For tips on citation format, please see Diana Hacker's Humanities: Documenting Sources (bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/resdoc5e) or MLA Style courtesy of OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab (owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/).
Reference books are shelved by Library of Congress call number in the reference stacks on the first floor of the Ruth Haas Library. They may not be checked out, but photocopiers are available for student use on the first and third floors of the Haas Library.
| *The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature. 4 volumes. | Ref PS 21.E537 2004 |
| The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English. Third edition. | Ref PR 85.C29 2006 |
| Encyclopedia of American Indian Literature | Ref PR 153.I52.E53 2007 |
| Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature | Ref PR 153.A84.O37 2007 |
| Feminist Companion to Literature in English | Ref PR 111.B57 1990 |
| The Greenwood Encyclopedia of African American Literature. 5 volumes. | Ref PS 153.N5.G73 2005 |
| Hispanic Literature of the United States: A Comprehensive Reference | Ref PR 153.H56.K36 2003 |
| The Oxford Companion to African American Literature | Ref PS 153.N5.O96 1997 |
| The Oxford Companion to American Literature. Sixth edition. | Ref PS 21.H3 1995 |
| The Oxford Companion to English Literature. Sixth edition. | Ref PR 19.O94 2006 |
| *Critical Survey of Short Fiction. Second revised edition. 7 volumes. | Ref PN 3321.C7 2001 |
| *Short Story Criticism (SSC) (use indexes at end of most recent volume) | Ref PN 3373.S386 |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) (writers now living or who died after 1959) | Ref PN 771.C59 |
| Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) (writers who died 1900-1959) | Ref PN 771.G27 |
| Nineteenth-Century Literary Criticism (NCLC) (writers who died 1800-1899) | Ref PN 761.N5 |
| Black Literature Criticism (BLC) (use author index at end of last volume) | Ref PS 153.N5.B556 |
| Hispanic Literature Criticism (HLC) (use index at end of last volume) | Ref PQ 7081.A1.H573 1994 |
| Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms (Quinn) | Ref PN 44.5.Q56 1999 |
| Dictionary of Literary Themes and Motifs. 2 volumes. | Ref PN 43.D48 1988 |
| Glossary of Literary Terms. 5th edition. | Ref PN 41.A184 1988 |
| New Handbook of Literary Terms (Mikics) | Ref PN 41.M48 2007 |
| Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms (Baldick) | Ref PN 41.C67 2008 |
| Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (Cuddon/Preston) | Ref PN 41.C83 1999 |
| Allusions: Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | Ref PN 43.A4 1982 |
| Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 15th edition. | Ref PN 43.B65 1995 |
| Common Knowledge: A Reader's Guide to Literary Allusions | Ref PN 43.G68 1987 |
| Dictionary of Biblical Tradition in English Literature | Ref PR 149.B5.D53 1992 |
| Dictionary of Literary Symbols (Ferber) | Ref PN 56.S9.F47 1999 |
| Facts on File Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, and Literary Allusions | Ref PN 43.L37 1987 |
| Metaphors Dictionary | Ref PE 1689.M47 1995 |
| Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | Ref PN 43.O94 2000 |
| Thesaurus of Traditional English Metaphors | Ref PE 1689.W56 1993 |
| Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory | Ref PN 41.H36 1992 |
| Dictionary of Modern Critical Terms. Revised and enlarged edition. | Ref PN 41.D4794 1987 |
| Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory: Approaches, Scholars, Terms | Ref PN 81.E43 1993 |
| Enyclopedia of Literature and Criticism | Ref PN 81.E53 1991 |
| Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory | Ref PN 44.5.H37 1992 |
| Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism. Second edition. Also available online in CONSULS. | Ref PN 81.J554 2005 |
| Dictionary of Literary Biography (use author index at end of most recent volume) | Ref PS 21.D5 |
| American Writers. 4 volumes + 4 supplements. | Ref PS 129.A55 |
| African American Writers | Ref PS 153.N5.A344 1990 |
| African-American Writers: A Dictionary | Ref PS 153.N5.A3444 2000 |
| Asian American Short Story Writers: An A-to-Z Guide | Ref PS 153.A84.A828 2003 |
| Contemporary Black Biography. 6 volumes. | Ref E 185.96.C66 1992 |
| American Women Writers. Second edition. 4 volumes. | Ref PS 149.A42 2000 |
| Modern American Women Writers | Ref PS 151.M54 1990 |
| Latin American Writers. 3 volumes. | Ref PQ 7081.A1.L37 1989 |
| Latino and Latina Writers. 2 volumes. | Ref PR PS 153.H56.L39 2004 |
| Critical Companion to Edgar Allan Poe | Ref PS 2630.S68 2007 |
| Edgar Allan Poe A to Z | Ref PS 2630.S68 2001 |
| Edith Wharton A to Z | Ref PS 3545.H16.Z459 1988 |
| The Kate Chopin Companion | Ref PS 1294.C63.B6 1988 |
| The Poe Encyclopedia | Ref PS 2630.P58 1997 |
CONSULS catalog workstations are located in the Reference Area on the first floor, and on each of the other floors of the Haas Library. You may logon to CONSULS via the WCSU Libraries Homepage at library.wcsu.edu or directly at www.consuls.org. For more detailed instructions on searching, please see the yellow CONSULS flyer on the display rack on the first floor.
Please Note: CONSULS ignores upper and lower case, and you may omit punctuation, except the hyphen which must be replaced by a space.
To limit search results to items owned by WCSU, click the Limit/Sort option, then select WCSU under "Where Item Is Located."
If your TITLE search does not retrieve an entry for a separately published edition of the work, select Words from the prompt line to re-execute the search as a keywords search (example: desirees baby and press RETURN). Then scan the CONTENTS field of each entry for the title of the work you need.
Use the * (asterisk) as a truncation symbol to retrieve variant forms of a word root. Use the Boolean OR to expand your search by including synonyms and related terms. When using two different Boolean commands in the same search statement ("and" and "or" in the preceding examples) you must include parentheses to indicate which command is to be performed first.
There is a limit of ten (10) Inter-Campus Loan requests per person. Videos are available via Inter-Campus Loan. Please allow 4-5 days for delivery to the Haas Circulation Desk. Items borrowed via Inter-Campus Loan may be renewed for an additional borrowing period if no one else has placed a HOLD on the item.
To find out if WCSU subscribes to a specific periodical in print or online:
1. Select Journal Title at the CONSULS main menu, then type the name of the periodical (example: studies in short fiction) and press RETURN. If a title list appears on the screen, select the desired title, then look inside the box to find WCSU holdings. Be sure to scroll to the bottom of the page to see if WCSU owns backfiles on microfilm or microfiche.
2. To find out if a given periodical is available in full-text in one or more of WCSU's online databases, use the A-to-Z Journal Title Locator available under Articles & Databases on the WCSU Libraries Homepage (library.wcsu.edu).
If the CSU Libraries do not own the book you need, or if WCSU does not subscribe to the periodical you need, you may request delivery of the item via Interlibrary Loan using the online ILLiad system available at: libguides.wcsu.edu/ill.
There is a limit of 5 Interlibrary Loan requests per person per day. Videos are not available via Interlibrary Loan. Under most circumstances, Interlibrary Loan is a free service, but please allow at least ten working days for delivery. You will be notified as soon as the material arrives. Faster document delivery service is available for a reasonable fee. Please see the librarian at the Reference Desk or call the Interlibrary Loan Desk at (203) 837-9114 for more information.
The Reference Desk on the first floor of the Haas Library is staffed by a professional librarian who is trained to assist in your research, or you may contact Joan Reitz, Instruction Librarian, at 837-8308 or reitzj@wcsu.edu. My office is located in Room 402 on the fourth floor of the Haas Library (near the glass elevator).