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World Literature Reference Sources

Whether you need to find information on literature in Italy or Britain, or if you need mroe information on African writers and their works, along with a number of other world literary themes, people, and topics, this is a launching point for your research.

Begin in the Reference Collection here, and then head to the Main Collection Stacks to find additional materials on the topic in the same call number area.

 

  • Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form. 4 volumes. 1952. 808.8 M19
  • Cyclopedia of World Authors. 5 volumes. 1997. Reference 809 C99c
  • British Writers. 27 volumes. Reference 820.9 B86BrS
  • British and Irish Literature and Its Times: Celtic migrations to the Reform Bill (beginnings-1830s). 2001. Reference 820.9 M45c
  • British and Irish Literature and Its Times: the Victorian era to the present. 2001. Reference 820.9 M45v
  • The Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2006. Reference 820.9 Ox22
  • The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare. 2001. Reference 822.33 Ox22D
    (and many more Shakespeare books in the 822.33 in Reference and in the Upper Level Stacks)
  • European Writers. 14 volumes. 1983. 809.894 Eu74
  • The Oxford Companion to German Literature. 1997. Reference 830 O98o
  • Encyclopedia of German Literature. 2000. Reference 830.9 E56e
  • The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French. 1995. Reference 840.9 N53n
  • The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. 2002. Reference 850.9 Ox22I
  • The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literature. 1978. Reference 860.3 Ox2
  • The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature. 1997. Reference 819 O98o
  • Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. 1997. Reference 860.998 E56e
  • Latin American Literature and Its Times. 1999. Reference 860.998 M85w
  • The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature. 1989. Reference 880 Ox22H
  • Ancient Writers: Greece and Rome. 2 volumes. 1982. Reference 880 A54a
  • Reference Guide to Russian Literature. 1998. Reference 891.7 R33r
  • Modern Japanese Writers. 2000. Reference 895.6 M72R
  • African Literature and Its Times. 2000. Reference 809.896 M85a
  • African Writers. 2 volumes. 1997. Reference 896 Af83


Other Research Tools

  • Credo Reference
    A conglomeration of specialized dictionaries and encyclopedias that allows you to search for definitions and encyclopedia articles, as well as develop ideas for expanding or refining a research strategy.
  • Oxford Reference Premium Online  
    Oxford University Press produces a number of extremely useful reference materials, many of which they have made available here. You can search by keyword, but you can also choose particular subjects and from there, particular books within which to search. This willl provide you with all sorts of background and broad spectrum information on a particular topic.
  • Biography Resource Center  
    Find background information about people, authors, famous personalities, and others. Search by first or last name. 


Citation Help

One of the least favorite aspects of research papers are the citations, documenting the sources where you gleaned your information. To make that a little easier, the Library offers a few resources.

  • The Citation Style Guide is a place where you can find call numbers for print Style Manuals and Handbooks, as well as online help from several different universities around the States. Check it out and see if it helps!
  • RefWorks
    is a Citation Management program. Fully available online, and linked from the Library's home page, it allows you to keep it all ELECTRONIC. Download your citations from the various databases you're using into RefWorks. This program will create the Works Cited page for you with little effort. In a database, look for the option to EXPORT - that is where you'll find this gem of a program.
  • Automatically Generated Citations can be found in our Library Catalog (to the right of the item on the Results page), as well as in most EBSCO databases (like Academic Search Premier, PsycINFO, Communications and Mass Media Complete, etc.). Most databases either provide an instant citation in a couple of different styles, or they allow Exporting to RefWorks (see above). Ask a Librarian for more help in managing your citations and creating your bibliographies and works cited pages faster.
  • WorldCat.org
    "Cite this item" within individual item record lists the citation in APA, MLA, Chicago and more.
  • The Writing Center is also a solid resource. Available in the Library, this is run by the English department. If you'd like face-to-face help individually with citing or any aspect of writing and editing your paper, the Writing Center is the place to go. For more information, see their page on the Portal, or you can contact them at writingctr@taylor.edu.

 

Created by Lana Wilson, Reference Librarian

Last revised October 14, 2009 - 10:28 AM