- 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 Emily Dickinson.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | emily dickinson 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 Collection | emily dickinson JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a small number of relevant documents along with some reviews. |
| Columbia Granger's World Poetry Online | dickinson, emily Perform the default search. |
Provides a large number of poems. |
| Encyclopedia
Britannica |
emily dickinson Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article and a few related articles and a number of Web sites. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | emily dickinson Perform the Keyword search, NOT 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 | emily dickinson 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 small number of relevant documents. |
| netLibrary | emily dickinson Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox. |
Provides a number of quality eBooks. |
| Research Library Complete | emily dickinson 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 number of relevant documents. |
| Scribner's | Select
“Writers A-Z” and click on the Dickinson, Emily
link. |
Provides an essay about the author and her works, along with a bibliography. |
| SIRS Renaissance | emily dickinson Perform the "Quick Search."
|
Provides a number of pertinent documents. |
| Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors | Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Dickinson, Emily link. |
Provides a small number of quality documents. |
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.
New poems of Emily Dickinson
PS1541.A6 1993B
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan; MontgomeryCollected Poems
Location: eBookThe sleeping flowers
Location: eBook
The Cambridge companion to Emily Dickinson
Location: eBookConcordance to the letters of Emily Dickinson
Location: eBook
Emily Dickinson
Location: eBookThe Emily Dickinson handbook
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- Emily Dickinson
http://www.online-literature.com/dickinson
- Emily Dickinson
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?prmID=156
- Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886)
http://guweb2.gonzaga.edu/faculty/campbell/enl311/dickinson.htm
- Emily Dickinson
Journal
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/emily_dickinson_journal
- Emily Dickinson
(1830-1886)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/a_f/dickinson/dickinson.htm
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