Bernadette Flynn-Low
Native American Literature

There is a wealth of information on Native American Literature in books, magazine, journal articles and on the web. Below are some helpful resources to find that information.

Finding information in books/media:

• Use the CCBC Dundalk Library Catalog to find books.
  For information about an author and criticisms of an author's work. (Hint: Use the author's last name in the subject search or do a keyword search by typing in the author's last name and criticism.)
• For an individual work use the title or author search.
• Use the Literature Reference books in the library. They are in the REF P section.

Finding information in magazines/journals/newspapers:

• Use the Periodical Databases which include articles from magazine, journals and newspapers to find focused articles on your author.
• To access these databases from home or office please go to Magazine & Journal page and follow the instructions for off-campus access.
• Use the Literature Databases page to find the best databases for finding articles on literature. Below are a few of these databases:
  • Literature Resource Center by Gale is a good literary database with overview of works, criticisms and information on individual authors.
  • LION Literature Online has information on authors and literature
  • Proquest Direct has some literary articlesin the Humanities module and Research module.
  • EBSCOhost has Academic Search Premier with literary articles and information

Literature Resource Center Database - Specific Pages on Native American Authors Includes both Biographical and Literary Criticism of author.

• James Welch
• Leslie Marmon Silko
• Simon Ortiz
• Joy Harjo

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