ENGL 218 - Survey of American Literature I: Early Period to 1865 - Bibliography      Reference Sources || Library Catalogs || Journal Indexes || Web Resources || Style Guides

• Album of American History Ref E178.5.A48
• American Authors 1600-1900 Ref PS128.K8
• Annals of American Literature, 1602-1983 Ref PS94.L83 1986
• Annals of America Ref E173.A793
• Encyclopedia of American Political History Ref E183.E5 1984
• Gale Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes Ref E77.G15 1998
• Gale Literary Index, citations from the Gale literature series
• Gale Literary Databases, full-text from literature reference sources such as the Dictionary of Literary Biography
• General Reference Center
• Oxford Companion to American History Ref E174.J6
• Oxford Companion to American Literature Ref PS121.H3 1995
• Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the U.S. Ref PS147.O94 1995
• Oxford English Dictionary

MSU-Bozeman: Search for books, journals, government publications, and other documents held at MSU-Bozeman through the MSU Libraries Catalog. You can search by author, title, or subject.

Use Library of Congress Subject Headings such as (upper case not necessary):

• AMERICAN LITERATURE 1783-1850 HISTORY AND CRITICISM
• AMERICAN LITERATURE AFRO-AMERICAN
• AMERICAN LITERATURE INDIAN AUTHORS
• AMERICAN LITERATURE WOMEN WRITERS
• AMERICAN FICTION 18TH CENTURY HISTORY AND CRITICISM
• INDIANS OF NORTH AMERICA
• LITERATURE AND SOCIETY UNITED STATES
• SOCIAL HISTORY IN LITERATURE
• UNITED STATES CIVILIZATION 1783-1865
• BROWN CHARLES BROCKDEN (or other author's name)

Outside MSU-Bozeman: To identify books and other materials not owned by MSU, see the Reference Subject Group of the Library's Indexes and Databases. Specifically, WorldCat and Books in Print are useful. If you find items you'd like in other library catalogs, use Interlibrary Loan to request that copies be sent to MSU-Bozeman for your use. This is a free service.

Use the Periodical Indexes and Databases to locate citations to articles. These indexes cover periodicals that are available in the library as well as ones that we do not have. Check the MSU-Bozeman catalog for journals, books, and other documents in the citations you find. Request on Interlibrary Loan those we don't own.

Arts & Humanities Indexes: In this subject area, some of the following indexes are of particular interest:

• Expanded Academic ASAP: A multidisciplinary database of scholarly and popular articles, including broad coverage of the arts and humanities, 1980 - present. Includes some full-text.
• Gale Literary Databases: Contains full-text biography and criticism of approximately 100,000 authors.
• America: History and Life: A bibliographic index to publications (1963 - ) on the history of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. Does not include full-text.
• MLA Bibliography: Covers literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore from over 6,000 journals and series published worldwide, 1963 - present. Does not include full-text.

American Literature & Studies Gateways: Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature: American - IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection - Literary Resources on the Net (Rutgers) - Perspectives in American Literature

• MLA Guide for References (from the MSU-Bozeman Libraries)
• The MLA Handbook Ref PE1478.G52 1995
• Columbia Guide to Online Style
• Electronic Styles: A Handbook for Citing Electronic Information Ref PE1478.L5 1996