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Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)

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 Sylvia Plath.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*sylvia plath* 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	*sylvia plath* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a small number of items, half of which are reviews.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online	*plath, sylvia* Perform the default search.	Provides a large number of citations.
Contemporary Authors	*sylvia plath* 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	*sylvia plath* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a couple of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*sylvia plath* 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	*sylvia plath* 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.
Research Library Complete	*sylvia plath* 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 *Plath,* *Sylvia* link.	Provides an essay about the author and her works, along with a bibliography and a supplement.
SIRS Renaissance	*sylvia plath* 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 *Plath,* *Sylvia* 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.

Letters home: correspondence, 1950-1963
PS3566L27Z53 1975
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Chapters in a mythology: the poetry of Sylvia Plath
PS3566L27Z75 1976
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Bitter fame: a life of Sylvia Plath
PS3566L27Z9134 1989
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Sylvia Plath: the woman and the work
PS3566L27Z92 1985
Location: Dothan

The unabridged journals of Sylvia Plath
PS3566 .L27 Z469 2000
Location: Troy, AL

The bell jar
PS3566 .L27 B4 1996B
Location: Phenix City

Crossing the water: transitional poems
PS3566 .L27 C7 1971B
Location: Phenix City

The colossus & other poems
PS3566 .L27 C6 1962
Location: Phenix City

Ariel
PS3566 .L27 A7 1966
Location: Phenix City

Revising life: Sylvia Plath's Ariel poems
Location: eBook

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
Sylvia Plath
http://www.poets.org/poets/poets.cfm?45442B7C000C0704
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/splath.htm
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/poets/m_r/plath/plath.htm
Voices and Visions Spotlight Sylvia Plath
http://www.learner.org/catalog/extras/vvspot/Plath.html
PAL: Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap10/plath.html

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