REFERENCE MATERIALS

Magill’s Critical Survey of Short Fiction

Individual author essays contain brief biographical information, list of works, analysis of themes, techniques, and development of the writer’s short fiction, and resource list for further study. Volume 7 contains 29 essays covering the history, theory, and geographical development of short fiction, as well as geographical, category, and subject indexes. Arranged alphabetically by author’s last name.
Some material available online in Literary Reference Center

REF PN 3321 .C7

Magill’s Masterplots II: Short Story Series

Contains brief critical evaluations of outstanding short stories from world literature. Arranged alphabetically by title of story. Each article includes time of plot, locale, date of publication, list of principal characters, a plot summary, themes and meanings, and style and technique. Cumulative author and title indexes can be found in Volume 8, as well as a geographical index, type of plot index, glossary, and chronological list of stories. Some material available online in Literary Reference Center.

REF PN 3326 .M27

Short Stories for Students

In-depth analyses of classic examples of short fiction Each entry includes an introduction to the story and the author, a plot summary, descriptions of important characters, analysis of important themes in the story, an explanation of important literary techniques in the work, a critical overview, excerpts from published critical essays, and an essay placing the story 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 3373 .S3844

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.

Short Story Criticism.

This series provides excerpts from published literary criticism. Covers major short story writers from all countries and all periods. Use paperback cumulative index.

REF PN 3373 .S386

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

RESEARCHING THE TOPIC: Books

To locate books at PJC and other Florida community college libraries, click on Find Books at the top of the library homepage. Enter the author’s last name into the search box along with the term criticism. Example: faulkner criticism. Books can be requested from other campuses. For assistance, contact a librarian or see the instructions located at http://library.pjc.edu/pdf/find_books.pdf.
To find books at other libraries, click on Search Other Libraries on the left side of the library home page.

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.

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).

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.

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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