Poetry Pathfinder
Poetry Pathfinder on the web: http://www.beachwood.k12.oh.us/bhslmc/CURRICUL/english/poetry.html
Direct link to databases mentioned is available via
this pathfinder by clicking on LINKS
to POEMS
Handbook terms
See
the poetry handbooks on reserve.
LitFinder
Poetry Index (see below)
Oxford
Reference Books online located at: http://www.infohio.org/ER/secure/oxref.asp
Choose
Literature.
Type
in your term. A definition will be
given – often includes an example.
Poetry
books
(located in the 800 section of the library)
808.81 Collections of poetry
811
American
poetry
821
English
poetry
831
German
poetry
841
French
poetry
851
Italian
poetry
861
Spanish
poetry
871
Latin
poetry
881
Greek
poetry
890’s Other languages
On
preview through INFOhio at: http://www.infohio.org/ER/Preview2004/roth2004.html
Note password authentication before you login.
You
can search by author, title, theme, poetic form, poetic device, rhyme, meter,
stanza.
Almost
all items listed in the Handbook Terms section return useable results from a
search.
For
instance:
In
the search box type ODE – you will retrieve a list of titles that are ode’s as
well as explanations of odes.
Provided by INFOhio.
Go to http://www.infohio.org Select Core Collection. Select Literature Online. You will need a password at home which is posted at: http://www.beachwood.k12.oh.us/bhslmc/datah/index.html
Contains thousands of poems in the English language. The emphasis of this collection is on British and American poetry from the 1700’s through today.
Available through Beachwood Public Library. You must go to the library to use this resource. You must have a signed parent authorization to use a computer if you are under 18.
Go
to BHS IRC homepage:
http://www.beachwood.k12.oh.us/bhslmc/bhsref.htm
Click
on Databases and Electronic Resources.
Click
on Electronic Books
Click
on Free ebooks
Type
in your authors name or the title of the poem.
Click
on the title you wish to browse. Books
are may be browsed by key word. Flip
through the pages. Use the index. Just like a print book. You may print pages.
Suggest
you begin with the Poetry Pathfinder from Internet Public Library at:
http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/PF/poetry.html