This guide is intended as a research tool to help you locate background information, books, articles, and internet/web links on a variety of topics dealing with American women authors.
Background Information Sources
Available in the Library's reference area:
| Encyclopedia of American Social History (3 volumes) |
REF HN57 .E58 1993 |
| Handbook of American Women’s History |
REF HQ1410 .H36 2000 |
| Great Lives from History/American Women Series (5 vols.) |
REF HQ1412 .G74 1995 |
| Contemporary Authors (multiple volumes) |
REF PN 451 .C66 |
| Feminist Writers |
REF PN451 .F465 1996 |
| Great Women Writers |
REF PN471 .G74 1994 |
| Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (multiple volumes) |
REF PN771 .G27 |
| American Women Writers: a Critical Ref. Guide (4 vols.) |
REF PS147 .A42 2000 |
| Oxford Companion to Women’s Writing in the U.S. |
REF PS147 .O94 1995 |
| Modern American Women Writers |
REF PS151 .M54 1990 |
Books
Search the library catalog for books on your subject using words or word combinations below, or visit the library’s 2nd floor and browse the HQ1100-1900 (Feminism), PN451-481 (Lit. Criticism: Women), and PS145-152 (American Lit.: Women Authors) call number ranges.
- women authors
- United States literature
- American literature
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- feminist literature
- literary criticism
- women and literature
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- literature interpretation
- [name of specific author]
- [title of specific work]
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Newspaper, Magazine, and Academic Journal Articles
Internet Resources
Several Internet resources have been selected below. Additional links are available on Web Resources page; follow link for Literature.