Literary Criticism: Print (Books)

At NHS, literary criticism can be found in the Reference Room located on the lower level.  Resources are located in two collections:

REF - Reference collection- critical articles included in large collections that appear in multi-volume print resources.

LITCRIT - Collection of individual literary criticism titles that circulate overnight.

Tips:

• Use the table of contents and/or the index to locate specific information
• Note that many of these works include biographical information
• Some works are also available as an eBook. Look foron the book.

NOTE - Shakespeare has his own Dewey Number  - 822.3

When searching for individual literary criticism books, use the
author name or title of work and criticism for your keyword search. 
For example:
Twain and criticism
Of Mice and Men and criticism

Look for results with call numbers beginning LITCRIT.  

The Gale reference sets should be a first stop on any literary criticism research endeavor! These sets contain comprehensive, authoritative information and include references for further research.

HOW TO FIND AN AUTHOR OR WORK:

1. Use Gale Literary Index to search for your author or work.

• Author search: results will show the Gale series and volume that contain an entry on your author, and individual works by your author with the specific volume and page number.

• Title search: results will show the Gale series that contains a discussion on the work (volume and page number).

2. Cross reference your search results with the series and volumes we have in the library: