Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Secondary Step 2
- 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.
editb. Identify serial bibliographies devoted to a national literature, group, genre, literary period, subject, or individual author.
editSpecialized Bibliographies
editAfrican American Literature
edit- G. K. Hall Index to Black Periodicals (Q3740)
- “Annual Bibliography of Afro-American Literature, [1975–76]” (R4787a)
African Literatures
editAmerican Literature
edit- “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
edit- 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
editBibliography and Textual Criticism
editBiography
editCanadian Literature
edit- Canadian Literary Periodicals Index (R4630)
- Canadian Periodical Index (R4635)
- “Year’s Work in Canadian Poetry Studies [1976–86]” (R4755a)
Caribbean-Area Literatures in English
editChildren’s Literature
edit- “Bibliography,” Children’s Literature Association Quarterly (U5478)
- Children’s Literature Abstracts (U5490)
Classical Literatures
editColonialism and Postcolonialism
editComparative Literature
editComposition and Rhetoric
edit- ComPile (U5583)
- “Annotated Bibliography of Research in the Teaching of English” (U5585)
- ERIC (U5590)
Computers and the Humanities
editDance and Literature
editDrama and Theater
edit- 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
edit- “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
editFilm
editFolklore
editGay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies
editGothicism
editHispanic American Literature
editHistory
edit- Bibliography of British and Irish History (M1400)
- America: History and Life (Q3310)
- Writings on American History (Q3340)
- Historical Abstracts (U6500)
Interdisciplinary Studies
editIrish Literature
editLinguistics
editMidwestern American Literature
editMusic
editOnomastics
editOther Literatures in English
editPhilosophy
editPoetry
editPolitical Science
editPopular Culture
editPsychology and Literature
editReligion
editScience and Literature
editScience Fiction
editScottish Literature
editShakespeare, William
editShort Fiction
editSocial Sciences
editSociology
editSouthern American Literature
editStylistics
editWestern American Literature
editWomen’s Studies
editc. Search the major general serial bibliographies.
editd. Search union catalogs.
edite. Consult surveys of research.
editGeneral Surveys
editSpecialized Surveys of Research
editAfrican American Literature
editAfrican Literatures
editAmerican Literature
edit- 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
editCanadian Literature
editChildren’s Literature
editComposition and Rhetoric
edit- 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
editCultural Theory
editDrama and Theater
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Dyson, English Novel: Select Bibliographical Guides (M1510)
- Ford, Victorian Fiction: A Guide to Research (M2665)
Folklore
editGay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Studies
editIrish Literature
editPoetry
edit- 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
editProse
editScottish Literature
editTextual Studies
editWomen’s Studies
editf. Search dissertation bibliographies and abstracts.
editBibliographies of Bibliographies and Databases
edit- Reynolds, Guide to Theses and Dissertations (H455)
- Dissertation Abstracts (H465)
- ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (H475)
Other Bibliographies of Theses and Dissertations
edit- 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.
editAfrican Literatures
editAmerican Literature
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- AustLit (R4463)
- Andrews, Australian Literature to 1900 (R4485)
- Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488)
- Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
Bibliography
edit- 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
edit- 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
editChildren’s Literature
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- 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
editHistorical Fiction
editHistory and Literature
edit- 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
edit- 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
editMusic and Literature
editMystery Fiction
editNew Zealand Literature
editPhilosophy and Literature
edit- 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
edit- 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)
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