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Samuel Beckett (1906 - 1989)

RESOURCES:

Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).

SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>

Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Samuel Beckett.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*samuel beckett* Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals."	Provides a large number of relevant items.
Arts & Sciences Collections I & II	*samuel beckett* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collections I & II, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a number of reviews and several articles.
Contemporary Authors	*samuel beckett* Perform the default search.	Provides a profile of the author's life and works. Includes an extensive list for further reading about the author.
Encyclopedia Britannica	*samuel beckett* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles, a number of Web sites and a few photos.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*samuel beckett* Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publications."	Provides a large number of relevant items.
Literature Resource Center	*samuel beckett* Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text).	Provides a number of quality documents.
netLibrary	*samuel beckett* Perform the basic search and select the Full Text.	Provides a significant number of relevant eBooks.
Research Library Complete	*samuel beckett* Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary-Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and"Scholarly journals."	Provides a large number of quality items.
Scribner's	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Beckett, Samuel link.	Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography.
Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors	Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Beckett, Samuel link.	Provides a small number of quality items.

SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>

The following bibliography is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
Circulating books not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary loan.
eBooks are electronic books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide via the Internet.

Waiting for Godot; tragicomedy in 2 acts
PQ2603.E378 E53 1954
Location: Dothan, Phenix City
Samuel Beckett: the complete short prose
PQ2603 .E378 A24 1995
Location: Troy, AL

On Beckett: essays and criticism
PR6003.E282 Z784 1986
Location: Dothan

Ends and odds: eight new dramatic pieces
PR6003.E282 E5 1976
Location: Troy, AL

Understanding Samuel Beckett
Location: eBook

Samuel Beckett's new worlds: style in metafiction
Location: eBook

Samuel Beckett's hidden drives: structural uses of depth psychology
Location: eBook .

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
Samuel Beckett
http://www.imagi-nation.com/moonstruck/clsc15.htm
Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) Playwright, Novelist, Poet, Critic
http://www.littlebluelight.com/lblphp/intro.php?ikey=1
Samuel (Barclay) Beckett (1906-1989)
http://kirjasto.sci.fi/beckett.htm

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