Introduction + Featured Reference Works
Use this libguide to complete your research for the course. For additional sources and search tips, see my English literature libguide. If you'd like to meet with me about your research click on the Schedule Research Consultation button in the right-hand column.
Begin your research with the reference works listed below. Use reference works legitimately to track down background articles authored by literary scholars; choose and/or refine your research topic; identify disciplinary terms, an important consideration in "keyword" searches of library databases such as JSTOR; and find both autobiographies and relevant, high-impact secondary criticisms. For example, cite a secondary journal article found in the "further reading" section of an encyclopedia article.
Bio-bibliography:
Notable Women in American History: A Guide to Recommended Biographies and Autobiographies by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 0313295840Publication Date: 1999-08-30Employ this reference work to identify primary-source autobiographies. It is also available in print.
Personal Writings by Women to 1900: A Bibliography of American and British Writers by Call Number: Internet Archive E-BOOKISBN: 0806122064Publication Date: 1989-05-01Identify primary-source autobiographies written before 1900. It is also available in print.
Companion:
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9780195066081Publication Date: 1995-01-05See the entry titled "Autobiography."
Encyclopedia:
Encyclopedia of Women's Autobiography by Call Number: HQ1185 .E63 2005ISBN: 0313327378Publication Date: 2005-08-30
Handbooks:
Handbook of Autobiography / Autofiction by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9783110279818Publication Date: 2019-01-29
The Routledge International Handbook on Narrative and Life History by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9781138784291Publication Date: 2016-11-02
Methodology, Study and teaching:
Research Methodologies for Auto/biography Studies by Call Number: Gitenstein Library E-BOOKISBN: 9780429288432Publication Date: 2019-06-03
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