• Poetry & Poetry Resources

    1. Browsing poetry on the shelves, including works by individual poets & anthologies:

    a.) All poetry in CB West's library is in the 800's section, ending in -1. For example:
    811 - American poetry
    821 - British poetry
    831 - German poetry
    841 - French poetry
    851 - Italian poetry
    861 - Spanish & Portuguese poetry
    871 - Latin poetry
    881 - Greek poetry
    891 - Poetry of other nationalities (Russian, Asian, Indian, etc.)
     
    Poetry anthologies (collected works) are found in 808.81, 810.8, 810.9, 820.8, 820.9.

    b.) Poetry may also be found in books with call numbers ending in -8, i.e.: 818, 828, etc. These represent collections of poetry, prose, and plays.

    c.) To search the online catalog for individual poets, or poetry in general, use .  To find a poet's work in an anthology, search the poet's name in Destiny as a Keyword search.
     
     
    2. Searching for poetry info, essays, and/or criticism on the shelves:

    a.) Poetry analysis & essays can be found in both the nonfiction & reference sections of the library.

    ~Nonfiction - call numbers end in .52, i.e.: 811.52 FRO = analysis of Robert Frost poems.  920/921=biographies.
    ~Reference - all collections of poetry criticism are in REF 809.1.
     
    b.)  - helps you locate poet & poem in Reference books, right to the exact page.


    3. Searching for poetry info, essays, and/or criticism in the Databases:
     

      (in Power Library)
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    4. Poetry on the web:

    Academy of American Poets

    The Poetry Foundation

    Poetry 180

    Library of Congress: Poetry

    American Verse Project

    Bartleby.com

    Internet Poetry Archive

    Representative Poetry Online

    Poem Hunter

    Contemporary American Poetry

    Best Poems Encyclopedia 
     
    Poetry Soup 
     
    All Poetry.com  
     
    Verse Daily  
     
    Writer's Almanac