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Finding Book Reviews, Criticism, and Biographical Information
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See **Guide to Acronyms Used** (located at end of document) for an explanation of the Acronyms used below.
See Also the Document **Guide to Literary Criticism**.
To Find Information on:	Information You Must Have to Begin	Summary of the Primary Work	Citations to Reviews Of the Primary Work	Criticism & Interpretation	Biographical Info on the Author
Books including Non-Fiction	Author's Name Title of the Book Date of Publication	MAS5	BRD BRI EAI HUM MLA RGI	EAI EWL TLC MLA MAS5	AMW CA DLB EAI EWL TLC
Short Stories	Author's Name Title of the collection in which the story was published. Title of the short story. Date of Publication.		AW BRD BRI BW CSF EAI HUM MLA TSS	AW BLC CSF EAI EWL MLA NLC RGB SSC	BLC CA CSF DLB EAI EWL RGB TLC
Novels (Fiction)	Author's name Title of the Novel. Date of Publication	MAS MAS2 MAS3 PWF	BRD BRI CLC CSL DLB EAI HUM MLA WLC	AW BLC CA CLC CSL DLB EAI EWL LAW MAS MAS2 MAS3 NLC PWF RGB TLC WLC	AW BLC CLC CSL EAI EWL LAW NLC RGB TLC WLC
Plays (Drama)	Author's name Title of the Play. Date of Publication.	DC CSD EWD MAS4 SC	DC CSD EAI EWD HUM MLA NLC SC WLC	DC BLC CSD EAI EWD LAW MAS4 MLA SC WLC	DC BLC CSD EAI EWD EWL LAW NLC WLC
Essays	Author's Name Title of the collection in which the essay was published. Title of the essay. Date of Publication.		EGL MLA NLC WLC	LAW MLA WLC	CA DLB LAW NLC WLC
Poetry	Author's Name. Title of the collection in which the poem was publiched. Title of the poem. Date of Publication.		MLA NLC PC WLC	BLC CSP LAW MLA PC RGB	BLC CSP EWL LAW NLC PC RGB WLC

Guide to Acronyms Used

ACRONYM	TITLE	LOCATION OR CALL NUMBER
AW	American Writers	Ref. PS 129 A55
AMW	American Women Writers	Ref. PS 147 A4
BLC	Black Literature Criticism	Ref. PS 153 N5 B556 1992
BRD	Book Review Digest	Periodical Stacks, in alphabetical order.
BRI	Book Review Index	Periodical Stacks, in alphabetical order.
BW	British Writers	Ref. PR 85 B688
CA	Contemporary Authors & Contemporary Authors, New Revision	Ref. PN 771 C6x and Ref. PN 771 C62x
CLC	Contemporary Literary Criticism	Ref. PN 771 C59 (On Index Table)
CSD	Critical Survey of Drama	Ref. PN 2035 C7
CSF	Critical Survey of Short Fiction	Ref. PN 3312 C7
CSL	Critical Survey of Long Fiction	Ref. PR 821 C7 1991
CSP	Critical Survey of Poetry	Ref. PR 502 C85 1992
DLB	Dictionary of Literary Biography	Ref. PS 129 D5
DC	Drama Criticism	Ref. PN 1601 D59
EAI	Expanded Academic Index (InfoTrac SearchBank)	WSC Home Page - access via Netscape.
EGL	Essay and General Literature Index	Periodical Stacks, in alphabetical order.
EWD	Encyclopedia of World Drama	Ref. PN 1625 M3 1984
EWL	Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century.	Ref. PN 771 E5
HUM	Humanities Index	Periodical Stacks, in alphabetical order.
LAS	Latin American Writers	Ref. PQ 7081 A1 L37 1989
MAS	Masterplots II - American Fiction Series	Ref. PN 846 M37 1986
MAS2	Masterplots - European Fiction Series	Ref. PN 3326 M37 1985
MAS3	Masterplots II - World Fiction Series	Ref. PN 3326 M28 1987
MAS4	Masterplots II - Drama Series	Ref. PN 6112.5 M37 1989
MAS5	Masterplots II - Non-Fiction Series	Ref. PN 44 M345 1989
MLA	Modern Language Association Bibliography (CD-ROM)	WSC Home Page - access via Netscape.
NLC	Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism	Ref. PN 761 N56 (On Index Table)
PC	Poetry Criticism	Ref. PN 1010 P499
RGB	Research Guide to Biography & Criticism	Ref. PR 85 R4
RGI	Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature	Periodical Stacks, in alphabetical order.
SC	Shakespearean Criticism	Ref. PR 2965 S43
SSC	Short Story Criticism	Ref. PN 3373 S36 (On Index Table)
TLC	Twentieth Century Literary Criticism	Ref. PN 771 G27 (On Index Table)
TSS	Twentieth Century Short Story Explications	Ref. PN 3373 W33x 1977
WLC	World Literature Criticism	Ref. PN 523 W67 1992

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