Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Secondary Step 2

by James L. Harner

• Step 1
• Step 2

Step 2: Search serial bibliographies to begin building a preliminary bibliography or to supplement an existing bibliography.

a. Search the major general literature serial bibliographies.

• MLA International Bibliography (G335)
• Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature (G340)
• FRANCIS (G345)

b. Identify serial bibliographies devoted to a national literature, group, genre, literary period, subject, or individual author.

• Wortman, Guide to Serial Bibliographies for Modern Literatures (G325)
• Bibliographic Index (D145)

Specialized Bibliographies

African American Literature

• G. K. Hall Index to Black Periodicals (Q3740)
• “Annual Bibliography of Afro-American Literature, [1975–76]” (R4787a)

African Literatures

• Africa-Wide Information (R4423)

American Literature

• “Publications in American Studies from German-Speaking Countries” (Q3285)
• “Annual Bibliography of Midwestern Literature” (Q3595)
• Checklist of Scholarship on Southern Literature (Q3620)
• Bibliography of Studies in Western American Literature (Q3665)
• Miller, Comprehensive Bibliography for the Study of American Minorities (Q3700)
• G. K. Hall Index to Black Periodicals (Q3740)
• Hispanic American Periodicals Index (Q3973)
• “Annual Bibliography of Afro-American Literature, [1975–76]” (R4787a)

Art

• International Bibliography of Art (U5138)
• ARTbibliographies Modern (U5140)
• Art Index (U5145)
• Répertoire d’art et d’archéologie (U5150)
• International Repertory of the Literature of Art (U5155)
• “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Australian Literature

• AustLit (R4463)
• “Annual Bibliography of Studies in Australian Literature” (R4480)

Bibliography and Textual Criticism

• Book History Online (U5275)
• Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (U5280)

Biography

• Biography Index (J540)

Canadian Literature

• Canadian Literary Periodicals Index (R4630)
• Canadian Periodical Index (R4635)
• “Year’s Work in Canadian Poetry Studies [1976–86]” (R4755a)

Caribbean-Area Literatures in English

• “Select Bibliography of the Literature of the English-Speaking West Indies” (R4787)

Children’s Literature

• “Bibliography,” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly (U5478)
• Children’s Literature Abstracts (U5490)

Classical Literatures

• L’année philologique (S4890)

Colonialism and Postcolonialism

• “Bibliography of Articles and Books Published in English on Colonialism and Imperialism” (U6181)

Comparative Literature

• “Annual Bibliography [1949–69],” Yearbook of Comparative and General Literature (T5000a)

Composition and Rhetoric

• ComPile (U5583)
• “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English” (U5585)
• ERIC (U5590)

Computers and the Humanities

• Humanities Computing Yearbook (U5657)

Dance and Literature

• “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Drama and Theater

• International Bibliography of Theatre and Dance with Full Text (L1160)
• “Restoration and 18th Century Theatre Research Bibliography” (M2387)
• “Nineteenth-Century Theatre Research: A Bibliography” (M2690a)
• “Modern Drama Studies: An Annual Bibliography” (M2870)

English Literature

• “Bibliography,” Anglo-Saxon England (M1660)
• Old English Bibliography (M1665)
• International Medieval Bibliography (M1835)
• World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (M2020)
• Bibliographie internationale de l’humanisme et de la Renaissance (M2025)
• “Literature of the Renaissance” (M2030)
• Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography (M2245)
• “Some Current Publications,” Restoration (M2250)
• “Restoration and 18th Century Theatre Research Bibliography” (M2387)
• Romantic Movement (M2485)
• Victorian Database (M2490)
• “Annual Bibliography,” Keats-Shelley Journal (M2495)
• Victorian Bibliography (M2500)
• “RSVP Bibliography,” Victorian Periodicals Review (M2555)
• “Nineteenth-Century Theatre Research: A Bibliography” (M2690a)
• “Guide to the Year’s Work,” Victorian Poetry (M2720)
• “Annual Review,” Journal of Modern Literature (M2780)
• “Modern Drama Studies: An Annual Bibliography” (M2870)

Environmental Studies

• ASLE Bibliography (U5737)

Film

• Film and Television Literature Index (U5780)
• International Index to Film Periodicals (U5785)

Folklore

• MLA International Bibliography (G335)
• Internationale volkskundliche Bibliographie (U5865)

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

• LGBT Life (U5935)

Gothicism

• “Bibliography of Gothic Studies” (L875a)

Hispanic American Literature

• Hispanic American Periodicals Index (Q3973)

History

• Bibliography of British and Irish History (M1400)
• America: History and Life (Q3310)
• Writings on American History (Q3340)
• Historical Abstracts (U6500)

Interdisciplinary Studies

• “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Irish Literature

• “IASIL Bibliography Bulletin” (N2955)

Linguistics

• Bibliographie linguistique (U6010)
• Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts (U6015)

Midwestern American Literature

• “Annual Bibliography of Midwestern Literature” (Q3595)

Music

• RILM: Répertoire international de littérature musical (U6240)

Onomastics

• “Bibliography of Personal Names” (U6040a)
• “Place-Name Literature” (U6040a)

Other Literatures in English

• “Annual Bibliography of Commonwealth Literature” (R4375)

Philosophy

• Philosopher’s Index (U6275)

Poetry

• “Year’s Work in Canadian Poetry Studies” (R4755a)

Political Science

• International Political Science Abstracts (U6520)

Popular Culture

• Abstracts of Popular Culture (U6295a)

Psychology and Literature

• PsycINFO (U6530)
• IPSA Abstracts and Bibliography in Literature and Psychology (U6540a)

Religion

• Religion Index (U6350)

Science and Literature

• Relations of Science to Literature and the Arts (U6440)

Science Fiction

• Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (L1013)

Scottish Literature

• Annual Bibliography of Scottish Literature (O3075)
• Bibliography of Scotland (O3080)

Shakespeare, William

• World Shakespeare Bibliography Online (M2020)

Short Fiction

• “Annual Bibliography of Short Story Explication” (L1090a)

Social Sciences

• Social Sciences Index (U6470)

Sociology

• Sociological Abstracts (U6560)

Southern American Literature

• Checklist of Scholarship on Southern Literature (Q3620)

Stylistics

• “Stylistics Annotated Bibliography” (U6075)

Western American Literature

• Bibliography of Studies in Western American Literature (Q3665)

Women’s Studies

• Women Studies Abstracts (U6610)

c. Search the major general serial bibliographies.

• British Humanities Index (G370)
• Essay and General Literature Index (G380)
• Google (G383)
• Humanities Index (G385)
• Arts and Humanities Citation Index (G365)

d. Search union catalogs.

• WorldCat (E225)

e. Consult surveys of research.

General Surveys

• Year’s Work in English Studies (G330)

Specialized Surveys of Research

African American Literature

• Inge, Duke, and Bryer, Black American Writers (Q3735)

African Literatures

• Lindfors, “Researching African Literatures” (S4865)

American Literature

• Year’s Work in English Studies (G330)
• American Literary Scholarship (Q3265)
• Duke, Bryer, and Inge, American Women Writers (Q3275)
• Harbert and Rees, Fifteen American Authors before 1900 (Q3280)
• Prospects for the Study of American Literature (Q3283)
• Inge, Duke, and Bryer, Black American Writers (Q3735)
• Myerson, Transcendentalists (Q4135)
• Woodress, Eight American Authors (Q4140)
• Bryer, Sixteen Modern American Authors (Q4240)

Book Collecting

• Tanselle, “Literature of Book Collecting” (U5355)

Canadian Literature

• Wagner, “From Art to Theory” (R4730)

Children’s Literature

• Children’s Literature Research (U5477)

Composition and Rhetoric

• Gaillet, Present State of Scholarship in the History of Rhetoric (U5565)
• Research on Composition (U5570)
• Moran and Lunsford, Research in Composition and Rhetoric (U5575)
• Tate, Teaching Composition (U5580)

Critical Theory

• Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory (U6133)

Cultural Theory

• Year’s Work in Critical and Cultural Theory (U6133)

Drama and Theater

• Wells, English Drama (Excluding Shakespeare) (M1555)
• Logan and Smith, Predecessors of Shakespeare (M2145)
• “Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama” (M2150)
• Hume, “English Drama and Theatre, 1660–1800” (M2385)
• Wagner, “From Art to Theory” (R4730)

English Literature

• Year’s Work in English Studies (G330)
• Dyson, English Novel: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1510)
• Wells, English Drama (Excluding Shakespeare) (M1555)
• Dyson, English Poetry: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1595)
• “Year’s Work in Old English Studies” (M1655)
• Severs, Hartung, and Beidler, Manual of the Writings in Middle English (M1825)
• Fisher, Medieval Literature of Western Europe (M1830)
• “Recent Studies in the English Renaissance,” English Literary Renaissance (M2010)
• “Recent Studies in the English Renaissance,” Studies in English Literature (M2015)
• Logan and Smith, Predecessors of Shakespeare (M2145)
• “Recent Studies in Tudor and Stuart Drama” (M2150)
• “Recent Studies in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century” (M2240)
• Hume, “English Drama and Theatre, 1660–1800” (M2385)
• O’Neill, Literature of the Romantic Period (M2477)
• “Recent Studies in the Nineteenth Century” (M2480)
• Ford, Victorian Fiction: A Guide to Research (M2665)
• Jordan, English Romantic Poets (M2710)
• Faverty, Victorian Poets (M2715)
• “Guide to the Year’s Work,” Victorian Poetry (M2720)
• DeLaura, Victorian Prose (M2740)

Fiction

• Dyson, English Novel: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1510)
• Ford, Victorian Fiction: A Guide to Research (M2665)

Folklore

• Scottish Literary Journal (O3070)
• Dorson, Handbook of American Folklore (U5860)

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies

• Reader’s Guide to Lesbian and Gay Studies (U5932)

Irish Literature

• Finneran, Anglo-Irish Literature: A Review of Research (N2950)

Poetry

• Dyson, English Poetry: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1595)
• Jordan, English Romantic Poets (M2710)
• Faverty, Victorian Poets (M2715)
• “Guide to the Year’s Work,” Victorian Poetry (M2720)

Popular Culture

• Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)

Prose

• DeLaura, Victorian Prose (M2740)

Scottish Literature

• Scottish Literary Journal (O3070)

Textual Studies

• Schoenberg, Schoenberg Database of Manuscripts (F305)
• Greetham, Scholarly Editing (U5273)

Women’s Studies

• Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)
• Hartman and Messer-Davidow, Women in Print (U6595)

f. Search dissertation bibliographies and abstracts.

Bibliographies of Bibliographies and Databases

• Reynolds, Guide to Theses and Dissertations (H455)
• Dissertation Abstracts (H465)
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (H475)

Other Bibliographies of Theses and Dissertations

• Union List of Higher Degree Theses in Australian University Libraries (H480)
• Gabel, Catalogue of Austrian and Swiss Dissertations on English and American Literature (H485)
• McNamee, Dissertations in English and American Literature (H490)
• Mummendey, Language and Literature of the Anglo-Saxon Nations (H495)
• Howard-Hill, Index to British Literary Bibliography (M1355)
• Howard, Theses in English Literature (M1395)
• Pulsiano, Annotated Bibliography of North American Doctoral Dissertations on Old English Language and Literature (M1670a)
• Altick and Matthews, Guide to Doctoral Dissertations in Victorian Literature (M2510)
• O’Malley, Anglo-Irish Literature: A Bibliography of Dissertations (N2988)
• Mikhail, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Anglo-Irish Drama (N3045)
• Howard, Theses in American Literature, 1896–1971 (Q3315)
• Woodress, Dissertations in American Literature, 1891–1966 (Q3320)
• Emerson and Michel, Southern Literary Culture (Q3630)
• Montgomery, American Puritan Studies (Q4020)
• Gabel, Canadian Literature: An Index to Theses (R4660)
• Fielding, Bibliography of Theses and Dissertations on the Subject of Film (U5795)
• Dundes, Folklore Theses and Dissertations in the United States (U5885)
• Gilbert, Women’s Studies: A Bibliography of Dissertations (U6615)

g. Search guides to scholarship and criticism associated with a particular national literature, genre, or subject.

African Literatures

• Africa-Wide Information (R4423)
• Lindfors, Black African Literature in English (R4425)

American Literature

• FRANCIS (G345)
• Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
• Brogan, English Versification (M1600)
• Eighteenth Century Current Bibliography (M2245)
• “Some Current Publications,” Restoration (M2250)
• Pownall, Articles on Twentieth Century Literature (M2790)
• Somer, American and British Literature, 1945–1975 (M2800)
• “Modern Drama Studies: An Annual Bibliography” (M2870)
• Carpenter, Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism (M2875)
• Jones, Folklore and Literature in the United States (Q3290)
• Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
• Literary History of the United States (Q3300)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Gerstenberger, American Novel Explication, 1991–1995 (Q3475)
• Weixlmann, American Short-Fiction Criticism and Scholarship (Q3480)
• Archer, American Actors and Actresses (Q3515)
• Silvester, United States Theatre (Q3517)
• Eddleman, American Drama Criticism (Q3520)
• Wilmeth, American Stage to World War I (Q3525)
• Gohdes, Literature and Theater of the States and Regions of the U. S. A. (Q3570)
• Larson, American Regional Theatre History (Q3575)
• Stratman, Bibliography of the American Theatre Excluding New York City (Q3580)
• Nemanic, Bibliographical Guide to Midwestern Literature (Q3600)
• Rubin, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Southern Literature (Q3625)
• Etulain and Howard, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Western American Literature (Q3670)
• History of Afro-American Literature (Q3713)
• Perry, Harlem Renaissance (Q3750)
• Turner, Afro-American Writers (Q3755)
• Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815)
• Fairbanks, Black American Fiction (Q3820)
• French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
• Marken, American Indian (Q3875)
• Ruoff, American Indian Literatures (Q3880)
• Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920)
• Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940)
• Eger, Bibliography of Criticism of Contemporary Chicano Literature (Q3975)
• Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990)
• Gephart, Revolutionary America (Q4025)
• Parker, Early American Fiction (Q4065)
• Scheick, Seventeenth-Century American Poetry (Q4090)
• Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
• Chielens, Literary Journal in America to 1900 (Q4145)
• Holman, American Novel through Henry James (Q4185)
• Kirby, America’s Hive of Honey (Q4190)
• Meserve, American Drama to 1900 (Q4200)
• Partridge, American Prose and Criticism, 1820–1900 (Q4205)
• Chielens, Literary Journal in America, 1900–1950 (Q4250)
• Woodress, American Fiction, 1900–1950 (Q4270)
• Kolin, American Playwrights since 1945 (Q4287)
• Gavin, American Women Playwrights, 1964–1989 (Q4289)
• Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)
• Gingerich, Contemporary Poetry in America and England (Q4335)
• Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345)
• Horner, Historical Rhetoric (U5600)
• Bailey, English Stylistics (U6080)
• Bullock and Peck, Guide to Marxist Literary Criticism (U6175)

Art

• Arts and Humanities Citation Index (G365)
• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
• Vann and Van Arsdel, Victorian Periodicals (M2525)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Arntzen, Guide to the Literature of Art History (U5130)
• Bibliography of the History of Art (U5138)
• ARTbibliographies Modern (U5140)
• Art Index (U5145)
• Répertoire d’art et d’archéologie (U5150)
• International Repertory of the Literature of Art (U5155)
• Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160)
• “Bibliography on the Relations of Literature and Other Arts” (U5965)

Australian Literature

• AustLit (R4463)
• Andrews, Australian Literature to 1900 (R4485)
• Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
• Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)

Bibliography

• Howard-Hill, Index to British Literary Bibliography (M1355)
• Greetham, Scholarly Editing (U5273)
• Book History Online (U5275)
• Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (U5280)
• Baker and Womack, Twentieth-Century Bibliography and Textual Criticism (U5283)
• Index to Selected Bibliographical Journals (U5285)
• Luey, Editing Documents and Texts (U5288)
• Tanselle, Guide to the Study of United States Imprints (U5290)

Canadian Literature

• Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
• Etulain and Howard, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Western American Literature (Q3670)
• Clements and Malpezzi, Native American Folklore (Q3885)
• Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990)
• Annotated Bibliography of Canada’s Major Authors (R4605)
• Dionne, Bibliographie de la critique de la littérature québécoise (R4643)
• Canadian Writers and Their Works (R4645)
• Moyles, English-Canadian Literature to 1900 (R4650)
• Watters and Bell, On Canadian Literature, 1806–1960 (R4655)
• Fowke and Carpenter, Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English (R4665)
• Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705)
• Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)
• Ball and Plant, Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada (R4735)
• Stevens, Modern English-Canadian Poetry (R4755)
• Bullock and Peck, Guide to Marxist Literary Criticism (U6175)

Caribbean-Area Literatures

• Allis, West Indian Literature (R4790)

Children’s Literature

• Victorian Database (M2490)
• Vann and Van Arsdel, Victorian Periodicals (M2525)
• Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940)
• Lindfors, Black African Literature in English (R4425)
• Bibliographie der Buch- und Bibliotheksgeschichte (U5280)
• Children’s Literature Research (U5477)
• Hendrickson, Children’s Literature: A Guide to the Criticism (U5480)
• Rahn, Children’s Literature: An Annotated Bibliography (U5485)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Comparative Literature

• Weisstein, Comparative Literature and Literary Theory (T4990)
• Baldensperger, Bibliography of Comparative Literature (T5000)
• Internationale Bibliographie zu Geschichte und Theorie der Komparatistik (T5005)

Drama and Theater

• Cumulated Dramatic Index (L1165)
• Palmer, European Drama Criticism (L1170)
• Arnott, English Theatrical Literature (M1560)
• Douglas, Guide to British Drama Explication (M1562)
• Cavanagh, British Theatre: A Bibliography (M1563)
• Stratman, Spencer, and Devine, Bibliography of Medieval Drama (M1930)
• Logan and Smith, Predecessors of Shakespeare (M2145)
• Bergeron, Twentieth-Century Criticism of English Masques, Pageants, and Entertainments (M2155)
• Stevens, English Renaissance Theatre History (M2160)
• White, Early English Drama, Everyman to 1580 (M2165)
• Link, English Drama, 1660–1800 (M2390)
• Stratman, Spencer, and Devine, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research (M2395)
• Conolly, English Drama and Theatre, 1800–1900 (M2690)
• Carpenter, Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism (M2875)
• King, Ten Modern Irish Playwrights (N3040)
• Mikhail, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Anglo-Irish Drama (N3045)
• Archer, American Actors and Actresses (Q3515)
• Silvester, United States Theatre (Q3517)
• Eddleman, American Drama Criticism (Q3520)
• Wilmeth, American Stage to World War I (Q3525)
• Gohdes, Literature and Theater of the States and Regions of the U. S. A. (Q3570)
• Larson, American Regional Theatre History (Q3575)
• Stratman, Bibliography of the American Theatre Excluding New York City (Q3580)
• French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
• Meserve, American Drama to 1900 (Q4200)
• Kolin, American Playwrights since 1945 (Q4287)
• Gavin, American Women Playwrights, 1964–1989 (Q4289)
• Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)
• Wildbihler, Musical (Q4295)
• Ball and Plant, Bibliography of Theatre History in Canada (R4735)

English Literature

• Literature and Language Bibliographies from the American Year Book (G355)
• Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M1385)
• Baer, Folklore and Literature of the British Isles (M1390)
• Bibliography of British and Irish History (M1400)
• Bell, English Novel Explication (M1515)
• English Novel: Twentieth Century Criticism (M1520)
• Arnott, English Theatrical Literature (M1560)
• Douglas, Guide to British Drama Explication (M1562)
• Cavanagh, British Theatre: A Bibliography (M1563)
• Brogan, English Versification (M1600)
• Stauffer, English Biography before 1700 (M1605)
• Greenfield, Bibliography of Publications on Old English Literature (M1670)
• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 600–1660 (M1675)
• Rosenthal, Anglo-Saxon History (M1680)
• Braswell, Western Manuscripts from Classical Antiquity to the Renaissance (M1775)
• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 600–1660 (M1840)
• Bibliography of English History to 1485 (M1845)
• Crosby, Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide (M1850)
• Paetow, Guide to the Study of Medieval History (M1855)
• Stratman, Bibliography of Medieval Drama (M1930)
• Edwards, Middle English Prose (M1950)
• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature: 600–1660 (M2035)
• Tannenbaum, Elizabethan Bibliographies (M2040)
• Davies, Bibliography of British History: Stuart Period (M2045)
• Read, Bibliography of British History: Tudor Period (M2050)
• Harner, English Renaissance Prose Fiction (M2105)
• Stevens, English Renaissance Theatre History (M2160)
• White, Early English Drama, Everyman to 1580 (M2165)
• Pargellis and Medley, Bibliography of British History: The Eighteenth Century (M2260)
• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
• Weed, Studies of British Newspapers and Periodicals to 1800 (M2285)
• Letellier, English Novel, 1660–1740: An Annotated Bibliography (M2340)
• Spector, English Gothic: A Bibliographic Guide (M2345)
• Link, English Drama, 1660–1800 (M2390)
• Stratman, Spencer, and Devine, Restoration and Eighteenth Century Theatre Research (M2395)
• Mell, English Poetry, 1660–1800 (M2425)
• Brown and Christie, Bibliography of British History, 1789–1851 (M2515)
• Hanham, Bibliography of British History, 1851–1914 (M2520)
• Madden and Dixon, Nineteenth-Century Periodical Press in Britain (M2560)
• Ward, British Periodicals and Newspapers, 1789–1832 (M2565)
• Conolly, English Drama and Theatre, 1800–1900 (M2690)
• Reiman, English Romantic Poetry, 1800–1835 (M2725)
• Pownall, Articles on Twentieth Century Literature (M2790)
• Davies, Annotated Critical Bibliography of Modernism (M2795)
• Somer, American and British Literature, 1945–1975 (M2800)
• Robbins, Bibliography of British History, 1914–1989 (M2805)
• Cassis, Twentieth-Century English Novel (M2835)
• Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
• Carpenter, Modern Drama Scholarship and Criticism (M2875)
• Brown, English Prose and Criticism, 1900–1959 (M2900)
• Kirby, America’s Hive of Honey (Q4190)
• Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)
• Wildbihler, Musical (Q4295)
• Gingerich, Contemporary Poetry in America and England (Q4335)
• Carlsen, Bibliography to the Classical Tradition in English Literature (S4893)
• Horner, Present State of Scholarship in Historical and Contemporary Rhetoric (U5565)
• Horner, Historical Rhetoric (U5600)
• Bailey, English Stylistics (U6080)
• Bullock and Peck, Guide to Marxist Literary Criticism (U6175)

Fiction

• Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)
• Frank, Guide to the Gothic (L875)
• Albert, Detective and Mystery Fiction (L920)
• Laurenti, Catálogo bibliográfico de la literatura picaresca (L950)
• Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
• Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication (L1090)
• Bell, English Novel Explication (M1515)
• English Novel: Twentieth Century Criticism (M1520)
• Harner, English Renaissance Prose Fiction (M2105)
• Letellier, English Novel, 1660–1740: An Annotated Bibliography (M2340)
• Spector, English Gothic: A Bibliographic Guide (M2345)
• Cassis, Twentieth-Century English Novel (M2835)
• Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
• Facts on File Bibliography of American Fiction (Q3474)
• Gerstenberger, American Novel Explication, 1991–1995 (Q3475)
• Weixlmann, American Short-Fiction Criticism and Scholarship (Q3480)
• Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815)
• Fairbanks, Black American Fiction (Q3820)
• Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920)
• Parker, Early American Fiction (Q4065)
• Holman, American Novel through Henry James (Q4185)
• Kirby, America’s Hive of Honey (Q4190)
• Woodress, American Fiction, 1900–1950 (Q4270)
• Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
• Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705)
• Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)
• Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160)

Film and Literature

• Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
• “Annual Review,” Journal of Modern Literature (M2780)
• Wildbihler, Musical (Q4295)
• Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
• Art Index (U5145)
• Rehrauer, Macmillan Film Bibliography (U5790)
• Manchel, Film Study (U5793)
• Ross, Film as Literature, Literature as Film (U5800)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)
• Kiell, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, and Literature (U6540)

Folklore

• Baer, Folklore and Literature of the British Isles (M1390)
• Bergeron, Twentieth-Century Criticism of English Masques, Pageants, and Entertainments (M2155)
• Harmon, Select Bibliography for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (N2975)
• Scottish Literary Journal (O3070)
• Annual Bibliography of Scottish Literature (O3075)
• Bibliography of Scotland (O3080)
• Jones, Folklore and Literature in the United States (Q3290)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Nemanic, Bibliographical Guide to Midwestern Literature (Q3600)
• Rubin, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of Southern Literature (Q3625)
• Clements and Malpezzi, Native American Folklore (Q3885)
• Lindfors, Black African Literature in English (R4425)
• Watters and Bell, On Canadian Literature, 1806–1960 (R4655)
• Fowke and Carpenter, Bibliography of Canadian Folklore in English (R4665)
• Comitas, Complete Caribbeana (R4790a)
• Humanities Computing Yearbook (U5657)
• Richmond, Ballad Scholarship (U5902)
• Carnes, Fable Scholarship (U5905)
• Miller, Folk Music in America (U5910)
• Mieder, International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology (U5920)
• Kiell, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, and Literature (U6540)

Gothic Fiction

• Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)
• Frank, Guide to the Gothic (L875)
• Spector, English Gothic: A Bibliographic Guide (M2345)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Hispanic American Literature

• Eger, Bibliography of Criticism of Contemporary Chicano Literature (Q3975)

Historical Fiction

• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

History and Literature

• Rosenthal, Anglo-Saxon History (M1680)
• Graves, Bibliography of English History to 1485 (M1845)
• Crosby, Medieval Studies: A Bibliographical Guide (M1850)
• Paetow, Guide to the Study of Medieval History (M1855)
• Davies, Bibliography of British History: Stuart Period (M2045)
• Read, Bibliography of British History: Tudor Period (M2050)
• Pargellis and Medley, Bibliography of British History: The Eighteenth Century (M2260)
• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
• Brown and Christie. Bibliography of British History, 1789–1851 (M2515)
• Hanham, Bibliography of British History, 1851–1914 (M2520)
• Robbins, Bibliography of British History, 1914–1989 (M2805)
• Basler, Guide to the Study of the United States of America (Q3325)
• Harvard Guide to American History (Q3330)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Nemanic, Bibliographical Guide to Midwestern Literature (Q3600)
• Gephart, Revolutionary America (Q4025)
• American Historical Association’s Guide to Historical Literature (U6497)

Irish Literature

• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (N2965)
• Bibliography of Irish Linguistics and Literature (N2970)
• Harmon, Select Bibliography for the Study of Anglo-Irish Literature (N2975)
• Hayes, Sources for the History of Irish Civilisation (N2980)
• McKenna, Irish Literature, 1800–1875 (N2985)
• King, Ten Modern Irish Playwrights (N3040)
• Mikhail, Annotated Bibliography of Modern Anglo-Irish Drama (N3045)

Medicine and Literature

• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)

Music and Literature

• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Miller, Folk Music in America (U5910)

Mystery Fiction

• Albert, Detective and Mystery Fiction (L920)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

New Zealand Literature

• Thomson, New Zealand Literature (R4820)

Philosophy and Literature

• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
• Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
• Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)

Poetry

• Coleman, Epic and Romance Criticism (L1245)
• Donow, Sonnet in England and America (L1250)
• Kuntz, Poetry Explication (L1255)
• Dyson, English Poetry: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1595)
• Brogan, English Versification (M1600)
• Mell, English Poetry, 1660–1800 (M2425)
• Reiman, English Romantic Poetry, 1800–1835 (M2725)
• Glen, Poetry of the Scots (O3130)
• French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
• Scheick, Seventeenth-Century American Poetry (Q4090)
• Gingerich, Contemporary Poetry in America and England (Q4335)
• Stevens, Modern English-Canadian Poetry (R4755)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Political Science and Literature

• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)

Popular Culture

• Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)
• Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)

Postcolonialism

• Nordquist, Postcolonial Theory (U6183)

Prose

• Edwards, Middle English Prose (M1950)
• Brown, English Prose and Criticism, 1900–1959 (M2900)
• Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
• Partridge, American Prose and Criticism, 1820–1900 (Q4205)
• Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345)
• Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
• Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)

Psychology and Literature

• Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Beugnot, Manuel bibliographique des études littéraires (S4905)
• Kiell, Psychoanalysis, Psychology, and Literature (U6540)

Religion and Literature

• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
• Gohdes, Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U. S. A. (Q3180)
• Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)

Science and Literature

• Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
• Relations of Literature and Science (U6445)

Science Fiction

• Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)

Scottish Literature

• New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (O3085)
• Glen, Poetry of the Scots (O3130)

Short Fiction

• Twentieth-Century Short Story Explication (L1090)
• Weixlmann, American Short-Fiction Criticism and Scholarship (Q3480)

Social Sciences and Literature

• Beugnot, Manuel bibliographique des études littéraires (S4905)

Welsh Literature

• Harris, Bibliographical Guide to Twenty-Four Modern Anglo-Welsh Writers (P3157)

Women and Literature

• Spector, Backgrounds to Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Literature (M2263)
• Vann and Van Arsdel, Victorian Periodicals (M2525)
• Leary, Articles on American Literature (Q3295)
• Salzman, American Studies (Q3335)
• Jordan, Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers (Q3723)
• Gavin, American Women Playwrights, 1964–1989 (Q4289)
• Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
• Nordquist, Feminist Literary Theory (U6169)
• Humm, Annotated Critical Bibliography of Feminist Criticism (U6170)
• Greenwood Guide to American Popular Culture (U6295)
• Fishburn, Women in Popular Culture (U6590)
• Hartman and Messer-Davidow, Women in Print (U6595)
• Boos, Bibliography of Women and Literature (U6600)
• Schwartz, Articles on Women Writers (U6605)

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