You can search for poetry in UMSL's collections with Discover@UMSL, the library's main search tool. Search by theme, time period, poet's name, etc. Sample search terms:
Or, browse the library's print Literature collection using the call numbers below (for poetry in English). The Literature collection is located on level 4 of TJ Library. Visit the front desk for help with locating a specific call number.
JSTOR contains articles and books, usually at least 3-5 years old, from scholarly sources. They also have some primary resource collections. For more recent material, use Discover@UMSL or other individual databases.
Indexes critical materials on modern language, literature, linguistics, and folklore. Covers over 3,000 journals and series, books, working papers and proceedings, and bibliographies.
Literary Criticism Online is an extensive compilation of scholarly and popular commentary drawn from an extensive collection of broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals. UMSL has access to the following sections: Contemporary Literary Criticism - [Volume 1 (1973) - present], Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism [Volume 1 (1981) - 259 (2012)] , and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism - [Volume 1 (1978) - present].
