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A Glossary of Literary Terms
LOCKWOOD Reference PN44.5 .A2 1988

American Literature: the Essential Glossary
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS21 .M38 2003

Bedford Glossary of Critical and Literary Terms
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PN41 .M874 1997

Cambridge History of American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge

Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PN94 .C695 2002

A Dictionary of Literary Symbols
LOCKWOOD Reference PN56 .S9 F47 1999

Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs
LOCKWOOD Reference PN43 .D48 1988

Dictionary of Poetic Terms
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PN1042 .M93 2003

Encyclopedia of Rhetoric
LOCKWOOD Reference PN172 .E52 2001

Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/hopkins.html

Literary History of the United States
LOCKWOOD Reference PS88. L5 1974

Literature Online (LION)
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lion.html
Columbia Companion to the 20th Century American Short Story
Columbia Dictionary of Modern Literary and Cultural Criticism
Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms
Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Nineteenth Century
Encyclopedia of the Novel
New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
Routledge Encyclopedia of Post-Colonial Literatures in English

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Benet's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature
LOCKWOOD Reference PN41 .B4 1991

Cambridge Handbook of American Literature
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS21 .C36 1986

Cambridge History of American Literature
http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge

Chicano Literature: A Reference Guide
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.M4 C46 1985

Dictionary of American Literary Characters
LOCKWOOD Reference PS374.C43 D5 2002

Encyclopedia of American Poetry. The Twentieth Century
LOCKWOOD Reference PS323.5 .E53 2001

Encyclopedia of American Poetry. The Nineteenth Century
LOCKWOOD Reference PS316 .E53 1998

The Handbook of African American Literature
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS153 .N5 E78 2004

Hispanic Literature of the United States : a Comprehensive Reference
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .H56 K36 2003

Native American Literatures: an Encyclopedia of Works, Characters, Authors, and Themes
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .I52 W47 1999

The Oxford Illustrated Literary Guide to the United States
LOCKWOOD Reference PS141  .E74 1982

The Oxford Companion to American Literature
LOCKWOOD Reference PS21  .H3 1995

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Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/dlb.html

African American Dramatists: An A-Z Guide
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS338 .N4 A69 2004

Asian-American Poets: a Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Poetry Reference H82 2002  A84  1.1  

Black American Writers Past and Present: a Biographical and Bibliographical Dictionary LOCKWOOD Reference Z1229.N39 R87

Contemporary American Ethnic Poets: Lives, Works, Sources
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Poetry Reference C84 2004  1.1  

Contemporary Gay American Novelists: A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
LOCKWOOD Reference PS374.N63 C66 1993

Contemporary Gay American Poets and Playwrights: An A-to-Z Guide
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Poetry Reference N44 2003  C66  1.1

Contemporary Lesbian Writers of the United States : A Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.L46 C65 1993

The Harlem Renaissance and Beyond: Literary Biographies of 100 Black Women Writers 1900-1945 .
UGL Reference PS153.N5 R65 1990

Latino and Latina Writers
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.H56 L39 2004

Modern American Women Poets
LOCKWOOD Book Collection PS151 .G63 1984

Modern American Women Writers
LOCKWOOD Reference PS151 .M54 1991

Nineteenth-century American Women Writers: a Bio-bibliographical Critical Sourcebook
LOCKWOOD Reference PS217 .W64 N56 1997

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MLA International Bibliography
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/mla.html

ABELL - (Modern Humanities Research Association) Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/abell.html

Academic Search Premier
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/aph.html

Literature Online
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lion.html

Twayne Authors Series
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/twayne.html

Literature Resource Center ( LRC )
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lrc.html

JSTOR ( Journal STORage )
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/jstor.html

Latino Literature
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/lali.html

Periodicals Index Online
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/pci.html

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/dissertations.html

Project MUSE
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/muse.html

Arts & Humanities Citation Index
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/ahcitindx.html

19th Century Masterfile
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/pooles.html

American Literary Scholarship
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/american_literary_scholarship/index.html

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Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975: A Guide to Information Sources.
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .N59 A373 1979

Bibliography of American Literature
LOCKWOOD Reference Z1225. B55

Bibliographical Guide to the Study of the Literature of the U.S.A
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1225 .G6 1984

Bibliotheca Americana : A Dictionary of Books Relating to America .
LOCKWOOD Reference Z1201. S22 1961

The New Sabin; Books described by Joseph Sabin and His Successors, Now Described again on the Basis of Examination of Originals, and Fully Indexed by Title, Subject, Joint Authors, and Institutions and Agencies .
LOCKWOOD Reference Z1201. T45

Black American Writers: Bibliographical Essays
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153.N5 B55

Guide to American Literature and its Backgrounds since 1890
LOCKWOOD Book Collection 1890 Z1225 .J65 1972

Magill's Bibliography of Literary Criticism: Selected Sources for the Study of More than 2,500 Outstanding Works of Western Literature
UGL Reference Z6511 .M25

American Ethnic Literatures: Native American, African American, Chicano/Latino, and Asian American Writers and their Backgrounds: An Annotated Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Reference PS153 .M56 P43 1992

American Fiction, 1774-1850: A Contribution toward a Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1231.F4 W9 1969

American Fiction, 1851-1875: A Contribution toward a Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1231.F4 W94 1965

American Fiction, 1876-1900: A Contribution toward a Bibliography
LOCKWOOD Book Collection Z1231.F4 W94 1966

Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies
LOCKWOOD Reference PR83 H34 2002

Reference Works in British and American Literature .
LOCKWOOD Reference Z2011 B74 1998

WorldCat
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/e-resources/worldcat.html

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Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory
http://ywcct.oxfordjournals.org

Year's Work in English Studies
http://ywes.oxfordjournals.org

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The George Kelley Paperback and Pulp Fiction Collection
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/lml/kelley/

Poetry Collection
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/pl/

University Archives
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/archives/

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American Authors on the Web
http://lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/~matsuoka/AmeLit.html

Celebration of Women Writers
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/

Electronic Text Collections
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/

Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

Literary Resources - American
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

Literature History.Com
http://www.literaryhistory.com/

PAL: Perspectives in American Literature - A Research and Reference Guide - An Ongoing Project
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html

Voice of the Shuttle –American Literature
http://vos.ucsb.edu/search-results-netscape.asp

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MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
LOCKWOOD Reference L B2369 .G53 2003

How to Create an MLA Works Cited Page
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLACitation.html

How to Create MLA Parenthetical Citations
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocMLACitation.html

Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style
http://www.mla.org/style_faq

Annotated Bibliographies
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html

The Chicago Manual of Style
LOCKWOOD Reference Z253 .U69 2003  

Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA)
LOCKWOOD Reference BF76.7 .P83 2001

A Manual for Writers of Term Papers, Theses, and Dissertations
LOCKWOOD Book Collection  LB2369 .T8 1987  

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EndNote
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/endnote/index.html

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