Suggested Catalog Searches

Check out what the library owns on your topic:

• Anthologies of Classic Literature
• Best Books
• Quotations
• Shakespeare

Looking for literary criticism?  Type the author's name and the word "criticism" in the Subject Keyword search box.

Example: Arthur Miller criticism

 
       Subject Keyword

Databases

• Novelist
  Search by author, title or series for book summaries, recommendations, and book discussion guides.
  Not in the library? Please have your library card number on hand.
   
• Gale Biography Resource Center
  Search by author to read a biography as well as critical essays about his or her works.
   
• New York Times
  Search the New York Times, the New York Times Book Review, and the New York Times Magazine for literary articles from 1995 to the present.
  Access this database from outside the library.
  (You will need to enter your library card barcode number)
   
• Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia
  Search for encyclopedia articles on literature.
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• EbscoHOST
  Visit MasterFILE Premiere to search for book reviews and articles about authors. 
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Websites

• Cliffs Notes
  Free literature study guides plus writing tools (thesis statement, grammar, bibliography, etc.).
   
• SparkNotes
  Literature study guides includes plot overview, themes, character analysis, etc.
   
• Escondido Public Library's Readers' World
  Check out new & notable books, the author spotlight, genre of the month, links for book groups and more.
   
• Internet Public Library - Literary Criticism
  Search for literary criticism by author, title, nationality, or time period.
   
• Poets.org
  Find a poem or biographical information about a poet.
   
• Project Gutenberg
  Find famous and important texts. Read them online or download for free.
   
• Western Canon
  Read a wikipedia article about the debate over the canon and link to some canonical lists.