Poetry: Databases & Websites

Public Databases: Go to our Electronic Resources and search for the following databases:
 

• Literature Resources from Gale
  For information on particular poems or poets you can use either the "advanced search", "person search" or "works search" links near the top of the page. In the advanced search, there's option for poem using the document type scroll box. In the "person search", you can browse by genre and in the "works search" you limit by type of work which includes "poem" and "poetry collection."

Books and other materials: Search the library catalog, using any of the following keywords:

• poet*
• poetry
• poems
• literature
• rhyme
• lyric
• See a list of subjects in NovaCat

Here is a sampling of databases to help find articles, criticism, and works related to poetry.