Guides: Lexington High School: English / Literature Research at Milner

Books at Milner

Contemporary authors. New revision series.
Call Number: Z1224 .C622, Floor 2 Reference
Cyclopedia of World Authors by Frank N. Magill (Editor)
Call Number: PN451 .M36 1997, Floor 6
ISBN: 0893564346
Publication Date: 1997-04-01
Black Writers by Linda Metzger (Editor)
Call Number: PN490 .B551989, Floor 2 Reference
ISBN: 0810327724
Publication Date: 1988-11-01
Who's who in contemporary women's writing by Jane Eldridge Miller (Editor)
Call Number: PN471 .W496 2001, Floor 2 Reference
Handbook of Research on Children's and Young Adult Literature by Shelby Wolf (Editor); Karen Coats (Editor); Patricia A. Enciso (Editor); Christine Jenkins (Editor)
Call Number: PS121 .H22 2011, Floor 2 Reference
ISBN: 9780415965057
Publication Date: 2010-10-19
Winning Authors by Kathleen Long Bostrom
Call Number: PS490 .B67 2003, Floor 2 Reference
ISBN: 1563088770
Publication Date: 2003-09-30
The Routledge Introduction to African American Literature by Douglas Field; Quentin Miller
Call Number: PS153.N5 M5 2016, Floor 6
ISBN: 9780415839648
Publication Date: 2016-02-26
LGBTQ Young Adult Fiction by Caren J. Town
Call Number: PS374.Y57 T69 2017, Floor 6
ISBN: 9780786496945
Publication Date: 2017-06-09

English and Literature Databases

Contemporary Authors
Full text biography database focused on authors from the nineteenth century to the present. Includes current biographical and bibliographical data on more than 120,000 authors.
Covers: Childrens Literature, Children's Literature

Literature Criticism Online
This resource includes several databases: Children's Literature Review; Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism; Contemporary Literary Criticism; Drama Criticism; Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800; Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism; Poetry Criticism; Shakespearean Criticism; Short Story Criticism; Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism

Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete
Full text biographical database focused on authors, journalists, publishers, and other literary figures.
Includes sources published from 1978 to present
Humanities International Complete
Full text database covering all aspects of the humanities.
JSTOR
Multi-disciplinary full text database of core scholarly journals. Search Help for Students
MLA International Bibliography
Citation database includes journals focused on literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore.
Includes sources published from 1963 to present
Oxford English Dictionary
Authoritative guide for finding the meaning, history, and pronunciation of words in the English language.
Project Muse Premium Collection
Full text scholarly journal database focused on the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
Something about the Author (SATA)
Full text biography database focused on writers and illustrators of children's and young adult literature. Includes volumes published from vol. 1, 1971 to present.
Covers: Childrens Literature, Children's Literature
Book Review Index Plus
Comprehensive citation database for finding book reviews.
Includes sources published from 1965 to present
Drama Criticism
Full text literary criticism and critical essays on plays and playwrights.
Includes sources published from 1991 to present
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Full text journal articles related to film and television.
Latin American Drama
Full text poetry, fiction, and plays, including never published before works, written in English and Spanish by Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latino authors working in the United States.