Poems Subject Guide LRC@TCC

Scope: Where to find copies of poems in print and on the Internet.
Call number areas to browse: PN6000's for collections of poetry.
Keywords to search: Keywords from the poem or your poet's name 
Subjects to search (Library of Congress): 
Poetry--Collections or poetry or the name of your poet  Also: subdivision Poetry under names of countries, cities, etc., under names of  individual persons and corporate bodies, and under classes of persons, ethnic groups, and topical headings; and headings for poetry qualified by  linguistic, national or regional terms, e.g. Yiddish poetry; American poetry; English poetry, West African poetry, etc.

Books in our catalog:
Gale Virtual Reference Library (r)
Granger's Index to Poetry (PN1022.G7) at TC, TP, or TV 
Norton Anthology of Poetry 
World's Best Poetry
Poetry Criticism (REF PN1010 .P499)

Library Resources (r): 
Literature Resource Center includes over 4000 explications and overviews of prominent literary works; links to 5000 web sites focusing on major authors and their works; and 2200 author portraits.
The Database of African-American Poetry A collection of over 2,500 poems based on William French's bibliography, Afro-American Poetry and Drama, 1760-1975. 
American Poetry includes 40,356 poems from 1,288 works by 209 poets, along with six landmark anthologies of American poetry. (Colonial period to the early 20th century)
English Poetry Covers 1,257 named poets and many anonymous poets.  Over 165,000 poems from about 4,500 separate printed sources. 
English Verse Drama Database More than 2,200 by 500 named poets and over 300 anonymous works, from the late 13th century to the end of the 19th century.
Project Muse provides access to the full text of over 250 journals from 10 university presses, including journals from the Johns Hopkins University Press.

Internet Resources: 
British Poetry, 1780-1910: A Hypertext Archive of Scholarly Editions Romantic and Victorian literature and poetry produced between 1780 and 1910.

An Index to Poets in Representative Poetry Online Over 200 English poems from 310 poets, from the early Medieval period to the beginning of the 20th century. 

The Modern English Collection Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspaper, manuscripts, and illustrations from 1500 to the present. 

Poets Find a poet from the Academy of American Poets.  Includes bios, photos, poems, & more.  Contemporary.

Project Bartleby Online works including those of well know poets. 

Search the Internet Using AltaVista: In the search box put a + in front of your search terms.  Use key words from the title of your poem and the poet's name, ex. +Frost +mending +walls.  Use the help screen to refine your search or learn more about AltaVista searching.