Alpharetta High School Media Center

Alpharetta High School Media Center

RESEARCH PATHFINDER

Poetry Notebooks

Collaborative Team: Mrs. Clinch Ms. Kelly

AP Literature Media Resources

**Remember that the Media Center opens each day at 7:30 a.m. for additional research time.

WHERE TO START and HOW TO FIND IT: Library Catalog – http://fcsdestiny.fultonschools.org select Alpharetta High School, then click on the green Catalog tab to begin your search.

Use the index in books and encyclopedias to locate specific poems & poets.

BOOKS: (Books have been placed on a cart in the Media Center for your use.)

Important Poetry and related call numbers:

808.81 – Collections of many poems by different poets 809 – Literary History and Criticism 811– American Poems and Poets 821– British Poems and Poets 850s – Classical Italian Poems/Poets 860s – Classical Spanish Poems/Poets

870s – Classical Latin & Greek Poems/Poets B – Biographies of individual poets (arranged alphabetically by poet’s last name)

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

REF 803 GAL Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature. (4 vols. On cart)

REF 808.81 POE Poetry for Students (36 vols. On shelf) each including an author biography, the poem text, a summary, a selection of criticism, and discussion of themes, style, sources, and historical context.

REF 809 CON Contemporary Literary Criticism (90 vols. On shelf) Discusses literature, including poetry, from the designated year.

REF 809 LIT Literature Criticism from 1400-1800 (8 vols. On shelf)

REF 809 NIN Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism. (50 vols. On shelf)

REF 809 TWE Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (90 vols. On shelf)

REF 809.1 CON Contemporary Poets. (1 vol. On cart)

REF 809.1 MAS Masterplots II: Poetry series (9 vols. On shelf)

REF 809.1 NOT Notable Poets (3 vols. On cart)

REF 809.1 WOR World Poets (3 vols. On cart)

REF 810 AME American Writers (13 vols. On shelf)

REF 810.9 AME American Women Writers (4 vols. On cart)

REF 820 BRI British Writers (13 vols. On shelf)

REF 822.3 SHA Shakespearean Criticism (84 vols. On shelf)

REF 920 GRE Great American Writers (13 vols. On cart)

REF 920 GRE Great World Writers (13 vols. On cart)

REF 920 ENC Encyclopedia of World Biography (30 vols. On shelf)

ONLINE RESOURCES: (a complete list of online databases is available on the blue sheet in the Media Center)

GALILEO www.galileo.usg.edu Select High School and type in your keyword(s) to access encyclopedia, magazine, and newspaper articles. Check with Media Center for current password for home use.

GALE http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/alpharetta School ID: alpharetta Password: alph_log. Type in your keyword(s) to access encyclopedia, magazine, and newspaper articles.

JSTOR http://www.jstor.org For home/remote access, go to the Media Center web page for the JSTOR link for home access. Set up your own user name and password.

Plus:

www.poets.org - A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies.

http://www.english.illinois.edu/maps/poets.htm Modern American Poetry – 161 companion poetry sites

http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display_rpo/indexcriticism.cfm Prose and Verse Criticism of Poetry

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/ The Internet Public Library's database of literary criticism– browse by author or title

http://www.poemhunter.com/poets/ Poems and Poets – not limited to the list of popular poets shown

http://www.poemsandpoets.net/ Famous poems, poetry, and poets’ biographies

http://www.poetry-online.org/ Famous poetry online – extensive collection of popular poems and poets worldwide

http://poets.incredible-people.com/ Famous poets’ biographies

http://www.biographyonline.net/poets/index.html Biography online - poets