Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Secondary Step 2


 * Step 1
 * Step 2

Step 2: Search serial bibliographies to begin building a preliminary bibliography or to supplement an existing bibliography.

a. Search the major general literature serial bibliographies.

 * MLA International Bibliography (G335)
 * Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (G340)
 * FRANCIS (G345)

b. Identify serial bibliographies devoted to a national literature, group, genre, literary period, subject, or individual author.

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

African American Literature

 * G. K. Hall Index to Black Periodicals (Q3740)
 * “Annual Bibliography of Afro-American Literature, [1975–76]” (R4787a)

African Literatures

 * Africa-Wide Information (R4423)

American Literature

 * “Publications in American Studies from German-Speaking Countries” (Q3285)
 * “Annual Bibliography of Midwestern Literature” (Q3595)
 * Checklist of Scholarship on Southern Literature (Q3620)
 * Bibliography of Studies in Western American Literature (Q3665)
 * Miller, Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities (Q3700)
 * G. K. Hall Index to Black Periodicals (Q3740)
 * Hispanic American Periodicals Index (Q3973)
 * “Annual Bibliography of Afro-American Literature, [1975–76]” (R4787a)

Art

 * International Bibliography of Art (U5138)
 * ARTbibliographies Modern (U5140)
 * Art Index (U5145)
 * Répertoire d’art et d’archéologie (U5150)
 * International Repertory of the Literature of Art (U5155)
 * “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Australian Literature

 * AustLit (R4463)
 * “Annual Bibliography of Studies in Australian Literature” (R4480)

Bibliography and Textual Criticism

 * Book History Online (U5275)
 * Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (U5280)

Biography

 * Biography Index (J540)

Canadian Literature

 * Canadian Literary Periodicals Index (R4630)
 * Canadian Periodical Index (R4635)
 * “Year’s Work in Canadian Poetry Studies [1976–86]” (R4755a)

Caribbean-Area Literatures in English

 * “Select Bibliography of the Literature of the English-Speaking West Indies” (R4787)

Children’s Literature

 * “Bibliography,” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly (U5478)
 * Children’s Literature Abstracts (U5490)

Classical Literatures

 * L’année philologique (S4890)

Colonialism and Postcolonialism

 * “Bibliography of Articles and Books Published in English on Colonialism and Imperialism” (U6181)

Comparative Literature

 * “Annual Bibliography [1949–69],” Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature (T5000a)

Composition and Rhetoric

 * ComPile (U5583)
 * “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English” (U5585)
 * ERIC (U5590)

Computers and the Humanities

 * Humanities Computing Yearbook (U5657)

Dance and Literature

 * “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Drama and Theater

 * International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text (L1160)
 * “Restoration and 18th Century Theatre Research Bibliography” (M2387)
 * “Nineteenth-Century Theatre Research: A Bibliography” (M2690a)
 * “Modern Drama Studies: An Annual Bibliography” (M2870)

English Literature

 * “Bibliography,” Anglo-Saxon England (M1660)
 * Old English Bibliography (M1665)
 * International Medieval Bibliography (M1835)
 * World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (M2020)
 * Bibliographie internationale de l’humanisme et de la Renaissance (M2025)
 * “Literature of the Renaissance” (M2030)
 * Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography (M2245)
 * “Some Current Publications,” Restoration (M2250)
 * “Restoration and 18th Century Theatre Research Bibliography” (M2387)
 * Romantic Movement (M2485)
 * Victorian Database (M2490)
 * “Annual Bibliography,” Keats-Shelley Journal (M2495)
 * Victorian Bibliography (M2500)
 * “RSVP Bibliography,” Victorian Periodicals Review (M2555)
 * “Nineteenth-Century Theatre Research: A Bibliography” (M2690a)
 * “Guide to the Year’s Work,” Victorian Poetry (M2720)
 * “Annual Review,” Journal of Modern Literature (M2780)
 * “Modern Drama Studies: An Annual Bibliography” (M2870)

Environmental Studies

 * ASLE Bibliography (U5737)

Film

 * Film and Television Literature Index (U5780)
 * International Index to Film Periodicals (U5785)

Folklore

 * MLA International Bibliography (G335)
 * Internationale volkskundliche Bibliographie (U5865)

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

 * LGBT Life (U5935)

Gothicism

 * “Bibliography of Gothic Studies” (L875a)

Hispanic American Literature

 * Hispanic American Periodicals Index (Q3973)

History

 * Bibliography of British and Irish History (M1400)
 * America: History and Life (Q3310)
 * Writings on American History (Q3340)
 * Historical Abstracts (U6500)

Interdisciplinary Studies

 * “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Irish Literature

 * “IASIL Bibliography Bulletin” (N2955)

Linguistics

 * Bibliographie linguistique (U6010)
 * Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (U6015)

Midwestern American Literature

 * “Annual Bibliography of Midwestern Literature” (Q3595)

Music

 * RILM: Répertoire international de littérature musical (U6240)

Onomastics

 * “Bibliography of Personal Names” (U6040a)
 * “Place-Name Literature” (U6040a)

Other Literatures in English

 * “Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature” (R4375)

Philosophy

 * Philosopher’s Index (U6275)

Poetry

 * “Year’s Work in Canadian Poetry Studies” (R4755a)

Political Science

 * International Political Science Abstracts (U6520)

Popular Culture

 * Abstracts of Popular Culture (U6295a)

Psychology and Literature

 * PsycINFO (U6530)
 * IPSA Abstracts and Bibliography in Literature and Psychology (U6540a)

Religion

 * Religion Index (U6350)

Science and Literature

 * Relations of Science to Literature and the Arts (U6440)

Science Fiction

 * Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (L1013)

Scottish Literature

 * Annual Bibliography of Scottish Literature (O3075)
 * Bibliography of Scotland (O3080)

Shakespeare, William

 * World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (M2020)

Short Fiction

 * “Annual Bibliography of Short Story Explication” (L1090a)

Social Sciences

 * Social Sciences Index (U6470)

Sociology

 * Sociological Abstracts (U6560)

Southern American Literature

 * Checklist of Scholarship on Southern Literature (Q3620)

Stylistics

 * “Stylistics Annotated Bibliography” (U6075)

Western American Literature

 * Bibliography of Studies in Western American Literature (Q3665)

Women’s Studies

 * Women Studies Abstracts (U6610)

c. Search the major general serial bibliographies.

 * British Humanities Index (G370)
 * Essay and General Literature Index (G380)
 * Google (G383)
 * Humanities Index (G385)
 * Arts and Humanities Citation Index (G365)

d. Search union catalogs.

 * WorldCat (E225)

General Surveys

 * Year’s Work in English Studies (G330)

African American Literature

 * Inge, Duke, and Bryer, Black American Writers (Q3735)

African Literatures

 * Lindfors, “Researching African Literatures” (S4865)

American Literature

 * Year’s Work in English Studies (G330)
 * American Literary Scholarship (Q3265)
 * Duke, Bryer, and Inge, American Women Writers (Q3275)
 * Harbert and Rees, Fifteen American Authors before 1900 (Q3280)
 * Prospects for the Study of American Literature (Q3283)
 * Inge, Duke, and Bryer, Black American Writers (Q3735)
 * Myerson, Transcendentalists (Q4135)
 * Woodress, Eight American Authors (Q4140)
 * Bryer, Sixteen Modern American Authors (Q4240)

Book Collecting

 * Tanselle, “Literature of Book Collecting” (U5355)

Canadian Literature

 * Wagner, “From Art to Theory” (R4730)

Children’s Literature

 * Children’s Literature Research (U5477)

Composition and Rhetoric

 * Gaillet, Present State of Scholarship in the History of Rhetoric (U5565)
 * Research on Composition (U5570)
 * Moran and Lunsford, Research in Composition and Rhetoric (U5575)
 * Tate, Teaching Composition (U5580)

Critical Theory

 * Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory (U6133)

Cultural Theory

 * Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory (U6133)

Drama and Theater

 * Wells, English Drama (Excluding Shakespeare) (M1555)
 * Logan and Smith, Predecessors of Shakespeare (M2145)
 * “Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama” (M2150)
 * Hume, “English Drama and Theatre, 1660–1800” (M2385)
 * Wagner, “From Art to Theory” (R4730)

English Literature

 * Year’s Work in English Studies (G330)
 * Dyson, English Novel: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1510)
 * Wells, English Drama (Excluding Shakespeare) (M1555)
 * Dyson, English Poetry: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1595)
 * “Year’s Work in Old English Studies” (M1655)
 * Severs, Hartung, and Beidler, Manual of the Writings in Middle English (M1825)
 * Fisher, Medieval Literature of Western Europe (M1830)
 * “Recent Studies in the English Renaissance,” English Literary Renaissance (M2010)
 * “Recent Studies in the English Renaissance,” Studies in English Literature (M2015)
 * Logan and Smith, Predecessors of Shakespeare (M2145)
 * “Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama” (M2150)
 * “Recent Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century” (M2240)
 * Hume, “English Drama and Theatre, 1660–1800” (M2385)
 * O’Neill, Literature of the Romantic Period (M2477)
 * “Recent Studies in the Nineteenth Century” (M2480)
 * Ford, Victorian Fiction: A Guide to Research (M2665)
 * Jordan, English Romantic Poets (M2710)
 * Faverty, Victorian Poets (M2715)
 * “Guide to the Year’s Work,” Victorian Poetry (M2720)
 * DeLaura, Victorian Prose (M2740)

Fiction

 * Dyson, English Novel: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1510)
 * Ford, Victorian Fiction: A Guide to Research (M2665)

Folklore

 * Scottish Literary Journal (O3070)
 * Dorson, Handbook of American Folklore (U5860)

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

 * Reader’s Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies (U5932)

Irish Literature

 * Finneran, Anglo-Irish Literature: A Review of Research (N2950)

Poetry

 * Dyson, English Poetry: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1595)
 * Jordan, English Romantic Poets (M2710)
 * Faverty, Victorian Poets (M2715)
 * “Guide to the Year’s Work,” Victorian Poetry (M2720)

Popular Culture

 * Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)

Prose

 * DeLaura, Victorian Prose (M2740)

Scottish Literature

 * Scottish Literary Journal (O3070)

Textual Studies

 * Schoenberg, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts (F305)
 * Greetham, Scholarly Editing (U5273)

Women’s Studies

 * Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)
 * Hartman and Messer-Davidow, Women in Print (U6595)

Bibliographies of Bibliographies and Databases

 * Reynolds, Guide to Theses and Dissertations (H455)
 * Dissertation Abstracts (H465)
 * ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (H475)

Other Bibliographies of Theses and Dissertations

 * Union List of Higher Degree Theses in Australian University Libraries (H480)
 * Gabel, Catalogue of Austrian and Swiss Dissertations on English and American Literature (H485)
 * McNamee, Dissertations in English and American Literature (H490)
 * Mummendey, Language and Literature of the Anglo-Saxon Nations (H495)
 * Howard-Hill, Index to British Literary Bibliography (M1355)
 * Howard, Theses in English Literature (M1395)
 * Pulsiano, Annotated Bibliography of North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old English Language and Literature (M1670a)
 * Altick and Matthews, Guide to Doctoral Dissertations in Victorian Literature (M2510)
 * O’Malley, Anglo-Irish Literature: A Bibliography of Dissertations (N2988)
 * Mikhail, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Anglo-Irish Drama (N3045)
 * Howard, Theses in American Literature, 1896–1971 (Q3315)
 * Woodress, Dissertations in American Literature, 1891–1966 (Q3320)
 * Emerson and Michel, Southern Literary Culture (Q3630)
 * Montgomery, American Puritan Studies (Q4020)
 * Gabel, Canadian Literature: An Index to Theses (R4660)
 * Fielding, Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations on the Subject of Film (U5795)
 * Dundes, Folklore Theses and Dissertations in the United States (U5885)
 * Gilbert, Women’s Studies: A Bibliography of Dissertations (U6615)

African Literatures

 * Africa-Wide Information (R4423)
 * Lindfors, Black African Literature in English (R4425)

American Literature

 * FRANCIS (G345)
 * Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
 * Brogan, English Versification (M1600)
 * Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography (M2245)
 * “Some Current Publications,” Restoration (M2250)
 * Pownall, Articles on Twentieth Century Literature (M2790)
 * Somer, American and British Literature, 1945–1975 (M2800)
 * “Modern Drama Studies: An Annual Bibliography” (M2870)
 * Carpenter, Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism (M2875)
 * Jones, Folklore and Literature in the United States (Q3290)
 * Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
 * Literary History of the United States (Q3300)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Gerstenberger, American Novel Explication, 1991–1995 (Q3475)
 * Weixlmann, American Short-Fiction Criticism and Scholarship (Q3480)
 * Archer, American Actors and Actresses (Q3515)
 * Silvester, United States Theatre (Q3517)
 * Eddleman, American Drama Criticism (Q3520)
 * Wilmeth, American Stage to World War I (Q3525)
 * Gohdes, Literature and Theater of the States and Regions of the U. S. A. (Q3570)
 * Larson, American Regional Theatre History (Q3575)
 * Stratman, Bibliography of the American Theatre Excluding New York City (Q3580)
 * Nemanic, Bibliographical Guide to Midwestern Literature (Q3600)
 * Rubin, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Southern Literature (Q3625)
 * Etulain and Howard, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Western American Literature (Q3670)
 * History of Afro-American Literature (Q3713)
 * Perry, Harlem Renaissance (Q3750)
 * Turner, Afro-American Writers (Q3755)
 * Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815)
 * Fairbanks, Black American Fiction (Q3820)
 * French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
 * Marken, American Indian (Q3875)
 * Ruoff, American Indian Literatures (Q3880)
 * Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920)
 * Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940)
 * Eger, Bibliography of Criticism of Contemporary Chicano Literature (Q3975)
 * Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990)
 * Gephart, Revolutionary America (Q4025)
 * Parker, Early American Fiction (Q4065)
 * Scheick, Seventeenth-Century American Poetry (Q4090)
 * Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
 * Chielens, Literary Journal in America to 1900 (Q4145)
 * Holman, American Novel through Henry James (Q4185)
 * Kirby, America’s Hive of Honey (Q4190)
 * Meserve, American Drama to 1900 (Q4200)
 * Partridge, American Prose and Criticism, 1820–1900 (Q4205)
 * Chielens, Literary Journal in America, 1900–1950 (Q4250)
 * Woodress, American Fiction, 1900–1950 (Q4270)
 * Kolin, American Playwrights since 1945 (Q4287)
 * Gavin, American Women Playwrights, 1964–1989 (Q4289)
 * Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)
 * Gingerich, Contemporary Poetry in America and England (Q4335)
 * Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345)
 * Horner, Historical Rhetoric (U5600)
 * Bailey, English Stylistics (U6080)
 * Bullock and Peck, Guide to Marxist Literary Criticism (U6175)

Art

 * Arts and Humanities Citation Index (G365)
 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
 * Vann and Van Arsdel, Victorian Periodicals (M2525)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Arntzen, Guide to the Literature of Art History (U5130)
 * Bibliography of the History of Art (U5138)
 * ARTbibliographies Modern (U5140)
 * Art Index (U5145)
 * Répertoire d’art et d’archéologie (U5150)
 * International Repertory of the Literature of Art (U5155)
 * Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160)
 * “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Australian Literature

 * AustLit (R4463)
 * Andrews, Australian Literature to 1900 (R4485)
 * Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
 * Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)

Canadian Literature

 * Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
 * Etulain and Howard, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Western American Literature (Q3670)
 * Clements and Malpezzi, Native American Folklore (Q3885)
 * Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990)
 * Annotated Bibliography of Canada’s Major Authors (R4605)
 * Dionne, Bibliographie de la critique de la littérature québécoise (R4643)
 * Canadian Writers and Their Works (R4645)
 * Moyles, English-Canadian Literature to 1900 (R4650)
 * Watters and Bell, On Canadian Literature, 1806–1960 (R4655)
 * Fowke and Carpenter, Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English (R4665)
 * Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705)
 * Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)
 * Ball and Plant, Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada (R4735)
 * Stevens, Modern English-Canadian Poetry (R4755)
 * Bullock and Peck, Guide to Marxist Literary Criticism (U6175)

Caribbean-Area Literatures

 * Allis, West Indian Literature (R4790)

Children’s Literature

 * Victorian Database (M2490)
 * Vann and Van Arsdel, Victorian Periodicals (M2525)
 * Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940)
 * Lindfors, Black African Literature in English (R4425)
 * Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (U5280)
 * Children’s Literature Research (U5477)
 * Hendrickson, Children’s Literature: A Guide to the Criticism (U5480)
 * Rahn, Children’s Literature: An Annotated Bibliography (U5485)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Comparative Literature

 * Weisstein, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory (T4990)
 * Baldensperger, Bibliography of Comparative Literature (T5000)
 * Internationale Bibliographie zu Geschichte und Theorie der Komparatistik (T5005)

Drama and Theater

 * Cumulated Dramatic Index (L1165)
 * Palmer, European Drama Criticism (L1170)
 * Arnott, English Theatrical Literature (M1560)
 * Douglas, Guide to British Drama Explication (M1562)
 * Cavanagh, British Theatre: A Bibliography (M1563)
 * Stratman, Spencer, and Devine, Bibliography of Medieval Drama (M1930)
 * Logan and Smith, Predecessors of Shakespeare (M2145)
 * Bergeron, Twentieth-Century Criticism of English Masques, Pageants, and Entertainments (M2155)
 * Stevens, English Renaissance Theatre History (M2160)
 * White, Early English Drama, Everyman to 1580 (M2165)
 * Link, English Drama, 1660–1800 (M2390)
 * Stratman, Spencer, and Devine, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research (M2395)
 * Conolly, English Drama and Theatre, 1800–1900 (M2690)
 * Carpenter, Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism (M2875)
 * King, Ten Modern Irish Playwrights (N3040)
 * Mikhail, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Anglo-Irish Drama (N3045)
 * Archer, American Actors and Actresses (Q3515)
 * Silvester, United States Theatre (Q3517)
 * Eddleman, American Drama Criticism (Q3520)
 * Wilmeth, American Stage to World War I (Q3525)
 * Gohdes, Literature and Theater of the States and Regions of the U. S. A. (Q3570)
 * Larson, American Regional Theatre History (Q3575)
 * Stratman, Bibliography of the American Theatre Excluding New York City (Q3580)
 * French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
 * Meserve, American Drama to 1900 (Q4200)
 * Kolin, American Playwrights since 1945 (Q4287)
 * Gavin, American Women Playwrights, 1964–1989 (Q4289)
 * Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)
 * Wildbihler, Musical (Q4295)
 * Ball and Plant, Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada (R4735)

English Literature

 * Literature and Language Bibliographies from the American Year Book (G355)
 * Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
 * New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M1385)
 * Baer, Folklore and Literature of the British Isles (M1390)
 * Bibliography of British and Irish History (M1400)
 * Bell, English Novel Explication (M1515)
 * English Novel: Twentieth Century Criticism (M1520)
 * Arnott, English Theatrical Literature (M1560)
 * Douglas, Guide to British Drama Explication (M1562)
 * Cavanagh, British Theatre: A Bibliography (M1563)
 * Brogan, English Versification (M1600)
 * Stauffer, English Biography before 1700 (M1605)
 * Greenfield, Bibliography of Publications on Old English Literature (M1670)
 * New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 600–1660 (M1675)
 * Rosenthal, Anglo-Saxon History (M1680)
 * Braswell, Western Manuscripts from Classical Antiquity to the Renaissance (M1775)
 * New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 600–1660 (M1840)
 * Bibliography of English History to 1485 (M1845)
 * Crosby, Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide (M1850)
 * Paetow, Guide to the Study of Medieval History (M1855)
 * Stratman, Bibliography of Medieval Drama (M1930)
 * Edwards, Middle English Prose (M1950)
 * New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 600–1660 (M2035)
 * Tannenbaum, Elizabethan Bibliographies (M2040)
 * Davies, Bibliography of British History: Stuart Period (M2045)
 * Read, Bibliography of British History: Tudor Period (M2050)
 * Harner, English Renaissance Prose Fiction (M2105)
 * Stevens, English Renaissance Theatre History (M2160)
 * White, Early English Drama, Everyman to 1580 (M2165)
 * Pargellis and Medley, Bibliography of British History: The Eighteenth Century (M2260)
 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
 * Weed, Studies of British Newspapers and Periodicals to 1800 (M2285)
 * Letellier, English Novel, 1660–1740: An Annotated Bibliography (M2340)
 * Spector, English Gothic: A Bibliographic Guide (M2345)
 * Link, English Drama, 1660–1800 (M2390)
 * Stratman, Spencer, and Devine, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research (M2395)
 * Mell, English Poetry, 1660–1800 (M2425)
 * Brown and Christie, Bibliography of British History, 1789–1851 (M2515)
 * Hanham, Bibliography of British History, 1851–1914 (M2520)
 * Madden and Dixon, Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press in Britain (M2560)
 * Ward, British Periodicals and Newspapers, 1789–1832 (M2565)
 * Conolly, English Drama and Theatre, 1800–1900 (M2690)
 * Reiman, English Romantic Poetry, 1800–1835 (M2725)
 * Pownall, Articles on Twentieth Century Literature (M2790)
 * Davies, Annotated Critical Bibliography of Modernism (M2795)
 * Somer, American and British Literature, 1945–1975 (M2800)
 * Robbins, Bibliography of British History, 1914–1989 (M2805)
 * Cassis, Twentieth-Century English Novel (M2835)
 * Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
 * Carpenter, Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism (M2875)
 * Brown, English Prose and Criticism, 1900–1959 (M2900)
 * Kirby, America’s Hive of Honey (Q4190)
 * Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)
 * Wildbihler, Musical (Q4295)
 * Gingerich, Contemporary Poetry in America and England (Q4335)
 * Carlsen, Bibliography to the Classical Tradition in English Literature (S4893)
 * Horner, Present State of Scholarship in Historical and Contemporary Rhetoric (U5565)
 * Horner, Historical Rhetoric (U5600)
 * Bailey, English Stylistics (U6080)
 * Bullock and Peck, Guide to Marxist Literary Criticism (U6175)

Fiction

 * Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)
 * Frank, Guide to the Gothic (L875)
 * Albert, Detective and Mystery Fiction (L920)
 * Laurenti, Catálogo bibliográfico de la literatura picaresca (L950)
 * Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
 * Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication (L1090)
 * Bell, English Novel Explication (M1515)
 * English Novel: Twentieth Century Criticism (M1520)
 * Harner, English Renaissance Prose Fiction (M2105)
 * Letellier, English Novel, 1660–1740: An Annotated Bibliography (M2340)
 * Spector, English Gothic: A Bibliographic Guide (M2345)
 * Cassis, Twentieth-Century English Novel (M2835)
 * Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
 * Facts on File Bibliography of American Fiction (Q3474)
 * Gerstenberger, American Novel Explication, 1991–1995 (Q3475)
 * Weixlmann, American Short-Fiction Criticism and Scholarship (Q3480)
 * Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815)
 * Fairbanks, Black American Fiction (Q3820)
 * Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920)
 * Parker, Early American Fiction (Q4065)
 * Holman, American Novel through Henry James (Q4185)
 * Kirby, America’s Hive of Honey (Q4190)
 * Woodress, American Fiction, 1900–1950 (Q4270)
 * Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
 * Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705)
 * Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)
 * Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160)

Film and Literature

 * Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
 * “Annual Review,” Journal of Modern Literature (M2780)
 * Wildbihler, Musical (Q4295)
 * Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
 * Art Index (U5145)
 * Rehrauer, Macmillan Film Bibliography (U5790)
 * Manchel, Film Study (U5793)
 * Ross, Film as Literature, Literature as Film (U5800)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)
 * Kiell, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, and Literature (U6540)

Folklore

 * Baer, Folklore and Literature of the British Isles (M1390)
 * Bergeron, Twentieth-Century Criticism of English Masques, Pageants, and Entertainments (M2155)
 * Harmon, Select Bibliography for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (N2975)
 * Scottish Literary Journal (O3070)
 * Annual Bibliography of Scottish Literature (O3075)
 * Bibliography of Scotland (O3080)
 * Jones, Folklore and Literature in the United States (Q3290)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Nemanic, Bibliographical Guide to Midwestern Literature (Q3600)
 * Rubin, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Southern Literature (Q3625)
 * Clements and Malpezzi, Native American Folklore (Q3885)
 * Lindfors, Black African Literature in English (R4425)
 * Watters and Bell, On Canadian Literature, 1806–1960 (R4655)
 * Fowke and Carpenter, Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English (R4665)
 * Comitas, Complete Caribbeana (R4790a)
 * Humanities Computing Yearbook (U5657)
 * Richmond, Ballad Scholarship (U5902)
 * Carnes, Fable Scholarship (U5905)
 * Miller, Folk Music in America (U5910)
 * Mieder, International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology (U5920)
 * Kiell, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, and Literature (U6540)

Gothic Fiction

 * Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)
 * Frank, Guide to the Gothic (L875)
 * Spector, English Gothic: A Bibliographic Guide (M2345)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Hispanic American Literature

 * Eger, Bibliography of Criticism of Contemporary Chicano Literature (Q3975)

Historical Fiction

 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

History and Literature

 * Rosenthal, Anglo-Saxon History (M1680)
 * Graves, Bibliography of English History to 1485 (M1845)
 * Crosby, Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide (M1850)
 * Paetow, Guide to the Study of Medieval History (M1855)
 * Davies, Bibliography of British History: Stuart Period (M2045)
 * Read, Bibliography of British History: Tudor Period (M2050)
 * Pargellis and Medley, Bibliography of British History: The Eighteenth Century (M2260)
 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
 * Brown and Christie. Bibliography of British History, 1789–1851 (M2515)
 * Hanham, Bibliography of British History, 1851–1914 (M2520)
 * Robbins, Bibliography of British History, 1914–1989 (M2805)
 * Basler, Guide to the Study of the United States of America (Q3325)
 * Harvard Guide to American History (Q3330)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Nemanic, Bibliographical Guide to Midwestern Literature (Q3600)
 * Gephart, Revolutionary America (Q4025)
 * American Historical Association’s Guide to Historical Literature (U6497)

Irish Literature

 * New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (N2965)
 * Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature (N2970)
 * Harmon, Select Bibliography for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (N2975)
 * Hayes, Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation (N2980)
 * McKenna, Irish Literature, 1800–1875 (N2985)
 * King, Ten Modern Irish Playwrights (N3040)
 * Mikhail, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Anglo-Irish Drama (N3045)

Medicine and Literature

 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)

Music and Literature

 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Miller, Folk Music in America (U5910)

Mystery Fiction

 * Albert, Detective and Mystery Fiction (L920)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

New Zealand Literature

 * Thomson, New Zealand Literature (R4820)

Philosophy and Literature

 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
 * Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
 * Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)

Poetry

 * Coleman, Epic and Romance Criticism (L1245)
 * Donow, Sonnet in England and America (L1250)
 * Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
 * Dyson, English Poetry: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1595)
 * Brogan, English Versification (M1600)
 * Mell, English Poetry, 1660–1800 (M2425)
 * Reiman, English Romantic Poetry, 1800–1835 (M2725)
 * Glen, Poetry of the Scots (O3130)
 * French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
 * Scheick, Seventeenth-Century American Poetry (Q4090)
 * Gingerich, Contemporary Poetry in America and England (Q4335)
 * Stevens, Modern English-Canadian Poetry (R4755)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Political Science and Literature

 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)

Popular Culture

 * Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)
 * Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)

Postcolonialism

 * Nordquist, Postcolonial Theory (U6183)

Prose

 * Edwards, Middle English Prose (M1950)
 * Brown, English Prose and Criticism, 1900–1959 (M2900)
 * Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
 * Partridge, American Prose and Criticism, 1820–1900 (Q4205)
 * Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345)
 * Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
 * Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)

Psychology and Literature

 * Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Beugnot, Manuel bibliographique des études littéraires (S4905)
 * Kiell, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, and Literature (U6540)

Religion and Literature

 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
 * Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
 * Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)

Science and Literature

 * Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
 * Relations of Literature and Science (U6445)

Science Fiction

 * Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Scottish Literature

 * New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (O3085)
 * Glen, Poetry of the Scots (O3130)

Short Fiction

 * Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication (L1090)
 * Weixlmann, American Short-Fiction Criticism and Scholarship (Q3480)

Social Sciences and Literature

 * Beugnot, Manuel bibliographique des études littéraires (S4905)

Welsh Literature

 * Harris, Bibliographical Guide to Twenty-Four Modern Anglo-Welsh Writers (P3157)

Women and Literature

 * Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
 * Vann and Van Arsdel, Victorian Periodicals (M2525)
 * Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
 * Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
 * Jordan, Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers (Q3723)
 * Gavin, American Women Playwrights, 1964–1989 (Q4289)
 * Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
 * Nordquist, Feminist Literary Theory (U6169)
 * Humm, Annotated Critical Bibliography of Feminist Criticism (U6170)
 * Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)
 * Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)
 * Hartman and Messer-Davidow, Women in Print (U6595)
 * Boos, Bibliography of Women and Literature (U6600)
 * Schwartz, Articles on Women Writers (U6605)


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