- 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 F. Scott Fitzgerald.
| DATABASE |
SEARCH
TERMS |
RESULTS |
| Academic Search Premier | f. scott fitzgerald 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 | f. scott fitzgerald JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details). |
Provides a small number of reviews. |
| Columbia Granger's
World of Poetry Online |
fitzgerald, f. scott Perform the default search. |
Provides a small number of citations of poems. |
| Contemporary Authors | f. scott fitzgerald Perform the default search. |
Provides a profile of the author's life and works. Including an extensive list for further reading about the author. |
| Encyclopedia Britannica | f. scott fitzgerald Perform the default search. |
Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites. |
| Expanded Academic ASAP | f. scott fitzgerald 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 | f. scott fitzgerald 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 | f. scott fitzgerald Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox. |
Provides a large number of eBooks that refer to the author, along with a few that focus on his life and works. |
| Research Library Complete | f. scott fitzgerald 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 Fitzgerald,
F. Scott link. |
Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography and a supplement. |
| Twayne Authors Series - Twayne World, English, and US Authors | Select “Writers A-Z” and click on the Fitzgerald, F. Scott 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.
Before Gatsby: the first twenty-six stories
PS3511 .I9 A6 2001
Location: MontgomeryThe stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald: a selection of 28 stories
PS3511.I9 A6 1988
Location:Troy, ALThe Basil and Josephine stories, by F. Scott Fitzgerald
PS3511.I9 B3
Location: Troy, ALAfternoon of an author: a selection of uncollected stories and essays
PS 3511 I9 A6
Location: Troy, ALThree novels: The great Gatsby; with an introd. by Malcolm Cowley. Tender is the night, with the author's final revisions; edited by Malcolm Cowley. The last tycoon, an unfinished novel
PS3511.I9 T48
Location: DothanThis side of paradise
Location: eBookF. Scott Fitzgerald
Location: eBookAn F. Scott Fitzgerald encyclopedia
Location: eBookF. Scott Fitzgerald's the great Gatsby
Location: eBookStudent companion to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Location: eBookFitzgerald's craft of short fiction: the collected stories, 1920-1935
Location: eBook
SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
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F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/index.html
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F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/fsfitzg.htm
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ClassicNote on The Great Gatsby
http://www.gradesaver.com/ClassicNotes/Titles/gatsby
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F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://www.online-literature.com/fitzgerald
- F. Scott Fitzgerald
http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/fitzgeraldbio.html

