Library Workshop for ENGL 453: PERFORMING LITERARY ARCHIVES Vince Graziano English Librarian Vince.Graziano@Concordia.ca Thursday, September 21, 2017

Workshop Outline Finding Canadian literary works CLUES, library catalogue Play Index and Inter-play Short Story Index Literature Online (LION): Canadian poetry Twentieth Century North American Drama Early Canadiana Online Finding audio recordings Poets On Screen and Poetry Archive Audio on LION Archives and Special Collections Catalogue SpokenWeb.ca

Play Index and Inter-Play Play index contains references to more than 30,000 plays from Greek tragedies to Broadway hits published in collections, anthologies, and periodicals. Includes many Canadian plays Coverage: 1949 onward Inter-Play is an online index to plays in collections, anthologies, and periodicals and in a variety of languages, containing approximately 19,000 citations to plays. The sources indexed range from the late 19th century Inter-Play is no longer updated

Short Story Index Short Story Index contains references to approximately 65,000 short stories, in English or English translation, that are published in collections and selected periodicals. The full text of about 900 stories is included. Coverage: 1984 onward Includes many Canadian short stories

Literature Online (LION) Literature Online (LION) contains more than 350,000 full-text works of English and American poetry, drama, and prose, beginning in 600 AD, including works from Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, South Asia, South Africa, the Caribbean and West Indies. LION includes full-text biographies and audio-clips of authors reading their own works or other authors’ works. Canadian poetry from 1610 to the present

Twentieth Century North American Drama Twentieth Century North American Drama contains more than 2000 plays by more than 434 playwrights, together with information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. This collection is part of the Alexander Street Press drama collections, which includes: Asian American Drama Black Drama North American Women's Drama

Early Canadiana Online Early Canadiana Online is a digital archive providing access to almost 14,000 digitized volumes comprising over 2 million pages of Canada's printed heritage. It features works published from the time of the first European settlers up to the early 20th Century, with particular emphasis on literature, women's history, Native studies, and the history of French Canada.

Poets On Screen on LION Poets On Screen Library contains 879 video clips of poets reading their own and other poets' work. Includes some Canadian poets. Available on Literature Online (LION) under TEXTS  VIDEO and AUDIO

Poetry Archive Audio on LION The Poetry Archive was established to create recordings of important contemporary poets based on the belief that such readings are a powerful source of insight, understanding and enjoyment. Contains 921 audio recordings Includes some Canadian poets. Available on Literature Online (LION) under TEXTS  VIDEO and AUDIO

Databases for Literary Criticism MLA International Bibliography: References to articles in 4,400 journals from 1926 onward ABELL: British equivalent to MLA International Bibliography From 1920 onward Literature Resource Center: Contains 260 full text periodicals, both academic and non-academic Literature Criticism Online: Full text or selections of full text of essays and articles re-published in the following reference works: Shakespearean Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Drama Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 This database is NOT updated

Search Operators AND drama AND Canada OR poems OR poetry NOT drama NOT film “ ” “Short stories” * Canad* () (poems OR poetry) AND Canad*

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