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Subject Guides
Subject Guides are key resources organized and updated by your friendly librarians at Cowles.
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Reading/Writing Poetry
Academic Search Complete - EBSCO
Academic Search Complete includes more than 8,992 full-text periodicals, including 4,400 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 9,300 journals and a total of 10,900 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1865, with the majority of full text titles in native (searchable) PDF format
Britannica Online
Fully searchable version of the encyclopedia with thousands of articles and illustrations.
Contemporary Authors
Full-text biographical information on twentieth century authors (novelists, poets, playwrights, etc.). Also includes New Revision Series.
Cowles Library Online Catalog
iLink, the online catalog for Cowles and Drake Law Libraries.
Cowles Online Catalog - Poetry
Cowles Library holds many books of poetry and books on writing poetry. Below is a link to some books about writing poetry, done by doing a "Subject" search on the words, "Poetry study and teaching".
ebrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 electronic books in a wide variety of subject areas. You will need to download the "ebrary reader" plug-in to view the e-books. Updated monthly.
JSTOR (JournalSTORage)
Electronic archive of the complete journal runs (excluding the most recent 2-5 years) of over 500 journal titles in over 20 academic disciplines.
Literary Reference Center - EBSCO
The Literary Reference Center was developed with undergraduate research in mind. It combines information from major reference works, books and literary journals as well as original content from EBSCO Publishing providing users with information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.
Literary Reference Center includes
-130,000 author biographies
-3,000 author interviews
-over 1,000 images of key literary figures
-25,000 classic and contemporary poems
-11,000 classic and contemporary short stories
netLibrary ebook collection
A collection of over 12,000 academic e-books in many subject areas. These ebooks require check-out; create your own account if you are on campus, or call the Reference Desk (515-271-2113) if you're off campus.
Poets.org
The Poets.org Web site is a compilation of all things poetry created by the Academy of American Poets
Project Muse
Full-text of 200 scholarly journals published by Johns Hopkins University and other university presses.
WorldCat - OCLC
WorldCat is a catalog of books and other materials in libraries worldwide. If you are unable to find something in the Cowles Library collection using the I-LINK catalog, this is an excellent place to continue your search. Use the Interlibrary Loan link on this page to obtain materials from other collections.
