Finding Poems, Plays, Short Stories

Poetry Reading

Loretta.Rielly@oregonstate.edu (Loretta Rielly) — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:34:41 -0700

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Indexes

Loretta.Rielly@oregonstate.edu (Loretta Rielly) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:46:15 -0700

Use to find the name of a book that includes the work you want. Use the OSU and Summit Catalogs to locate a copy of the book.

Poetry

Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry PN4321.G8 & PN4321.G81(4th floor)

Plays

Otemillers Index to Plays in Collections 4th floor, Valley Library PN1655.K391

Chicorel Theater Index to Plays in Anthologies. . . 4th floor, Valley Library PN1655.C431

Play Index 4th floor, Valley Library PN1655.P551

Short Stories

Short Story Index PN3373.S561 (4th floor)

Find the poem, play, short story or essay

Loretta.Rielly@oregonstate.edu (Loretta Rielly) — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 17:46:32 -0700

Start with these:

LitFinder

Search for individual works. by author, title, keyword, or topic.
Tells where the work was published (in book or magazine) but also includes full text for many works
Use the OSU Library Catalog to see if we have the book or magazine. if we don't, see if you can borrow it through Summt (books only) or InterLibrary Loan

Google Books

Find books in which a work was published.
Use the "Find this book in library" link to see which libraries have it. Show me

Academic Search Premier

Use to see if a work was published in a magazine

Library Catalogs

Loretta.Rielly@oregonstate.edu (Loretta Rielly) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 17:40:55 -0700

Sometimes you can find an individual work in a catalog by searching for its title. Or you seach by the name of the poet, playwright or author and see if a catalog record for her/his works includes a table of contents.

OSU Libraries Catalog
Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog Shared catalog of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington. Books requested delivered in 3-4 working days.
WorldCat Catalog of libraries worldwide. Use Interlibrary Loan link to request books not at OSU or in Summit