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals. Includes abstracts (summaries) of most articles. To limit to full-text articles only, and/or scholarly (peer- reviewed) journals, check the appropriate box(es). Advanced Search provides a guided method for combining keywords.

General OneFile (Gale)

Multidisciplinary source of articles from a variety of reference sources including magazines, academic

journals and newswires. To limit to full-text articles

only, and/or peer-reviewed publications, check the appropriate box(es).

Writing & Citing

Michael Harvey’s The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing

Provides help in writing and citing the research paper.

http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/mla.html

MLA Handbook for writers of Research Papers. 6^th ed. (2003)

LB 2369 .G53 2003 (circulating copy)

REF LB 2369 .G53 2003 (reference copy)

PJC MLA Citing Guides

Provide instructions and examples for citing from

PJC electronic resources.

http://library.pjc.edu/citing.shtml

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