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Step 4: Consult specialized guides devoted to primary works related to a national literature, genre, or topic.
American Literature
Contemporary Authors: A Bio-bibliographical Guide (J595) Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060) Grimes, Novels in English by Women, 1891–1920 (M2640) Blanck, Bibliography of American Literature (Q3250) Literary Writings in America (Q3255) United States Newspaper Program (Q3405) Chielens, American Literary Magazines (Q3410) Davis and Joyce, Short Fiction by Women to 1900 (Q3473) North American Theatre Online (Q3512) Davis and Joyce, Poetry by Women to 1900 (Q3534) Arksey, American Diaries (Q3540) Bibliography of American Autobiographies (Q3545) Dictionary Catalog of the Schomburg Collection of Negro Literature and History (Q3720) Bibliographical Guide to African-American Women Writers (Q3723) Index to Black American Literary Anthologies (Q3725) Directory of Afro-American Resources (Q3730) African-American Newspapers and Periodicals (Q3775) Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815) Hatch and Abdullah, Black Playwrights, 1823–1977 (Q3825) Columbia Granger’s Index to African-American Poetry (Q3840) Wagner, Black Poets of the United States (Q3835) Columbia Granger’s Index to African-American Poetry (Q3840) French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845) Brignano, Black Americans in Autobiography (Q3850) Littlefield, Biobibliography of Native American Writers (Q3870) Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920) Brumble, American Indian Autobiography (Q3925) Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940) Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990) European Americana (Q4000) Bibliotheca Americana (Q4015) Brigham, History and Bibliography of American Newspapers (Q4035) Kribbs, Annotated Bibliography of American Literary Periodicals, 1741–1850 (Q4040) Index to Early American Periodicals to 1850 (Q4045) Pitcher, Fiction in American Magazines before 1800 (Q4060) Hill, American Plays Printed, 1714–1830 (Q4070) Jantz, “First Century of New England Verse” (Q4075) Lemay, Calendar of American Poetry in the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines (Q4080) American Verse Printed from 1610 through 1820 (Q4085) Bibliotheca Americana (Q4115) Wright, American Fiction, [1774–1900] (Q4180) Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States (Q4195) Books in Print (Q4225) Lepper, Bibliographical Introduction to Seventy-Five Modern American Authors (Q4230) Vrana, Interviews and Conversations with 20th-Century Authors (Q4235) American Fiction Database (Q4267) Leiter, Encyclopedia of the New York Stage (Q4285) Davis, Contemporary American Poetry (Q4320) Index of American Periodical Verse (Q4325) Reardon, Poetry by American Women (Q4330) Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345) Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160) Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (U5473) Fiction, Folklore, Fantasy, and Poetry for Children (U5475)
Australian Literature
Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060) AustLit (R4463) Australian National Bibliography (R4465) Ferguson, Bibliography of Australia (R4470) Miller, Australian Literature (R4475) Ross, Australian Literary Criticism, 1945–1988 (R4488) Stuart, Australian Periodicals with Literary Content, 1821–1926 (R4500) Torre, Australian Short Story, 1940–1980 (R4525) Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530) Webby, Early Australian Poetry (R4545)
Canadian Literature
Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060) Nadel, Jewish Writers of North America (Q3990) North American Imprints Program (Q4010) Index of American Periodical Verse (Q4325) Canadiana (R4595) Annotated Bibliography of Canada’s Major Authors (R4605) “Letters in Canada/Lettres canadiennes” (R4610) Miska, Ethnic and Native Canadian Literature (R4613) Tremaine, Bibliography of Canadian Imprints, 1751–1800 (R4615) Watters, Checklist of Canadian Literature and Background Materials (R4620) Weiss, Comprehensive Bibliography of English-Canadian Short Stories (R4703) Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705) Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710) Rinfret, Théâtre canadien d’expression française (R4720) Directory of Canadian Theatre Archives (R4722) Brock Bibliography of Published Canadian Plays in English (R4725) McQuarrie, Mercer, and Ripley, Index to Canadian Poetry in English (R4750)