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Note: This list is a just a small sampling of possible resources. See your library media specialist for additional items.
Biographical Sources
Recommended Print Sources
- Literary Lifelines (Diagram)
- American National Biography (Scribner's)
- Dictionary of American Biography (Scribner's)
- Encyclopedia of World Biography (Gale)
- Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction
- American Writers Series (Scribners)
Recommended Internet Sources
- Biography.com
- American Authors on the Web
- American Authors (from Gonzaga University)
- Selected American Authors (from usinfo.org)
- Timeline of American Literature and Events
- American Memory Historical Collections
- Links to American Literature Online
- Literary Resources - American
- Outline of American Literature
- Find-a-Poet
- CyberGuides, Gr. 9-12
- PBS: Great American Speeches
Use Google or another search tool for more information about specific writers. Include keyword "biography."
Online Interactive Information
Service
(Available as a cooperative service
of Maryland libraries)
AskUsNow
BCPS Subscription Databases
(Obtain logins and passwords for these databases
from your library media specialist)
- LION
- SIRS Researcher
- BigChalk
- American History (ABC-CLIO)
- World Book Online
Baltimore County Public Library Databases
(BCPL library card barcode number needed
to access these)
Print Sources
- Literature and Its Times (Gale)
- American Eras (Early America to 1899) (Gale)
- American Decades (1900-1999) (Gale)
- Novels for Students (Gale)
- Short Stories for Students (Gale)
- Nonfiction for Students (Gale)
- Poetry for Students (Gale)
- Drama for Students (Gale)
- Colonial America (1600 - 1760)
- The New Nation (1760 - 1800)
- American Individualism (1800 - 1860)
- A Divided America (1840 - 1890)
- A Changing America (1890 - 1914)
- A Modern America (1915 - present)
Use Google or another search tool for more information about
specific time periods. Include keyword "history."
Online Interactive Information
Service
(Available as a cooperative service
of Maryland libraries)
AskUsNow
BCPS Subscription Databases
(Obtain logins and passwords for these databases
from your library media specialist)
- SIRS Researcher
- BigChalk
- American History (ABC-CLIO)
- World Book Online
Baltimore County Public Library Databases
(BCPL library card barcode number needed
to access these)
Sources for Criticism
Recommended Print Sources
- Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 (Gale)
- Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (Gale)
- Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (Gale)
- Contemporary Literary Criticism (Gale)
- Short Story Criticism (Gale)
- Poetry Criticism (Gale)
- Drama Criticism (Gale)
- Novels for Students (Gale)
- Short Stories for Students (Gale)
- Nonfiction for Students (Gale)
- Poetry for Students (Gale)
- Drama for Students (Gale)
- Critical Survery of Long Fiction (Salem)
- Critical Survery of Short Fiction (Salem)
- Critical Survery of Poetry (Salem)
- Critical Survery of Drama (Salem)
- Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography (Gale)
- Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
- Notable American Novelists (Salem)
- Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism
- American Literature on the Web
- Alphabetical List of American Authors
Use Google or another search tool for more information about specific writers and their specific works. Include keyword "criticism."
Online Interactive Information
Service
(Available as a cooperative service
of Maryland libraries)
AskUsNow
BCPS Subscription Databases
(Obtain logins and passwords for these databases
from your library media specialist)
Baltimore County Public Library Databases
(BCPL library card barcode number needed
to access these)