Reference Books

Davidson, Cathy M. and Linda Wagner-Martin, eds. The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.
CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS147 O94 1995

Magill, Frank M., ed. Great Women Writers. New York: Henry Holt, 1994.
CALL NUMBER: Ref PN471 G74 1994

Mainiero, Lina, ed. American Women Writers: A Critical Reference Guide From Colonial Times to the Present. New York: Ungar, 1979-1980.
CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS147 A4 v.1-4

Schlueter, Paul, and June Schlueter, eds. An Encyclopedia of British Women Writers, Rev. and expanded ed. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers UP, 1998.
CALL NUMBER: Ref. PR111 E54 1998

Shelton, Pamela L., ed. Contemporary Women Poets. Detroit: St. James, 1998.
CALL NUMBER: Ref. PS151 .C67 1998

White, Barbara, ed. American Women Writers: An Annotated Bibliography of Criticism. New York: Garland, 1977.
CALL NUMBER: Ref. Z1229 W8 W45

Covers only a small number of major writers and rather than just providing an annotated list of sources, presents "bibliographical essays" on primary materials by, and secondary materials on, the writers covered. A must for serious researchers.

Wilson, Katharina M. An Encyclopedia of Continental Women Writers. New York: Garland, 1991.
CALL NUMBER: Ref. PN481 E5 1991 v.1-2

____. Women Writers of Great Britain and Europe: An Encyclopedia. New York: Garland, 1997.
CALL NUMBER: Ref. PN471 W565 1997

Selected Subject Headings

To search in the Library Online Catalogfor information on women authors you may want to try the following subject headings:

Afro-American Women Authors
Women Authors
Women Novelists
Women Poets

If you want books written by a certain woman author, do an author search using her name:

Example:
a=plath sylvia

If you want books about a certain woman author, do a subject search using her name:

Example:
s=austen jane

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