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Online Bio/Bibliographical and Criticism Resources

These resources provide biographical material, a list of the writings of the author, and criticism.
  • Free online resource Gale Literary Index

    Coverage: current
    A master index to every literary series published by Gale. Search by a literary work's title or look for authors by name, birth date, death date, or nationality.

  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff LION (Literature Online Complete)

    Coverage: varies
    Includes more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources. Includes the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature 1920-present.

  • Free online resource Literary Encyclopedia and Literary Dictionary

    Lives and works of writers, major and minor. Provides topical essays. International in coverage.

  • Available to UMBC Students, Faculty and Staff Literature Resource Center

    Coverage: varies
    Contemporary Authors, Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC), Dictionary of Literary Biography(DLB) and full-text of 34 literary journals.


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Print Bio/Bibliographical and Criticism Resources

These print resources provide biographical material, a list of writings of the author, and criticism of authors. They also contain a list of additional places to locate criticism about both authors and their works. See also Literature Criticism and Author Biography
  • reference book Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism.
    Location: REF PN761.N5 Vol 1-
  • reference book Twentieth Century Literary Criticism.
    Location: REF PN771.G27 Vol 1-
  • reference book Contemporary Literary Criticism.
    Location: REF PN94.C6 Vol 1-
  • reference book Shakespearan Criticism.
    Location: REF PR2965.S44 Vol 1-
  • reference book Year's Work in English Studies (see also MLA). 1929-present Incomplete.
    Location: REF PE58.E6

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