Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Printed Step 4


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Step 4: Consult specialized guides devoted to primary works related to a national literature, genre, or topic.

American Literature

 * Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide (J595)
 * Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
 * Grimes, Novels in English by Women, 1891–1920 (M2640)
 * Blanck, Bibliography of American Literature (Q3250)
 * Literary Writings in America (Q3255)
 * United States Newspaper Program (Q3405)
 * Chielens, American Literary Magazines (Q3410)
 * Davis and Joyce, Short Fiction by Women to 1900 (Q3473)
 * North American Theatre Online (Q3512)
 * Davis and Joyce, Poetry by Women to 1900 (Q3534)
 * Arksey, American Diaries (Q3540)
 * Bibliography of American Autobiographies (Q3545)
 * Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History (Q3720)
 * Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers (Q3723)
 * Index to Black American Literary Anthologies (Q3725)
 * Directory of Afro-American Resources (Q3730)
 * African-American Newspapers and Periodicals (Q3775)
 * Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815)
 * Hatch and Abdullah, Black Playwrights, 1823–1977 (Q3825)
 * Columbia Granger’s Index to African-American Poetry (Q3840)
 * Wagner, Black Poets of the United States (Q3835)
 * Columbia Granger’s Index to African-American Poetry (Q3840)
 * French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
 * Brignano, Black Americans in Autobiography (Q3850)
 * Littlefield, Biobibliography of Native American Writers (Q3870)
 * Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920)
 * Brumble, American Indian Autobiography (Q3925)
 * Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940)
 * Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990)
 * European Americana (Q4000)
 * Bibliotheca Americana (Q4015)
 * Brigham, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers (Q4035)
 * Kribbs, Annotated Bibliography of American Literary Periodicals, 1741–1850 (Q4040)
 * Index to Early American Periodicals to 1850 (Q4045)
 * Pitcher, Fiction in American Magazines before 1800 (Q4060)
 * Hill, American Plays Printed, 1714–1830 (Q4070)
 * Jantz, “First Century of New England Verse” (Q4075)
 * Lemay, Calendar of American Poetry in the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines (Q4080)
 * American Verse Printed from 1610 through 1820 (Q4085)
 * Bibliotheca Americana (Q4115)
 * Wright, American Fiction, [1774–1900] (Q4180)
 * Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States (Q4195)
 * Books in Print (Q4225)
 * Lepper, Bibliographical Introduction to Seventy-Five Modern American Authors (Q4230)
 * Vrana, Interviews and Conversations with 20th-Century Authors (Q4235)
 * American Fiction Database (Q4267)
 * Leiter, Encyclopedia of the New York Stage (Q4285)
 * Davis, Contemporary American Poetry (Q4320)
 * Index of American Periodical Verse (Q4325)
 * Reardon, Poetry by American Women (Q4330)
 * Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345)
 * Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160)
 * Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (U5473)
 * Fiction, Folklore, Fantasy, and Poetry for Children (U5475)

Australian Literature

 * Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
 * AustLit (R4463)
 * Australian National Bibliography (R4465)
 * Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia (R4470)
 * Miller, Australian Literature (R4475)
 * Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
 * Stuart, Australian Periodicals with Literary Content, 1821–1926 (R4500)
 * Torre, Australian Short Story, 1940–1980 (R4525)
 * Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
 * Webby, Early Australian Poetry (R4545)

Canadian Literature

 * Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
 * Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990)
 * North American Imprints Program (Q4010)
 * Index of American Periodical Verse (Q4325)
 * Canadiana (R4595)
 * Annotated Bibliography of Canada’s Major Authors (R4605)
 * “Letters in Canada/Lettres canadiennes” (R4610)
 * Miska, Ethnic and Native Canadian Literature (R4613)
 * Tremaine, Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751–1800 (R4615)
 * Watters, Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials (R4620)
 * Weiss, Comprehensive Bibliography of English-Canadian Short Stories (R4703)
 * Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705)
 * Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)
 * Rinfret, Théâtre canadien d’expression française (R4720)
 * Directory of Canadian Theatre Archives (R4722)
 * Brock Bibliography of Published Canadian Plays in English (R4725)
 * McQuarrie, Mercer, and Ripley, Index to Canadian Poetry in English (R4750)

Children’s Literature

 * Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940)
 * Special Collections in Children’s Literature (U5460)
 * Children’s Books in Print (U5470)
 * Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (U5473)
 * Fiction, Folklore, Fantasy, and Poetry for Children (U5475)
 * Index to Children’s Poetry (U5540)

Drama and Theater

 * Montgomery, Ottemiller’s Index to Plays in Collections (L1150)
 * Play Index (L1155)
 * Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (M1540)
 * Nicoll, Short-Title Alphabetical Catalogue of Plays (M1545)
 * Stratman, Bibliography of English Printed Tragedy, 1565–1900 (M1550)
 * Greg, Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration (M2135)
 * Wiggins, British Drama, 1533–1642 (M2136)
 * Farmer and Lesser, DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks (M2137)
 * Burling, New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700–1737 (M2377)
 * North American Theatre Online (Q3512)
 * Black Playwrights, 1823–1977 (Q3825)
 * French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
 * Hill, American Plays Printed, 1714–1830 (Q4070)
 * Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States (Q4195)
 * Rinfret, Théâtre canadien d’expression française (R4720)
 * Brock Bibliography of Published Canadian Plays in English (R4725)

English Literature

 * Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
 * Mullins, Texts and Calendars (M1370)
 * Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M1376)
 * English Short Title Catalogue (M1377)
 * New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M1385)
 * Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (M1540)
 * Nicoll, Short-Title Alphabetical Catalogue of Plays (M1545)
 * Stratman, Bibliography of English Printed Tragedy, 1565–1900 (M1550)
 * Matthews, British Autobiographies (M1610)
 * Matthews, British Diaries (M1615)
 * Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke (M1820)
 * Severs, Hartung, and Beidler, Manual of the Writings in Middle English (M1825)
 * Grantley, English Dramatic Interludes 1300–1580 (M1927)
 * Index of Middle English Prose (M1945)
 * Short-Title Catalogue, 1475–1640 (M1990)
 * Short-Title Catalogue, 1641–1700 (M1995)
 * Smith and Cardinale, Women and the Literature of the Seventeenth Century (M2007)
 * Mish, English Prose Fiction, 1600–1700 (M2095)
 * O’Dell, Chronological List of Prose Fiction, 1475–1640 (M2100)
 * Greg, Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration (M2135)
 * Wiggins, British Drama, 1533–1642 (M2136)
 * Case, Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies, 1521–1750 (M2180)
 * Frank, Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641–1660 (M2185)
 * Ringler, Bibliography of English Verse (M2190)
 * Term Catalogues, 1668–1709 (M2235)
 * Crane, Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620–1800 (M2270)
 * Beasley, Check List of Prose Fiction Published in England, 1740–1749 (M2320)
 * McBurney, Check List of English Prose Fiction, 1700–1739 (M2325)
 * Mayo, Catalogue of Magazine Novels and Novelettes, 1740–1815 (M2330)
 * Raven, British Fiction, 1750–1770 (M2335)
 * English Novel, 1770–1829 (M2336)
 * Burling, New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700–1737 (M2377)
 * Foxon, English Verse, 1701–1750 (M2415)
 * Jackson, Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry (M2420)
 * Stauffer, Art of Biography in Eighteenth Century England: Bibliographical Supplement (M2435)
 * Nineteenth Century Index (M2466)
 * Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M2467)
 * English Catalogue of Books (M2470)
 * Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue (M2475)
 * Union List of Victorian Serials (M2530)
 * Index and Finding List of Serials Published in the British Isles, 1789–1832 (M2535)
 * Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800–1900 (M2540)
 * Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (M2545)
 * Ward, Literary Reviews in British Periodicals, 1798–1826 (M2550)
 * Sadleir, XIX Century Fiction (M2635)
 * Grimes, Novels in English by Women, 1891–1920 (M2640)
 * Harris, British Short Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (M2645)
 * Snell, Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland (M2650)
 * Vann, Victorian Novels in Serial (M2655)
 * Wolff, Nineteenth-Century Fiction: A Bibliographical Catalogue (M2660)
 * Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, 1880–1899 (M2707)
 * Whitaker’s Books in Print (M2770)
 * British National Bibliography (M2775)
 * Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
 * North American Theatre Online (Q3512)
 * Davis and Joyce, Poetry by Women to 1900 (Q3534)
 * Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)

Fiction

 * Fiction Catalog (L835)
 * Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)
 * Baker, Guide to Historical Fiction (L885)
 * Adamson, American Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L890)
 * Adamson, World Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L895)
 * Nield, Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales (L900)
 * Stephensen-Payne, Contento, and Miller, Crime, Mystery, and Gangster Fiction Magazine Index (L910)
 * Hubin, Crime Fiction (L915)
 * Laurenti, Catálogo bibliográfico de la literatura picaresca (L950)
 * NESFA Index to Science Fiction (L980)
 * Contento, Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections (L985)
 * Miller, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazine Index (L987)
 * Reginald, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (L990)
 * Schlobin, Literature of Fantasy (L995)
 * Tuck, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968 (L1000)
 * Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
 * Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature (L1055)
 * Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
 * Short Story Index (L1085)
 * Mish, English Prose Fiction, 1600–1700 (M2095)
 * O’Dell, Chronological List of Prose Fiction, 1475–1640 (M2100)
 * Beasley, Check List of Prose Fiction Published in England, 1740–1749 (M2320)
 * McBurney, Check List of English Prose Fiction, 1700–1739 (M2325)
 * Mayo, Catalogue of Magazine Novels and Novelettes, 1740–1815 (M2330)
 * Raven, British Fiction, 1750–1770 (M2335)
 * English Novel, 1770–1829 (M2336)
 * Sadleir, XIX Century Fiction (M2635)
 * Grimes, Novels in English by Women, 1891–1920 (M2640)
 * Harris, British Short Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (M2645)
 * Snell, Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland (M2650)
 * Vann, Victorian Novels in Serial (M2655)
 * Nineteenth-Century Fiction: A Bibliographical Catalogue (M2660)
 * Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
 * Brown, Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650–1900 (N3025)
 * Short Fiction by Women to 1900 (Q3473)
 * Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815)
 * Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920)
 * Pitcher, Fiction in American Magazines before 1800 (Q4060)
 * Wright, American Fiction, [1774–1900] (Q4180)
 * American Fiction Database (Q4267)
 * Torre, Australian Short Story, 1940–1980 (R4525)
 * Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
 * Weiss, Comprehensive Bibliography of English-Canadian Short Stories (R4703)
 * Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705)
 * Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)
 * Burns, New Zealand Novels and Novelists (R4835)

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature

 * Bosman and Bradford, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature (U5930)

Gothic Fiction

 * Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)

Historical Fiction

 * Baker, Guide to Historical Fiction (L885)
 * Adamson, American Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L890)
 * Adamson, World Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L895)
 * Nield, Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales (L900)

Irish Literature

 * Lester, Irish Research (N2935)
 * Irish Publishing Record (N2945)
 * McKenna, Irish Literature, 1800–1875 (N2985)
 * Waterloo Directory of Irish Newspapers and Periodicals (N3000)
 * Brown, Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650–1900 (N3025)

Little Magazines

 * Hoffman, Little Magazine: A History and a Bibliography (K770)
 * Directory of Little Magazines (K775)
 * Access: The Index to Little Magazines (K780)
 * Bloomfield, Author Index to Selected British “Little Magazines” (K785)
 * Comprehensive Index to English-Language Little Magazines (K790)
 * Harter, Author Index to Little Magazines of the Mimeograph Revolution, 1958–1980 (K793)
 * Index to Commonwealth Little Magazines (K795)
 * Index to Little Magazines (K800)

Mystery Fiction

 * Stephensen-Payne, Contento, and Miller, Crime, Mystery, and Gangster Fiction Magazine Index (L910)
 * Hubin, Crime Fiction (L915)

New Zealand Literature

 * Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
 * Bagnall, New Zealand National Bibliography (R4810)
 * New Zealand National Bibliography (R4815)
 * Thomson, New Zealand Literature (R4820)
 * Burns, New Zealand Novels and Novelists (R4835)

Poetry

 * Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry (L1235)
 * Boffey, New Index of Middle English Verse (M1940)
 * Case, Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies, 1521–1750 (M2180)
 * Frank, Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641–1660 (M2185)
 * Ringler, Bibliography of English Verse (M2190)
 * Foxon, English Verse, 1701–1750 (M2415)
 * Jackson, Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry (M2420)
 * Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, 1880–1899 (M2707)
 * Davis and Joyce, Poetry by Women to 1900 (Q3534)
 * Columbia Granger’s Index to African-American Poetry (Q3840)
 * French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
 * Jantz, “First Century of New England Verse” (Q4075)
 * Lemay, Calendar of American Poetry in the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines (Q4080)
 * Scheick, Seventeenth-Century American Poetry (Q4090)
 * Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
 * Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism (Q4105)
 * American Book Publishing Record (Q4110)
 * Davis, Contemporary American Poetry (Q4320)
 * Index of American Periodical Verse (Q4325)
 * Reardon, Poetry by American Women (Q4330)
 * Webby, Early Australian Poetry (R4545)
 * Index to Canadian Poetry in English (R4750)
 * Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160)
 * Index to Children’s Poetry (U5540)

Prose

 * Index of Middle English Prose (M1945)
 * Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
 * Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345)
 * Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
 * Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)

Science Fiction

 * NESFA Index to Science Fiction (L980)
 * Contento, Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections (L985)
 * Miller, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazine Index (L987)
 * Reginald, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (L990)
 * Schlobin, Literature of Fantasy (L995)
 * Tuck, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968 (L1000)
 * Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)

Scottish Literature

 * Waterloo Directory of Scottish Newspapers and Periodicals (O3103)

Short Fiction

 * Humanities Index (G385)
 * Readers’ Guide Abstracts (G400)
 * Short Story Index (L1085)
 * Harris, British Short Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (M2645)
 * Torre, Australian Short Story, 1940–1980 (R4525)
 * Weiss, Comprehensive Bibliography of English-Canadian Short Stories (R4703)

Welsh Literature

 * Jones, Bibliography of Anglo-Welsh Literature (P3150)
 * Walters, Llyfryddiaeth Cylchgronau Cymreig / A Bibliography of Welsh Periodicals (P3165)


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