Locating Print Reference Resources
Finding Criticisms from GALE
Gale Publishers is one of the best publishers of literary criticism. Each volume contains hundreds of authors and literary criticisms/analyses of their work. You need an index to determine if Lord of the Flies is in any of the volumes. You can search the company's online index to see which Gale reference books have the information you need. Then you can take a printout from the online index to find the books in our library.
Gale Publishers is one of the best publishers of literary criticism. Each volume contains hundreds of authors and literary criticisms/analyses of their work. You need an index to determine if Lord of the Flies is in any of the volumes. You can search the company's online index to see which Gale reference books have the information you need. Then you can take a printout from the online index to find the books in our library.
Read the steps below before accessing the index.
- Once you get to the index search page you will have to choose which search you'll be conducting. If you know which novel/play/poem you are going to read, do a Title Search. If you don't know or are researching a poet, do an Author Search. Author searches must be done Last Name, First Name.
- After doing your search, print out the list of results or write down the titles and volumes in which your title or author is located.
- Compare your list to the list of books that are located in the PTHS library. Ignore books on the printout that we do not have. Remember, our library will not have every book on your list. You can use Destiny to find whether or not the specific book on the list is in our library.
- Take this list to the reference area of the library. Look on the shelves between REF 800-820 and REF 920. Find the title and volume you need.
- Read, take notes and/or photocopy the information you find. Don't forget to record your bibliographic information.
Titles in the PTHS Library:
Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction - All Volumes
Contemporary Authors - Volumes 1-155
Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) - Volumes 1-22
Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB) - Volumes 1-200 (approximately)
Drama for Students - All Volumes
Literature and Its Times - All Volumes
Novels for Students - All Volumes
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism - Volumes 1-4
****Research Hint: Pay attention to whether or not each article is signed by an individual author, or not. If the article is signed, the works cited must be in the format of "Single Work Within an Anthology." If not, the works cited can be done as a book with multiple volumes. Consult the MLA reference sheet for help or see Ms. Gilroy if you have any questions about how to cite your information.
GALE LITERARY INDEX