ENGL 495: Recovery of Women's Texts

Examples of some of the reference books we have in the library that are related to your class are listed to the left. Ebooks are listed to the right.
 

Check out the library's catalog or our ebook collection to find more reference and background resources on women or minorities and literature. You can also try searching for a specific topic, but often books that contain background information are broad. Remember this when choosing search terms.
 

Some subject terms in our ebook collection you can search by:

• Canon (Literature)
• American Literature -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
• American Literature -- Minority authors -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.
• Ethnic groups in literature
• American Literature -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
• Women and literature -- United States -- History.
• Minority authors -- United States -- Biography -- Dictionaries.
• Feminist literary criticism -- United States.
• African American women in literature.
   

Also try searching keywords related to broad concepts, such as:

• Literary canon
• Lost authors
• Recovered texts
• American women writers
• Diversity in literature
• Cultural criticism
• Recovery movement

If you need some more ideas, you can always talk with your professor or a librarian.

Reference books are designed for accessing specific facts or information and can take many different forms, such as:

• Indexes
• Dictionaries
• Encyclopedias
• Bibliographies
• Almanacs
• Directories
• Handbooks

In other words, reference books can provide you with great background information. 

Reference books at the HJF Learning Center are located in their own section on the second floor. You will know if a book is considered to be reference by its call number. All reference book call numbers begin with an "R."

Reference books may be used within the library only. They cannot be borrowed or taken out of the library. You may also copy pages or information you need from a reference book.

You can also search for reference information here: