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Guide to Literature resources
Last Updated: Jan 13, 2013 URL: http://libguides.ust.hk/literature Print Guide ShareThis

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Subject  Guide on China Studies --> Literature

Research on Chinese Literature, please consult the Literature page
of China Studies which has
valuable information such as reference tools, related subjects and criticisms
of this subject.

 

HKALL

Search HKALL (a union catalog of eight univeristy libraries in HK) to locate additional books.  Clikc on Request this title link and complete the form for @ interested one.  They will be delivered to the HKUST Library's Circulation Counter (G/F) for you to pick up.

 

Library of Congress Classification System

In Library collection, most materials on literature are shelved in these ranges of Library of Congress call numbers:

Literary History & Collections PN1-PN6790

American literature PS1-PS3576

Chinese literature PL2250-PL3208

      see Subject Guides on China Studies -- Literature

English literature PR1-PR9680

French literature PQ1-PQ3999

German literature PT1-PT4892

Greek literature PA3050-PA4499

Italian literature PQ4001-PQ5999

Japanese literature PL700-PL889

Russian literature PG2900-PG3698

Spanish literature PQ6001-PQ8929

 
 

Subject Headings

In the Library Online Catalog, do subject searches on the following subject headings:

Criticism

Drama

Fiction

Literature

Literature, Comparative

Literature -- History and criticism

Literary form

Literature, Medieval

Literature, Modern

Mythology

Poetry

Style, Literary

Literary movements
, e.g., Modernism (Literature)
Postmodernism (Literature)
Romanticism

More tips:

To search for works of criticism of individual authors, type the author's name as subject, e.g.,
Beckett, Samuel
Woolf, Virginia
Keats, John

Scroll down to find criticism on individual works of a particular author, e.g.,
Joyce, James, 1882-1941. Ulysses
Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Mrs. Dalloway

Many of the subject headings above can be subdivided under names of countries and by time, e.g.,
American literature
English fiction
English fiction -- 20th century

Check the Related Subjects of the subject headings.
 

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