Research and Writing Handbooks - A Selection
Useful reference books related to literary research may be subtitled "guide" or "handbook" or "companion" or "introduction" and even focus on other disciplines, yet still have something to offer in support of your research process challenge, if not your precise topic. Here is a selection of well-regarded texts.
- The Art of Literary Research byCall Number: Olin Library PR56 .A46 19934th ed. New York: Norton, 1993. Print. Literature research methodologies
- The Craft of ResearchCall Number: Uris Library Q180.55.M4 B66 2016Fourth edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016
Not humanities-centric, but excellent guide to questions and principles. - A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations: Chicago Style for Students and Researchers byCall Number: Olin Library LB2369 .T8 20189th edition. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2018. Print. Part I addresses the research and writing process, from project definition through research and revision
- A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students: English and American Literature byCall Number: Olin Library Reference PR56 .B34 20066th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2006. Print.
- The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism byCall Number: Olin Library Reference PN81 .J554 2005 +2nd ed. Baltimore, Md.: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005.
Also available online. - Literary Research Guide: an Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary StudiesCall Number: Olin Library Reference Z2011 .H34x 20085th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2008. Print. Focus on literature in English, with a small section on "Foreign language literatures;" principles widely applicable.
- Romanische BibliographieCall Number: Uris Library Z7031 .R75Tübingen, 1875- .
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Supplements Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie. - Companion to Literary Theory byCall Number: Olin Library PN81 .R55 2018Chichester, West Sussex: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, 2018
- Introduction to Scholarship in Modern Languages and Literatures. byCall Number: Olin Library PB29 .I58 20073rd ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2007.