LibGuides: English and Cultural Studies: American Literature

A Few Books about American Literature

USE THE CATALOG TO FIND MORE, OR BROWSE the PS section of the stacks.

Each Hour Redeem by Daylanne K. English
Call Number: PS153 .N5 E59 2013
ISBN: 9780816679898
Publication Date: 2013
Ecocriticism - The Essential Reader by Ken Hiltner (Editor)
Call Number: PN98 .E36 E39 2015 NEW Books, 2nd floor STACKS
ISBN: 9780415508599
Publication Date: 2014
A History of American Literature by Richard J. Gray
Call Number: eBook Collection
ISBN: 1405129042
Publication Date: 2003
Jewish American and Holocaust Literature by Alan L. Berger and Gloria L. Cronin, editors
Call Number: PS153 .J4 J47 2004
ISBN: 0791462102
Publication Date: 2004
The Poetics of National and Racial Identity in Nineteenth-Century American Literature by John D. Kerkering, editor
Call Number: PS217 .N38 K47 2003
ISBN: 0521831148
Publication Date: 2003
War No More by Cynthia Wachtell
Call Number: PS169 .W27 W33 2010
ISBN: 9780807135624
Publication Date: 2010

Databases at NSU--from the database directory by subject, on the mainpage

The MLA International Bibliography is the standard index for scholarship in non-classical languages. Find it online in the homepage Database Directory and also in print from 1921-1983, in the Watson reference stacks at Z 7006 M64 REF

Academic Search Complete This link opens in a new window
Broad, general periodical database that includes over 13,000 scholarly and popular journals. Many articles are full-text.
Credo This link opens in a new window
Now called Credo Reference
eBook Collection This link opens in a new window
Check also the EBSCO eBook Academic Collection
Gale Virtual Reference Library This link opens in a new window
includes Twayne's and Scribner series on writers, World Literature and Its Times, Literary Themes for Students, and more.
JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR - both multidisciplinary and discipline-specific collections .Areas such as Arts and Sciences, Business, Ecology and Botany, General Science, Language and Literature, Mathematics and Statistics, and Music.
Literary Reference Center This link opens in a new window
Library Reference Center provides a spectrum of information on authors and their works across literary disciplines and time-frames. It gives students, professors and researches a foundation of literary reference works to meet their research needs.
Project Muse This link opens in a new window
Project MUSE contains books and journals in the humanities and social sciences from over 200 of the world’s most distinguished university presses and scholarly societies.

MLA Style

The Citation LibGuide
More information on MLA style and the 8th edition template.
Purdue OWL
Purdue OWL: the standard online guide to writing style and format.

MLA Handbook, 8th ed. by The Modern Language Association of America
Call Number: LB2369 .G53 2016 REF, in all libraries
ISBN: 9781603292627
Publication Date: 2016
For MLA style, citations and documentation formats.

English and Cultural Studies: American Literature

A Printable Guide to Library Resources for Literary Research

A Few Books about American Literature

Databases at NSU--from the database directory by subject, on the mainpage

MLA Style