Olin buys selected volumes. Oxford Companion to American History. This is a single-volume reference work on American history. It is intended to supplement The Oxford Companion to American Literature by emphasizing the historical importance of writers, events and places significant to the growth of the nation. Articles summarize information on a variety of topics including labor movements and observations of travelers as well as biographies.
Longer articles conclude with bibliographical sources.
The Oxford Companion to American Literature. It includes short biographies of American authors with lists of their major works, and information regarding their style and subjects. Provides summaries of American novels, essays, and poems as well as definitions and outlines of literary schools and movements. Gale, 1973- . Also included in the Literature Resource Center.