12th - Literature Research - Kennell

Poetry and Prose Selections

Project Gutenberg

*Short Stories




Poets.org

*Search by occasion, theme, form (in search box midway down page)


Poetry Foundation

*The search box says it only searches by poem or poet, but you can type in a word like pollution, love, hate, climate, race, science, etc… and any poem with that word will pop up.


Poet's Corner

On the left sidebar, you can link to "Subject Guide" for a list of subjects


Representative Poetry Online

*Enter topic into search bar



Poetry Daily

*Enter topic into search bar


Literature Databases / eBooks

Bloom's Literary Reference Online

*Browse
*Literary Themes
*Narrow Themes (on right)


Literature Resource Center

*Literature Criticism


Explora Secondary

This may be a good source once you find your short stories and poems. Searching for your titles or authors with a theme is a good idea (Use advanced Search).


Gale Ebooks

*Literature
*Search for your author, title, theme here.
*You can specifically search through individual books (Short stories for Students, Poetry for Students, American Short Story, etc.)


Using Google Scholar


Google Scholar Tutorial

0:00-Search tips and tricks 9:45-How to use results 11:56-How to track results


Citation Resources



Organizational Tools