Margaret (Munnerlyn) Mitchell 1900-1949 Variant Name(s): Elizabeth Bennett, Peggy Mitchell, Margaret Mitchell Upshaw  Nationality: American  Gale series that include an entry on this author: Contemporary Authors, volume(s) 125 Contemporary Authors - Brief Entry, volume(s) 109 Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume(s) 9 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, volume(s) 11 Major 20th-Century Writers, volume(s) 1, 2 . . .  Works by the author: Gone with the Wind  Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, volume(s) 11:371-91  Novels for Students, volume(s) 9:90-108  Copyright © 2001 by Gale Group . All rights reserved.

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The sample search results indicate there is an entry on Margaret Mitchell in Contemporary Authors.  To determine if the library owns Contemporary Authors, look at the list of Gale Literary Books Available in Ely Library.  According to the list, Contemporary Authors is kept in the reference section under the call number REF PN 771 .C6x.  Go to this call number and find volume 125 of Contemporary Authors.  Within this volume, entries are arranged alphabetically.

AUTHOR SEARCH RESULTS (cont)

If an author's works are discussed, the search results will indicate this.  According to the above sample, Gone with the Wind is discussed in Twentieth Century Literary Criticism and Novels for Students.  The list of Gale Literary Books Available in Ely Library indicates that Twentieth Century Literary Criticism is available on the Index Table.  Next, find volume 11, pages 371-91.  Novels for Students is not available at the Ely Library.

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You can search for a work, if you know all or part of its title.  Follow the instructions on the screen.  When using the exact title search, always include the leading articles such as "The," "An," or "A."  Displayed below are the search results for the poem, To an Athlete Dying Young.  In this SAMPLE, discussions of the poem appear in four Gale series.
 

"To an Athlete Dying Young" Author: A(lfred) E(dward) Housman  Gale series that include a discussion of this work: Poetry Criticism, volume(s) 2:180, 183, 185, 191-94, 198, 201 Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, volume(s) 1:357; 10:247, 250 World Literature Criticism Supplement, volume(s) 1:433, 437 Poetry for Students, volume(s) 7:228-244  Copyright © 2001 by Gale Group . All rights reserved.

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Use the list below to determine whether the library owns a Gale series.  As an example, Ely Library owns the first two series listed above: Poetry Criticism and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.  The library does not own the  fourth series listed above: Poetry for Students.  After locating Poetry Criticism in the reference section at PN 1010 .P499, look in volume 2 on pages 180, 183, 185, 191-94, 198, and 201 for discussions of To an Athlete Dying Young.

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American Writers (including supplements)  REF PS129 .A55
Ancient Writers  REF PA 3002 .A5 1982
Asian American Literature  REF PS 153 .A84 1999
Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction  REF PN 56 .P55 B431
Beacham's Popular Fiction, 1950-present  REF PS 374 .P63 B43 1986
Beacham's Popular Fiction 1991 update  REF PS 374 .P63 B43 1991
Black Literature Criticism   REF PS 153 .N5 B556
Black Writers   REF PN 490 .B53 1989
British Writers  REF PR 85 .B688
Contemporary Authors  REF PN 771 .C6x
Contemporary Authors New Revisions Series  REF PN 771 .C62x
Contemporary Authors Permanent Series  REF PN 771 .C6x
Contemporary Dramatists  REF PR 737 .C57 1982
Contemporary Literary Criticism   INDEX TABLE
Contemporary Novelists  REF PR 883 .C64 1986
Contemporary Poets  REF PR 603 .C6 1996
Dictionary of Literary Biography  REF PS 129 .D5
Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series  REF PS 129 .D5
Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook  REF PS 129 .D5
Drama Criticism   REF PN 1601 .D59
Encyclopedia of World Literature in the 20th Century  REF PN 771 .E5 1999
Epics for Students  STACKS PN 56 .E65 E67 1997
Gay & Lesbian Literature  REF PN 56 H57 G36 1994
International Dictionary of Films and Filmakers  REF PN 1997.8 .I58 2000
International Dictionary of Theatre: Playwrights  REF PN 2035 .I49 1992
Latin American Writers  REF PQ 7081 .A1 L37 1989
Literature and its times  REF PN 50 .L574 1997
Literature Resource Center  Library Database available online at WSC
Major Authors and Illustrators for Children and Young Adults REF PN 451 .M37
Modern American Women Writers  REF PS 151 .M54 1990
Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism  REF PN 761 .N56
Poetry Criticism  REF PN 1010 .P499
Reference Guide to American Literature  REF PS129 .R44 1987
Reference Guide to World Literature  REF PN 524 .R44 1994
Shakespearean Criticism  REF PR 2965 .S43
Short Story Criticism  REF PN 3373 .S386
St. James Guide to Children's Writers REF PN 1009 .A1 T9 1999
Twayne's United States Authors  (Search by Author's Name as Title in the Ely Library Catalog)
Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism  INDEX TABLE
World Literature and Its Times  REF PN 50 .M625
World Literature Criticism  REF PN 523 .W67 1992
World Literature Criticism Supplement   REF PN 523 .W67 1992 Suppl.

To find the books in the library, use the call number information in bold type.  If you need further assistance using the Gale Literary Index, please ask a reference librarian.

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