Reference books are a good place to start...

Literary Criticism

Columbia Companion to the Twentieth Century American Short Story Ref. PS 374 .S5 C57 2000
Critical Survey of Short Fiction Ref. PN 3321 .C7 2001 7 Vols.
Masterplots II: Short Story Series Ref. PN 3326 .M27 2004
Short Story Criticism Ref. PN 3373 .S384 Multi-Volume Set
Short Stories for Students Ref. PN 3326 .S56 Multi-Volume Set
Thematic Guide to Popular Short Stories Ref. PN 3373 .S62 2002

Author Biographies

American Writers: A Collection of Literary Biographies Ref. PS 129 .A55 Multi-Volume Set
British Writers Ref. PR 85 .B688
Short Story Writers PN 3373 .S398 1997 3 Vols. 

        Literary Theory

                Understanding Contemporary American Literary Theory REF PS 78 .S65 2003
                Critical Survey of Literary Theory REF PN 45 C74 1988 4 vols.  
                Handbook of Critical Approaches to Literature REF PN 81 .G8 2005 

To search for books...

Library catalog: UNICORN
Subject sample search:  Updike, John

Full text books online: eBooks

Online Encyclopedias

To search for magazine articles...
Note - Off campus users should access using the A-Z database list

Gale Database (journal, magazine and newspaper articles)
Literary Criticism (links to databases with literary criticism, literary works, author biographies)
 

Internet sites...

Literary Theory: A Guide to Critical Resources on the Internet
http://www.ala.org/ala/acrl/acrlpubs/crlnews/backissues2002/march/literarytheory.htm 

Online Literary Criticism Collection
Links to critical and biographical Web sites about US and British literary works.
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/
 

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