Poetry
Books - Ebooks - Journals - Articles - Websites
The poetry books can be found by searching the catalog. For more information on how to search the library's catalog, view our tutorial.
One can find Ebooks either by searching NetLibrary or by using the library's catalog. To retrieve only ebooks from a catalog search, use the advanced search option and choose "Ebooks only" under limits. To view books in the Net Library from home, you will first need to set up an account from a computer on campus. To learn more about searching NetLibrary, view our tutorial. Many classic books of poems are in the public domain and available from internet libraries for free. Two of the sites dedicated to making books in the public domain available freely on the internet are Project Gutenberg and Google Books (make sure to look for "Full View" on Google Books, as they also have limited previews for which one must pay to view fully).
Articles can be searched online using the databases in the Alabama Virtual Library. Some available databases associated with literature are listed below. (Descriptions are from the AVL databases description page.) For more information about using the Alabama Virtual Library view our tutorial.
Literature Resource Center - Integrates searching for literary information including critical analyses, biographies,and bibliographies for more than 120,000 authors from every age and literary discipline. The Center covers 90,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers with additional coverage for 2,500 of the most-studied authors. Includes electronic versions of many of Gale's reference publications: Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism Select, Dictionary of Literary Biography, Merriam Webster Encyclopedia of Literature, Scribner Writer's Series (for example, covering African American Writers, Latin American Writers, Science Fiction Writers, Supernatural Fiction Writers), Twayne World Authors, Twayne US Authors, and Twayne English Authors.
Literary Reference Center - Literary Reference Center(tm) has been specifically designed for public libraries, secondary schools, junior/community colleges, and undergraduate research. Literary Reference Center includes more than 10,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, 75,000 articles of literary criticism, 130,000 author biographies, full text of over 300 literary journals, 500,000 book reviews, 25,000 classic and contemporary poems, 11,000 classic and contemporary short stories, full text of over 7,500 classic novels (anticipated by Fall 2006), 3,000 author interviews, and over 1,000 images of key literary figures.
Contemporary Literary Criticism - An extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study.
LitFinder - LitFinder is a clearinghouse for poetry, short stories, essays, plays, and speeches since 1976.
Dictionary of Literary Biography - Provides nearly 10,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Contemporary Authors - Complete biographical and bibliographical information and references on more than 120,000 U.S. and international authors.
Academic OneFile - Academic OneFile is the premier source for peer-reviewed, full-text articles from the world's leading journals and reference sources. With extensive coverage of the physical sciences, technology, medicine, social sciences, the arts, theology, literature and other subjects, Academic OneFile is both authoritative and comprehensive. With millions of articles available in both PDF and HTML full-text with no restrictions, researchers are able to find accurate information quickly. Includes full-text coverage of the New York Times back to 1995.
The Directory of Open-Access Journals has also created a list of free, open-access, peer-reviewed "languages and literatures" journals which you can search for articles.
The Shelton State Library holds copies of many literature journals. To find out whether the library holds print copies of specific journals, use the advance search option to search the Library Catalog using the limit "Periodicals Only." To find out which journals are available electronically through the AVL, search SerialsSolutions. You may also want to browse the Directory of Open-Access Journals' list of open-access, peer-reviewed "languages and literatures" journals.
American Verse Project Contains more than 150 volumes of American verse prior to 1920 online. Searchable.
Poets' Corner Approximately 6,000 poems, representing the work of almost 700 poets, have been compiled at this site.
Bartleby Verse American and English Poetry 1250-1920. Numerous texts available on-line at this site.
Poetry Center Site for contemporary poetry from the Poetics Program at SUNY--Buffalo. Links to poetry of more than 100 poets.
Representative Poetry On-Line An historical anthology of English poetry, from the early medieval period to the beginning of the twentieth century. Includes over 2100 poems by more than 330 authors, works are indexed by poet, first line, title, date and keyword, with a special section on criticism.
Find a Poet Contains biographies, photographs, and other information on more than 200 poets with useful links to other sites related to those poets.
Bibliomania This site includes fully searchable full-text editions of classic poetry, as well as works of fiction, non-fiction, and even a few reference works.
Poetry and Music of the Civil War Collection of full-text Union and Confederate poetry and songs. Indexed by title, author and first line. Related links are available.
Romantic Circles Devoted to the study of Lord Byron, Shelley (both of them), Keats and their contemporaries. Also discusses their historical contexts.
Sonnet Central Extensive collection of English language sonnets.
Poetry Foundation - The Poetry Foundation, publisher of Poetry magazine, is an independent literary organization committed to a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture. It exists to discover and celebrate the best poetry and to place it before the largest possible audience.
Poetry Tool - The poetry tool helps you find poems, poets, articles, audio, and visuals based on characteristics of the poems or articles.
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