Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Secondary Step 1


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Step 1: Consult bibliographies of bibliographies to identify existing bibliographies of secondary works associated with an author or topic.

General Bibliographies of Bibliographies

 * Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
 * Weiner, Literary Criticism Index (D170)
 * Bibliographic Index (D145)
 * Wortman, Guide to Serial Bibliographies for Modern Literatures (G325)
 * Besterman, World Bibliography of Bibliographies (D155)

American Literature

 * Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
 * Black Access (Q3715)
 * McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Fiction (Q4265)
 * McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Poetry (Q4315)

Book Review Indexes

 * Gray, Guide to Book Review Citations (G410)

Canadian Literature

 * Ingles, Bibliography of Canadian Bibliographies (R4585)

Caribbean-Area Literatures

 * Jordan, English-Speaking Caribbean (R4785)

Dictionaries

 * Cop, Babel Unravelled (U6018)

Dissertations and Theses

 * Reynolds, Guide to Theses and Dissertations (H455)

English Literature

 * Howard-Hill, Index to British Literary Bibliography (M1355)
 * Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
 * Lund, Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2220)
 * Mellown, Bibliographies of Twentieth Century British Poets, Novelists, and Dramatists (M2760)

Festschriften

 * “Festschriften Bibliographies and Indexes” (D165)

Fiction

 * Hartman and Drost, Themes and Settings in Fiction (L833)
 * McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Fiction (Q4265)

Film

 * Wulff, Bibliography of Film Bibliographies (U5755)

History

 * Henige, Serial Bibliographies and Abstracts in History (U6490)

Irish Literature

 * Eager, Guide to Irish Bibliographical Material (N2930)

Library Catalogs

 * Downs, American, British, and Irish Library Resources (E215)
 * Nelson, Guide to Published Library Catalogs (E220)

Medieval Studies

 * Rouse, Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies (M1805)

National Bibliographies

 * Domay, Bibliographie der nationalen Bibliographien (D180)

Periodical Indexes

 * Balay, Early Periodical Indexes (G327)

Poetry

 * McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Poetry (Q4315)

Serial Bibliographies

 * Bibliographic Index (D145)
 * Wortman, Guide to Serial Bibliographies for Modern Literatures (G325)
 * Rouse, Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies (M1805)

Women’s Studies

 * Nelson, Guide to Published Library Catalogs (E220)
 * Ballou, Women: A Bibliography of Bibliographies (U6585)


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