Books

Use the online catalog, Quest, and search for books on your literary work (title search) or on your author's name. Look for books with DEWEY DECIMAL CALL NUMBERS in the 800's. These books are likely to be collections of critical essays or examinations of a literary work. The link to the online catalog is below, as well as a presentation featuring books of merit for literary criticism selections.

Reference Room

Use the online Gale Literary Index and search by your author's name and/or the title of the literary work. Print a copy of the index results and take it to the reference room with you to locate Gale literary resources owned by our library. The link to the Gale Literary Index is below.

Electronic Literary Databases

Use the online electronic databases below to locate critical essays on your literary work. The links to the literary databases are below, as well as with the other database links at the top of this topic area.