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Women Writers: Selected Resources on American Women Writers With Special Emphasis on Maine Women Writers

Background Information | Using the Catalog | Electronic Periodical Databases | Journals | Internet Sources

		Background Information and Reference Sources

		American Women Writers American Writers American National Biography Contemporary Authors Click here for Online Version Contemporary Literary Criticism Click here for Online Version Critical Survey of Drama Critical Survey of Long Fiction Critical Survey of Poetry Critical Survey of Short Fiction Dictionary of American Biography Dictionary of Literary Biography Click here for Online Version Feminist Companion to Literature in English Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 Maine: A Guide 'Down East' Maine Writers of Fiction for Juveniles. Ref 928/M284 Masterplots II American Fiction Series Masterplots II Short Story Series More Women in Literature, Ref 809/F151 Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism Notable American Women, 1607-1950 Ref 920.72/J232 Notable American Women: The Modern Period Ref 920.72/J232m Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States Poetry Criticism Portland City Guide Short Story Criticism Twentieth Century Authors (and 1^st supplement) Ref 928/K96t Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Women in Particular Women of Maine Women Writers in the United States Writers of Maine: a bibliography of Maine Writers. Ref 974.1/W939

		Using The Catalog

		Look for books by your author in the Author section of the UNE Libraries catalog; look for books and videos about your author and her works in the Subject section of the UNE Libraries catalog.

		The following subject headings will also be useful for locating information on or about American women writers; pay particular attention to the subheading history and criticism for locating literary criticism.

		American Fiction American Literature American Literature Maine American Literature New England History and Criticism Maine Fiction Maine Poetry Short Stories American Women Authors Women and Literature Women and Literature United States

		Electronic Periodical Databases

		American Civil War: Letters and Diaries

		North American Women's Letters and Diaries, Colonial-1950

		ProQuest Research Library indexes summaries of articles from over 5,000 publications, with many in full text, full image format. Indexing and abstracting backfiles date back to 1986. Broad subject areas include the humanities and women's interest.

		Academic Search Elite provides full-text for 1,360 journals covering the social sciences, humanities, general science, education, etc.

		America: History and Life is the database of choice for American Studies topics. A:HL is a comprehensive file including abstracting and indexing of the full range of U.S. and Canadian history, area studies, current affairs and literature. It includes coverage of history, interdisciplinary studies of historical interest, and history-related topics in the humanities from 1982 forward. Additional periodical indexes available in the Abplanalp Library reference area are: The Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature, a paper index providing periodical indexing back to 1890; Humanities Index, a paper index covering the humanities from 1989; and Essay and General Literature Index, a paper index covering the contents of selected book chapters and essays from 1970 through 1994.

		Journals

		The following journals from the UNE Libraries will be especially helpful: Colby (Library) Quarterly Legacy

		Internet Sources

		Maine Women Writers Collection Maine Writers Index A Celebration of Women Writers

		Roberta (Bobby) Gray, public services librarian, University of New England Libraries, Westbrook College Campus, 716 Stevens Ave., Portland, ME 04103

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