Research Guides: Poetry: Research Poetry and Poets

Research Poetry and Poets

Best American Poetry 2022

Encyclopedia entries are a great source for general background on a poet or poetic term.

If you didn't find your term in the encyclopedias above, try these broader reference databases:

Credo Reference This link opens in a new window A discovery service and research platform, offers searching and the full text of some 3.4 million individual entries from a wide range of subject-based reference works, along with images, videos, and audio files.
Gale Ebooks This link opens in a new window Provides searchable full-text e-book versions of many reference works, including multi-volume encyclopedias, biographical collections, business plan handbooks, company history compilations, consumer health references, and specialized handbooks, dictionaries, encyclopedias, etc. in a wide range of subject areas. Subject categories include Arts, Biography, Business, Education, Environment, History, Law, Literature, Medicine, Multicultural Studies, Nation and World, Religion, Science, and Social Sciences. Mobile: download AccessMyLibrary College app from your phone's app store; use id Mora54187.

Or search Reference Universe to find out which of the SMC Library's encyclopedias have an entry on a poet or poetic term.

Scholarly journals publish academic critiques of poetry.

The Library's databases of scholarly journals and books will help you find critical writings and reviews related to particular poets.

MLA International Bibliography This link opens in a new window
The MLA International Bibliography lets you search the subjects of scholarly journal articles and book chapters.
Gale Literature This link opens in a new window
Gale Literature contains scholarly journal articles, magazine and newspaper reviews and interviews, and encyclopedia articles about literature.
Library Search This link opens in a new window
If you didn't find what you were looking for in MLA or Gale Literature, try Library Search, which searches many of our databases at once.