Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Secondary Step 1
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Step 1: Consult bibliographies of bibliographies to identify existing bibliographies of secondary works associated with an author or topic.
General Bibliographies of Bibliographies
editSpecialized Bibliographies of Bibliographies
editAmerican Literature
edit- Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
- Black Access (Q3715)
- McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Fiction (Q4265)
- McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Poetry (Q4315)
Book Review Indexes
editCanadian Literature
editCaribbean-Area Literatures
editDictionaries
editDissertations and Theses
editEnglish Literature
edit- Howard-Hill, Index to British Literary Bibliography (M1355)
- Bracken, Reference Works in British and American Literature (M1357)
- Lund, Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2220)
- Mellown, Bibliographies of Twentieth Century British Poets, Novelists, and Dramatists (M2760)
Festschriften
editFiction
edit- Hartman and Drost, Themes and Settings in Fiction (L833)
- McPheron, Bibliography of Contemporary American Fiction (Q4265)
Film
editHistory
editIrish Literature
editLibrary Catalogs
edit- Downs, American, British, and Irish Library Resources (E215)
- Nelson, Guide to Published Library Catalogs (E220)
Medieval Studies
editNational Bibliographies
editPeriodical Indexes
editPoetry
editSerial Bibliographies
edit- Bibliographic Index (D145)
- Wortman, Guide to Serial Bibliographies for Modern Literatures (G325)
- Rouse, Serial Bibliographies for Medieval Studies (M1805)
Women’s Studies
edit- Nelson, Guide to Published Library Catalogs (E220)
- Ballou, Women: A Bibliography of Bibliographies (U6585)
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