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Databases for finding journal articles on and reveiws of Australian literature:

MLA

Literature Resource Center

General Onefile

Bibliographies list the all the known books, chapters in books and journal articles about a writer and his /her works. There are also bibliographies which cover particular topics. For multi-author bibliographies, use australian -- literature -- bibliography.

Bibliographies for individual authors also appear in Literature Resource Center
(UC login and password required)

Browse the Library shelves at PR 9400 on Leve 3, or browse the  Library Catalogue (Subject Keywords unless otherwise indicated).

• Australian literature anthology [title keywords]
• Australian literature -- 20th century
• Australian literature -- History and criticism
• Australian poetry anthology [title keywords]
• Australian poetry
• Australian poetry -- 20th century
• Australian fiction -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
• Australian drama -- History and criticism.
  Aboriginal Australians -- Drama
• Australian literature -- Aboriginal Australian authors -- History and criticism
• Women, Aboriginal Australian
• Australia in literature
• Nature -- Effect of human beings on -- Australia -- History.

Books about an author

Use the author's name as a Subject Keyword search, eg

• Peter Carey
• Les Murrary

The Oxford companion to Australian literature / William H. Wilde, Joy Hooton, Barry Andrews. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1994.
Reference PR 9402 .W672 1994

The Oxford Literary history of Australia /ed. Bruce Bennett and Jennifer Strauss. Melbourne : Oxford University Press, 1998.
PR 9401 . O985
Places literary texts in the context of Australian history and culture. Five major parts are: to 1850, 1851-1914, 1914-1939, 1940-1965, and 1965 onwards. Includes a guide to reference material, chronology, and index.

Companion to theatre in Australia / ed. Philip Parsons. Sydney : Currency Press in association with Cambridge University Press, c1995.
Reference PN 3011 .C737

Oxford Reference Online
Offers simultaneous searching of a number of reference books, including:

• Oxford Companion to Australian Literature,
• Oxford Companion to Australian History,
• Concise Oxford Dictionary of Literary terms

Biographical and critical material on authors

These books give biographical information on the author, list all his/her works, provide excepts of criticism and suggest books for further study.

A reader's guide to Australian fiction: a bibliography 1963-1995 / Laurie Clancy.
Ref PR 9402 .C587
Article on each author descirbing and discussing his/her works. Date range is Henry Savery (b.1791) to Tim Winton (b.1960).

Literature Resource Center
Biographical information, bibliography and selected journal articles.
(UC login and password required)

Please ask the English Literature Information Librarian if you would like help finding or using resources.

Read journal articles online via the Library

Some electronic journals for Australian writing and performing arts:

• 3rd Muse Poetry Journal
• The Blurb
• Colloquy
• Divan (poetry)
• DotLit
• Masthead
• Modern Adventure
• Overland
• Simply Australia (folklore)
• Thylazine Foundation: Australian arts and literature on landscape and animals
• The Write Stuff

Austlit
Resource for Australian Literature. Useful for identifying authors and titles.

Australian Literature on the Internet
Gateway site by the National Library of Australia

National Library of Australia

Australian Literary and Historical Texts
A collection of 300 texts provided by the University of Sydney Library. Search keyword, or browse alphabetically by author's name ,or by category.