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For example, to find books of literary criticism on James Joyce, try entering the keywords Joyce criticism.

Or use the catalog's Advanced Search option to find books located at McKillop Library and other HELIN libraries. To limit your search to books located only at McKillop Library, select "Salve Regina University" under the drop-down menu labeled "View entire collection." A keyword search allows you to search for any term relevant to your research topic. Keyword searching simply matches your search terms to any word included in a book's catalog listing. For more detailed information on finding books, see our guide to finding books.

To find a book on the shelf, use the call number listed in the catalog. Most books on literature and literary criticism have call numbers beginning with P and are located on the 3rd floor in the Main Collection.

The P classification is sub-divided by national literatures. For example:

• PA - Classical, Greek, Roman, Medieval Literature
• PB - Celtic Literature
• PG - Russian, Slavic Literature
• PJ - Hebrew, Near Eastern, Semitic, Syriac Literature
• PK - Indo-Iranian Literature
• PL - African, Far Eastern Literature
• PN - General Literature, Drama, Poetry, Prose, Film, Communication
• PQ - French, Italian, Potuguese, Spanish Literature
• PR - English Literature
• PS - American Literature
• PT - Danish, Dutch, German Icelandic, Norwegian, Swedish Literature
• PZ - Juvenille Fiction

Within national divisions, books are arranged first by the century in which the author was writing and then alphabetically by the author's last name.

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REFERENCE BOOKS

Reference books are located in the reference area on the 1st floor. For the large multi-volume sets of literary criticism located in the Reference area in call numbers PN to PR, use the index in the last volume at the end of each set in order to search for the particular author or title that you are researching. There is also an online index available to these Gale literary criticism sets. Please note that we have many but not all of the sets included in this online index.

• Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism (CMLC)
  REF PN681.5 .C57
  
  
• Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)
  REF PN771 .C59
  Used for authors now living or those who died after December 31, 1959.
  
  
• Drama Criticism (DC)
  REF PN1601 .D59
  Covers only the dramatic works of authors.
  
  
• Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800
  REF PN701 .L56
  
  
• Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (NCLC)
  REF PN761 .N56
  
  
• Poetry Criticism (PC)
  REF PN1010 .P499
  Covers poets of any time period, but discusses only their poetic work.
  
  
• Shakespearean Criticism (SC)
  REF PR2965 .S44
  
  
• Short Story Criticism (SSC)
  REF PN3321 .S56
  Covers only the short stories of writers.
  
  
• Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC)
  REF PN771 .G27
  Covers authors who died between 1900 and 1959.
  
  

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REFERENCE E-BOOKS - Available online.

• Feminism in Literature: A Gale Critical Companion  
  
  
• Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion  
  
  
• Major 21st-Century Writers  
  
  
• Nonfiction Classics for Students: Presenting Analysis, Context, and Criticism on Nonfiction Works  
  
  
• A Dictionary of Literary Symbols  
  
  
• Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature  
  
  
• Continuum Encyclopedia of British Literature  
  
  
• Dictionary of Shakespeare  
  
  
• Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The Twentieth Century  
  
  
• The Bloomsbury Dictionary of English Literature  
  
  
• The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English  
  
  
• The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English 
  
  
• The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia of Modern Criticism and Theory  
  
  
• Oxford English Dictionary (OED)  
  This authoritative English language dictionary includes a detailed history or etymology for every word.
  
  
• American Heritage Dictionary of Idioms 
  
  
• Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable  
  
  
• Dictionary of Contemporary Slang  
  
  
• Encyclopedia of Life Writing: Autobiographical and Biographical Forms  
  
  
• The American Heritage Guide to Contemporary Usage and Style  
  
  
• The Browser's Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases  
  
  

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