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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)

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 Vladimir Nabokov.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*vladimir nabokov* 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 Collection	*vladimir nabokov* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a number of excellent items, mostly reviews.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online	*nabokov, vladimir* Perform the default search.	Provides a small number of poems.
Contemporary Authors	*vladimir nabokov* 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	*vladimir nabokov* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a couple of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*vladimir nabokov* 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	*vladimir nabokov* 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	*vladimir nabokov* 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	*vladimir nabokov* 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 excellent items.
Scribner's	Select "Writers A-Z" and click on the Nabokov, *Vladimir* link.	Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography and a supplement.
SIRS Renaissance	*vladimir nabokov* Perform the "Quick Search."	Provides a small number of excellent items.
Twayne Authors Series- Twayne World, English and US Authors	Select "Writers A-Z" and click on the Nabokov, *Vladimir* 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.
Vladimir Nabokov
PG3476.N3Z75
Location: Dothan

Lolita
PS3527A15L6 1982
Location: Troy

The gift
PG3476.N3 D313 1963
Location: Troy, AL

The defense
PG3476.N3 Z2413 1964
Location: Troy, AL

Speak, memory: an autobiography revisited
PG3476 .N3 Z476 1999
Location: Phenix City

The man from the USSR and other plays: with two essays on the drama
PG3476.N3 A26 1984
Location: Troy, AL

Transparent things
PS3527.A15 T7
Location: Troy, AL

Glory
PG3476.N3 P613
Location: Troy, AL

Nabokov's dozen: a collection of thirteen stories
PZ3 .N121 NAB4
Location: Phenix City

The portable Nabokov
PR
Location: Phenix City

The art of memory in exile: Vladimir Nabokov & Milan Kundera
Location: eBook

Discourse and ideology in Nabokov's prose
Location: eBook

Nabokov's pale fire: the magic of artistic discovery
Location: eBook

The world of Nabokov's stories
Location: eBook

Nabokov's art of memory and European modernism
Location: eBook

The reference books are held by the Eglin Base Library and OWC Library (Niceville) and contain collections of criticism on the author’s works. Ask your library personnel how to use them.

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/nabokov.htm
The Vladimir Nabokov Appreciation Site
http://www.fulmerford.com/waxwing/nabokov.html

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