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Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

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 Edgar Allan Poe.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*edgar allan poe* 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	*edgar allan poe* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides number of reviews.
Columbia Granger's World of Poetry Online	*poe, edgar allan* Perform the default search.	Provides a large number of poems.
Contemporary Authors	*edgar allan poe* 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	*edgar allan poe* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a number of Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*edgar allan poe* 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	*edgar allan poe* 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 good number of quality documents.
netLibrary	*edgar allan poe* Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox.	Provides a large number of eBooks by and about the author.
Research Library Complete	*edgar allan poe* 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 Poe, Edgar link.	Provides an essay about the author and his works, along with a bibliography and several supplements.
SIRS Renaissance	*edgar allan poe* 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 Poe, Edgar 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.
Poe: a collection of critical essays
PS2631R38
Location: Dothan

Poe, a critical study
PS2638D3
Location: Dothan

The enigma of Poe
PS2602O2
Location: Troy, AL

The short fiction of Edgar Allan Poe
PS 2612 L4
Location: Troy, AL

Collected poems, essays on poetry
PS2605 .A1 1977
Location: Montgomery

The complete works of Edgar Allan Poe
PS2601.H3 1965
Location: Troy, AL

The complete tales and poems of Edgar Allan Poe
PS2600 .F38 1965
Location: Dothan

The unabridged Edgar Allan Poe
Location: eBook

Selected tales
Location: eBook

The pit and the pendulum, and five other tales
Location: eBook

The raven, and other selections
Location: eBook

Edgar Allan Poe: comprehensive research and study guide
Location: eBook

Edgar Allan Poe: after fifty years
Location: eBook

Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
Location: eBook

The poetic principle
Location: eBook

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>
Edgar Allan Poe
http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan
Edgar Allan Poe
http://bau2.uibk.ac.at/sg/poe
The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe
http://eserver.org/books/poe
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)
http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/p/poe19ro.htm
Edgar Allan Poe: Tales, Sketches, and Selected Criticism
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/POE/contents.html
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
http://www.island-of-freedom.com/POE.HTM

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