Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Printed Step 1

by James L. Harner

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Step 1: Consult bibliographies of bibliographies and guides to research methods to identify existing bibliographies of primary or secondary works associated with an author or topic.

General Bibliographies of Bibliographies and Guides to Research Methods

• Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
• Weiner, Literary Criticism Index (D170)
• Bibliographic Index (D145)
• Wortman, Guide to Serial Bibliographies for Modern Literatures (G325)
• Balay, Early Periodical Indexes (G327)
• Besterman, World Bibliography of Bibliographies (D155)

Specialized Bibliographies of Bibliographies and Guides to Research Methods

American Literature

• Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
• Black Access (Q3715)
• Courtney, Literary Research and the Era of American Nationalism and Romanticism (Q3995)
• Stein, Literary Research and the American Realism and Naturalism Period (Q4100)
• Matuozzi and Lindsay, Literary Research and the American Modernist Era (Q4210)
• McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Fiction (Q4265)
• McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Poetry (Q4315)

Australian Literature

• Christenberry and Courtney, Literary Research and the Literatures of Australia and New Zealand: Strategies and Sources (R4435)

Canadian Literature

• Bibliography of Canadian Bibliographies / Bibliographie des bibliographies canadiennes (R4585)

Caribbean-Area Literatures

• Jordan, English-Speaking Caribbean (R4785)

Children’s Literature

• Grenby and Reynolds, Children’s Literature Studies: A Research Handbook (U5435)

English Literature

• Howard-Hill, Index to British Literary Bibliography (M1355)
• Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
• Bowers and Keeran, Literary Research and the British Renaissance (M1960)
• Lund, Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2220)
• Van Vuuren, Literary Research and the Victorian and Edwardian Ages (M2447)
• Lewis, Literary Research and British Modernism (M2745)
• Mellown, Bibliographies of Twentieth Century British Poets, Novelists, and Dramatists (M2760)

Festschriften

• “Festschriften Bibliographies and Indexes” (D165)

Fiction

• Themes and Settings in Fiction (L833)
• McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Fiction (Q4265)

Film

• Bibliography of Film Bibliographies (U5755)

Irish Literature

• Greg. Literary Research and Irish Literature (N2905)
• Eager, Guide to Irish Bibliographical Material (N2930)

Medieval Studies

• Rouse, Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies (M1805)

New Zealand Literature

• Christenberry and Courtney, Literary Research and the Literatures of Australia and New Zealand: Strategies and Sources (R4435)

Periodicals

• Marshall and Hume, “The Joys, Possibilities, and Perils of the British Library’s Digital Burney Newspapers Collection” (K610)

Poetry

• McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Poetry (Q4315)

Postcolonial Literature

• Literary Research and Postcolonial Literatures in English (R4350)

Religion and Literature

• Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology (U6325)

Women’s Studies

• Nelson, Guide to Published Library Catalogs (E220)
• Women: A Bibliography of Bibliographies (U6585)

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