Students
will write a research paper on an American poet. In
the library students will:
Choose
their topic
Create
good questions
Look
at books, databases, and websites
Skim
and scan for information
Take
notes
Keywords
and Dewey Numbers from the Library Catalog
Keywords
Dewey
Numbers
Poetry
Biographies
of poets
CLC
Contemporary Literary Criticism
PC
Poetry Criticism
811
Biography
section
R
809C
R
809.1P
Online
Databases
Use
Pinpoint Online Databases to search for other
information about American poets. Pinpoint
also searches online magazines and encyclopedias.
Literature
Resource Center
Use Literature Resource
Center to access biographies, bibliographies, and
critical analyses of more than 120,000 authors from every
age and literary discipline.
Nettrekker
Use
Nettrekker Websites to search for more information about American
poets. Use the same keywords as suggested
in the Library Catalog.
Other
Websites:
Poets.org
- The Academy of American Poets provides a
collection of over 500 poet biographies, 1400 poems and
100 audio clips.
Modern
American Poetry - MAPS is a comprehensive
learning environment and scholarly forum for the study of
modern American poetry. Extraordinary in its depth and breadt,
MAPS provides a single clearinghouse for some of the best
criticism on the best poets of our time.
