ENG 410: American Novel

Welcome to the AUS Library's ENG 410 LibGuide.

Use this guide to get started with your American Novel research. This guide points out useful sources and research tools - all recommended by AUS Librarians.

Use the navigation on the left to explore this guide and to locate resources that will help you with your research.

Use the WorldCat to find books and other items in the library. 

Try the following terms in a subject search to find related items in the library catalog, aka WorldCat. To execute a subject search type su: followed by these subject terms (ex. su:Women's Literature):

• United States -- Intellectual life -- Twentieth Century
• American Fiction
• LITERARY CRITICISM American General
• American literature African American authors
• American fiction 20th century History and criticism
• American fiction 21st century History and criticism
• North America -- Social conditions -- 20th century
• Psychological fiction, American History and criticism
• Women's Literature
• Women and literature United States History
• Modernism (Literature)
• Literature
• Literary genre
• Postmodernism
• American literature
• Postcolonial literature

The AUS Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System.

To find library resources search in the AUS library catalog.

To browse the shelves for resources in Literature, try the following call numbers:

PS-- American literature
PS1-3626 American literature
PS126-138 Biography, memoirs, letters, etc.
PS147-152 Women authors
PS163-173 Treatment of special subjects, classes
PS185-231 By period
PS185-195 17th-18th centuries
PS201-217 19th century
PS221-228 20th century
PS229-231 21st century
PS241-286 Special regions, states, etc.
PS241-255 North
PS261-267 South
PS271-285 West and Central
PS360-380 Prose
PS370-380 Prose fiction
PS409 Diaries
PS410-419 Letters
PS420-429 Essays
PS430-439 Wit and humor. Satire
PS(451)-478 Folk literature
PS501-689 Collections of American literature
PS530-536.3 By period
PS537-574 By region
PS538-549 North
PS551-559 South
PS561-572 West and Central
PS580-619 Poetry
PS593 By form
PS601-617 By period
PS623-(635) Drama
PS642-659.5 Prose (General)
PS651-659.2 By period
PS660-668.2 Oratory
PS666-668.2 By period
PS669 Diaries
PS670-678.2 Letters
PS680-689 Essays
PS700-3576 Individual authors
PS700-893 Colonial period (17th and 18th centuries)
PS991-(3390) 19th century
PS3500-3549 1900-1960
PS3550-3576 1961-2000
PS3600-3626 2001-
PS(8001-8599) Canadian literature

Find out more about the Library of Congress Classification System.