An example from Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800:

(found in the Author Index of our most recently received volume [vol. 54] of this series):

Bradstreet, Anne  1612(?)-1672 LC 4, 30; DA;

DAC; DAM MST, POET; PC 10

See also CDALB 1640-1865; DLB 24

(a) The year of Anne Bradstreet's birth is not completely certain; and
(b) there are portions of literary critiques of her works in the following:
• Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, volume 4
• Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, volume 30
• DISCovering Authors [Blume Library does not own]
• DISCovering Authors: Canadian [Blume Library does not own]
• DISCovering Authors Modules: Most-Studied Authors [Blume Library does not own]
• DISCovering Authors Modules: Poets [Blume Library does not own]
• Poetry Criticism, volume 10
(c) there are also cross-references to several biographical sources:
• Concise Dictionary of American Literary Biography 1640-1865 [Blume Library does not own]
• Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume 24

If you are interested specifically in Anne Bradstreet's poem, "Contemplations", look in the Title Index of our most recently received volume [vol. 42] of the Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 series (because we know that there is criticism of some Bradstreet's works in volumes 4 and 30 of this series), under the letter "C". You will find the following:

"Contemplations" (Bradstreet)  4:85-6, 90-3, 95-

6, 100-04, 108, 112; 30:113-16, 120-125,

142, 151-3

Often the title of the literary work will appear in boldface or italics in the excerpt.

Be sure to note the source of the excerpt (usually listed at the beginning or ending of the excerpt) so that you can try to locate the complete critique.

For example, the source listed at the beginning of the excerpt appearing on pages 113 - 116 of volume 30 of Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 appears as follows:

SOURCE: "Anne Bradstreet's 'Contemplations': Patterns

of Form and Meaning," in The New England Quarterly,

Vol. XLIII, No. 1, March 1970, pp. 79-96.

• For example, when searching the catalog by a Title Search, type new england quarterly, and click Go or Search.
• You should see the record for this journal.
• We see the following status information:
Periodicals Collection  Location     Blume Periodical 1st Flr.

LIB HAS                                               v.1:no.1 (Mar.- 1928) -- to current issue-

• This means that the Blume Library does have the March 1970 issue of the New England Quarterly. We would go to the First Floor and look on the shelf (text or paper format) under the "N"s since our periodicals are shelved alphabetically.

SOURCE: "'Contemplations': Anne Bradstreet's Spiritu-

al Autobiography," in Critical Essays on Anne Brad-

street, edited by Pattie Cowell and Ann Standford, G. K.

Hall & Co., 1983, pp. 226-37.

• You may also verify if the library has a specific journal by using a Title Search for the book title in the library catalog.

Type critical essays on anne bradstreet, and click on Search.

We now see the record for this book.

We see the following status information:

LOCATION	CALL #	STATUS
Blume Monographs 3d Flr.	PS712 .C7 1983	CHECKED IN

To locate this book, we would go to the Third Floor.  To find this book on the shelf, we would look for this call number on the spine of the book:

 

PS 712 .C7 1983

 "Contemplations" (Bradstreet)  10:7-8, 19-21,

    27-30, 35, 42, 65

The procedure is the same as before for determining relevancy and whether we own the source or how or where you might acquire the information. If you have any questions, please ask a Reference Librarian for assistance.

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