- 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 Beowulf.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | beowulf Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text", and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals". |
Provides a number of relevant items. |
| Arts & Sciences Collections I & II | beowulf JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collections I & II, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a large number of quality documents. |
| Columbia Granger's
World of Poetry Online |
beowulf Perform the default search. |
The full text of several poems on Beowulf (poems about the story). |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | beowulf Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, and several related articles. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | beowulf 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 number of relevant items. |
| Literature Resource Center | beowulf Perform a Title search. After you perform your search, select the tab marked "Literary Criticism, Articles, & Works Overviews" |
Provides a large number of quality documents. |
| MagillOnLiterature | beowulf Perform the default search. |
Provides a small number of excellent items, including essays, character summaries, story summaries, and critical interpretation. |
| Research Library | beowulf Perform the basic search. Make sure to 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 number of relevant items. |
| SIRS Renaissance | beowulf Perform the "Quick Search". An advanced search will provide additional results that pertain, less directly, to the story (Beowulf). |
Provides a small number of quality items. |
| Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors | beowulf Since the author is unknown, you must perform the "In Depth Search". From that search screen, enter you term, beowulf, in the search box labeled "Full Text". |
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.
Beowulf (Tharaud,
Barry)
Location: eBook
Beowulf:
A new verse translation
Location: eBook
Beowulf and old
Germanic metre
Location: eBook
Beowulf : The fight
at Finnsburh
Location: eBook
A critical companion
to Beowulf
Location: eBook
Language, sign,
and gender in Beowulf
Location: eBook
The origins of
Beowulf and the pre-Viking kingdom of East Anglia
PR1587K55N48 1993
Location: eBook
A readable Beowulf:
The Old English epic newly translated
Location: eBook
Reading Beowulf:
an introduction to the poem, and its background and its style
PR1585O37 1983
Location: eBook
Traditional oral
epic: The Odyssey, Beowulf, and the Serbo-Croatian return song
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- Beowulf in Hypertext Note: This is much more than just the text of the story.
- Beowulf: New Light on the Dark Ages
- To Translate a Hero: The Hobbit as Beowulf Retold
