# Literary Research Guide/The Research Process/Printed Step 4

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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)

### Children’s Literature

* Cheung, Asian American Literature (Q3940)
* Special Collections in Children’s Literature (U5460)
* Children’s Books in Print (U5470)
* Children’s Literature Comprehensive Database (U5473)
* Fiction, Folklore, Fantasy, and Poetry for Children (U5475)
* Index to Children’s Poetry (U5540)

### Drama and Theater

* Montgomery, Ottemiller’s Index to Plays in Collections (L1150)
* Play Index (L1155)
* Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (M1540)
* Nicoll, Short-Title Alphabetical Catalogue of Plays (M1545)
* Stratman, Bibliography of English Printed Tragedy, 1565–1900 (M1550)
* Greg, Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration (M2135)
* Wiggins, British Drama, 1533–1642 (M2136)
* Farmer and Lesser, DEEP: Database of Early English Playbooks (M2137)
* Burling, New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700–1737 (M2377)
* North American Theatre Online (Q3512)
* Black Playwrights, 1823–1977 (Q3825)
* French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
* Hill, American Plays Printed, 1714–1830 (Q4070)
* Dramatic Compositions Copyrighted in the United States (Q4195)
* Rinfret, Théâtre canadien d’expression française (R4720)
* Brock Bibliography of Published Canadian Plays in English (R4725)

### English Literature

* Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
* Mullins, Texts and Calendars (M1370)
* Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M1376)
* English Short Title Catalogue (M1377)
* New Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M1385)
* Catalogue of Additions to the Manuscripts (M1540)
* Nicoll, Short-Title Alphabetical Catalogue of Plays (M1545)
* Stratman, Bibliography of English Printed Tragedy, 1565–1900 (M1550)
* Matthews, British Autobiographies (M1610)
* Matthews, British Diaries (M1615)
* Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke (M1820)
* Severs, Hartung, and Beidler, Manual of the Writings in Middle English (M1825)
* Grantley, English Dramatic Interludes 1300–1580 (M1927)
* Index of Middle English Prose (M1945)
* Short-Title Catalogue, 1475–1640 (M1990)
* Short-Title Catalogue, 1641–1700 (M1995)
* Smith and Cardinale, Women and the Literature of the Seventeenth Century (M2007)
* Mish, English Prose Fiction, 1600–1700 (M2095)
* O’Dell, Chronological List of Prose Fiction, 1475–1640 (M2100)
* Greg, Bibliography of the English Printed Drama to the Restoration (M2135)
* Wiggins, British Drama, 1533–1642 (M2136)
* Case, Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies, 1521–1750 (M2180)
* Frank, Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641–1660 (M2185)
* Ringler, Bibliography of English Verse (M2190)
* Term Catalogues, 1668–1709 (M2235)
* Crane, Census of British Newspapers and Periodicals, 1620–1800 (M2270)
* Beasley, Check List of Prose Fiction Published in England, 1740–1749 (M2320)
* McBurney, Check List of English Prose Fiction, 1700–1739 (M2325)
* Mayo, Catalogue of Magazine Novels and Novelettes, 1740–1815 (M2330)
* Raven, British Fiction, 1750–1770 (M2335)
* English Novel, 1770–1829 (M2336)
* Burling, New Plays and Entertainments on the London Stage, 1700–1737 (M2377)
* Foxon, English Verse, 1701–1750 (M2415)
* Jackson, Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry (M2420)
* Stauffer, Art of Biography in Eighteenth Century England: Bibliographical Supplement (M2435)
* Nineteenth Century Index (M2466)
* Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature (M2467)
* English Catalogue of Books (M2470)
* Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue (M2475)
* Union List of Victorian Serials (M2530)
* Index and Finding List of Serials Published in the British Isles, 1789–1832 (M2535)
* Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals, 1800–1900 (M2540)
* Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals (M2545)
* Ward, Literary Reviews in British Periodicals, 1798–1826 (M2550)
* Sadleir, XIX Century Fiction (M2635)
* Grimes, Novels in English by Women, 1891–1920 (M2640)
* Harris, British Short Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (M2645)
* Snell, Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland (M2650)
* Vann, Victorian Novels in Serial (M2655)
* Wolff, Nineteenth-Century Fiction: A Bibliographical Catalogue (M2660)
* Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, 1880–1899 (M2707)
* Whitaker’s Books in Print (M2770)
* British National Bibliography (M2775)
* Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
* North American Theatre Online (Q3512)
* Davis and Joyce, Poetry by Women to 1900 (Q3534)
* Harris, Modern Drama in America and England (Q4290)

### Fiction

* Fiction Catalog (L835)
* Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)
* Baker, Guide to Historical Fiction (L885)
* Adamson, American Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L890)
* Adamson, World Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L895)
* Nield, Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales (L900)
* Stephensen-Payne, Contento, and Miller, Crime, Mystery, and Gangster Fiction Magazine Index (L910)
* Hubin, Crime Fiction (L915)
* Laurenti, Catálogo bibliográfico de la literatura picaresca (L950)
* NESFA Index to Science Fiction (L980)
* Contento, Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections (L985)
* Miller, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazine Index (L987)
* Reginald, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (L990)
* Schlobin, Literature of Fantasy (L995)
* Tuck, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968 (L1000)
* Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)
* Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature (L1055)
* Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
* Short Story Index (L1085)
* Mish, English Prose Fiction, 1600–1700 (M2095)
* O’Dell, Chronological List of Prose Fiction, 1475–1640 (M2100)
* Beasley, Check List of Prose Fiction Published in England, 1740–1749 (M2320)
* McBurney, Check List of English Prose Fiction, 1700–1739 (M2325)
* Mayo, Catalogue of Magazine Novels and Novelettes, 1740–1815 (M2330)
* Raven, British Fiction, 1750–1770 (M2335)
* English Novel, 1770–1829 (M2336)
* Sadleir, XIX Century Fiction (M2635)
* Grimes, Novels in English by Women, 1891–1920 (M2640)
* Harris, British Short Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (M2645)
* Snell, Bibliography of Regional Fiction in Britain and Ireland (M2650)
* Vann, Victorian Novels in Serial (M2655)
* Nineteenth-Century Fiction: A Bibliographical Catalogue (M2660)
* Rice, English Fiction, 1900–1950 (M2840)
* Brown, Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650–1900 (N3025)
* Short Fiction by Women to 1900 (Q3473)
* Margolies, Afro-American Fiction, 1853–1976 (Q3815)
* Colonnese, American Indian Novelists (Q3920)
* Pitcher, Fiction in American Magazines before 1800 (Q4060)
* Wright, American Fiction, [1774–1900] (Q4180)
* American Fiction Database (Q4267)
* Torre, Australian Short Story, 1940–1980 (R4525)
* Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
* Weiss, Comprehensive Bibliography of English-Canadian Short Stories (R4703)
* Hayne, Bibliographie critique du roman canadien-français (R4705)
* Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)
* Burns, New Zealand Novels and Novelists (R4835)

### Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature

* Bosman and Bradford, Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Literature (U5930)

### Gothic Fiction

* Bleiler, Guide to Supernatural Fiction (L860)

### Historical Fiction

* Baker, Guide to Historical Fiction (L885)
* Adamson, American Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L890)
* Adamson, World Historical Fiction: Novels for Adults and Young Adults (L895)
* Nield, Guide to the Best Historical Novels and Tales (L900)

### Irish Literature

* Lester, Irish Research (N2935)
* Irish Publishing Record (N2945)
* McKenna, Irish Literature, 1800–1875 (N2985)
* Waterloo Directory of Irish Newspapers and Periodicals (N3000)
* Brown, Guide to Irish Fiction, 1650–1900 (N3025)

### Little Magazines

* Hoffman, Little Magazine: A History and a Bibliography (K770)
* Directory of Little Magazines (K775)
* Access: The Index to Little Magazines (K780)
* Bloomfield, Author Index to Selected British “Little Magazines” (K785)
* Comprehensive Index to English-Language Little Magazines (K790)
* Harter, Author Index to Little Magazines of the Mimeograph Revolution, 1958–1980 (K793)
* Index to Commonwealth Little Magazines (K795)
* Index to Little Magazines (K800)

### Mystery Fiction

* Stephensen-Payne, Contento, and Miller, Crime, Mystery, and Gangster Fiction Magazine Index (L910)
* Hubin, Crime Fiction (L915)

### New Zealand Literature

* Bibliography of English Language Fiction in the Library of Congress (L1060)
* Bagnall, New Zealand National Bibliography (R4810)
* New Zealand National Bibliography (R4815)
* Thomson, New Zealand Literature (R4820)
* Burns, New Zealand Novels and Novelists (R4835)

### Poetry

* Columbia Granger’s Index to Poetry (L1235)
* Boffey, New Index of Middle English Verse (M1940)
* Case, Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies, 1521–1750 (M2180)
* Frank, Descriptive Bibliography of Minor English Poetry, 1641–1660 (M2185)
* Ringler, Bibliography of English Verse (M2190)
* Foxon, English Verse, 1701–1750 (M2415)
* Jackson, Jackson Bibliography of Romantic Poetry (M2420)
* Reilly, Late Victorian Poetry, 1880–1899 (M2707)
* Davis and Joyce, Poetry by Women to 1900 (Q3534)
* Columbia Granger’s Index to African-American Poetry (Q3840)
* French, Afro-American Poetry and Drama (Q3845)
* Jantz, “First Century of New England Verse” (Q4075)
* Lemay, Calendar of American Poetry in the Colonial Newspapers and Magazines (Q4080)
* Scheick, Seventeenth-Century American Poetry (Q4090)
* Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
* Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism (Q4105)
* American Book Publishing Record (Q4110)
* Davis, Contemporary American Poetry (Q4320)
* Index of American Periodical Verse (Q4325)
* Reardon, Poetry by American Women (Q4330)
* Webby, Early Australian Poetry (R4545)
* Index to Canadian Poetry in English (R4750)
* Huddleston, Relationship of Painting and Literature (U5160)
* Index to Children’s Poetry (U5540)

### Prose

* Index of Middle English Prose (M1945)
* Yannella, American Prose to 1820 (Q4095)
* Brier, American Prose and Criticism, 1900–1950 (Q4345)
* Day, Modern Australian Prose (R4530)
* Hoy, Modern English-Canadian Prose (R4710)

### Science Fiction

* NESFA Index to Science Fiction (L980)
* Contento, Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections (L985)
* Miller, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazine Index (L987)
* Reginald, Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature (L990)
* Schlobin, Literature of Fantasy (L995)
* Tuck, Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy through 1968 (L1000)
* Barron, Anatomy of Wonder (L1015)

### Scottish Literature

* Waterloo Directory of Scottish Newspapers and Periodicals (O3103)

### Short Fiction

* Humanities Index (G385)
* Readers’ Guide Abstracts (G400)
* Short Story Index (L1085)
* Harris, British Short Fiction in the Nineteenth Century (M2645)
* Torre, Australian Short Story, 1940–1980 (R4525)
* Weiss, Comprehensive Bibliography of English-Canadian Short Stories (R4703)

### Welsh Literature

* Jones, Bibliography of Anglo-Welsh Literature (P3150)
* Walters, Llyfryddiaeth Cylchgronau Cymreig / A Bibliography of Welsh Periodicals (P3165)
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