Poetry
Library Research Guide
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Poetry in the Book Stacks - search the Library Catalog
Combine the term poetry with a topic
Use a poet's name - keyword or author search
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Recommended Indexes
Literary Reference Center (Ebsco) - limit to Poetry under literary genre
LitFinder - database of literary works, including many poems
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Recommended Websites
American Verse Project (U of Michigan)
Other poetry sites from the UWSP Virtual Reference Desk
Visit the Reference area of the library for additional tools such as Columbia Granger's Index to Poetry with indexes by author, subject, first line, and last line.
Or, browse the library's stacks for poetry collections on the 4th floor in the following sections:
PN1110 - PN1279
Poetry, History and Criticism PN6099 - PN6110
General Poetry Collections PR500 - PR614
English Poetry by Period PR1170 - PR1228
Collections of English Poetry PS301 - PS326
American Poetry PS580 - PS619
Collections of American Poetry PS593
Collections of American Poetry by Form PS601 - PS617
Collections of American Poetry by Period
MLA Citation for a poem - an example:
More, Hannah. "Black Slave Trade: A Poem". British Women Poets of the Romantic Period.
Ed. Paula R. Feldman. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins, 1997. 472-82.
Additional information on MLA Citations for poetry from University of North Carolina.
Other Library Services and Resources
- Universal Borrowing - have books delivered from other UW libraries
- Interlibrary Loan Form - use this form to request articles Un other libraries and books, if the book is not available from a UW library
- Journals A-Z - a list of journals, magazines and newspapers that can be accessed in the UWSP print collection on 2nd floor of the library, or online.
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Additional
assistance from a Reference Librarian -
via phone,
email or in the library
- UWSP Library Home Page
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