- 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 Ralph Waldo Emerson.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | ralph waldo emerson 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 | ralph waldo emerson JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a number of items some which are reviews. |
| Columbia Granger's
World of Poetry Online |
emerson, ralph waldo Perform the default search. |
Provides a large number of poems. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | ralph waldo emerson Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | ralph waldo emerson Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication." |
Provides a large number of worthy items. |
| Literature Resource Center | ralph waldo emerson 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 quality documents. |
| netLibrary | ralph waldo emerson Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox. |
Provides a good number of eBooks by and about the author. |
| Research Library Complete | ralph waldo emerson 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 good number of excellent items. |
| Scribner's | Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Emerson, Ralph Waldo link.
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Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography and a supplement. |
| SIRS Renaissance | ralph waldo emerson Perform the
"Quick Search." |
Provides a number of excellent items. |
| Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors | Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Emerson, Ralph Waldo link. |
Provides a 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.
Collected poems and translations
PS1624.A1 1994
Location: Troy, ALYoung Emerson speaks; unpublished discourses on many subjects
BX9843 .E487 Y6 1968
Location: Troy, ALGifts: an essay
Location: eBookFriendship: an essay
Location: eBook
English traits
Location: eBookCompensation: an essay
Location: eBookPoems of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Location: eBookMythic archetypes in Ralph Waldo Emerson: A Blakean reading
Location: eBookThe selected letters of Ralph Waldo Emerson
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C04050C
- The Works of Ralph
Waldo Emerson
http://www.rwe.org/comm
- Ralph Waldo Emerson:
A Visionary Life
http://www.watershedonline.ca/literature/Emerson/EMERSON.html
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/emerson.htm
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)
http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/e/emerson19ro.htm
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