[PW] Self-referential resource for finding unknown books

[Burton, Donna]

What??? They didn't recommend us??? Seems to me our batting average is
pretty darn good (myself excluded...)

Donna Burton
Schaffer Library, Union College
Schenectady, NY 12308
Email: burtond at union.edu
Phone: 518-388-6635
Fax: 518-388-6641

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Subject: [PW] Self-referential resource for finding unknown books

Just saw this on the Scout Report, an LC page of resources to find
books/poems/stories where you don't know title or author.  Some of the
links within are obvious (search Google, duh), but some gems I didn't
know about.  Includes a link to PW, too.  Thought it'd be worth sending
out for those types of questions that come up here regularly:
 
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes: How to Find a Novel, Short Story, or Poem
Without Knowing its Title or Author 

http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/lost/
<https://owa.washoecounty.us/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.loc.go
v/rr/program/bib/lost/>  

What if you wanted to locate Robert Burton's masterful 17th century
opus, The Anatomy of Melancholy? But wait: You can't remember his name
or the name of the book. That's where you should know to click on over
to this delightful and helpful reference guide created by Peter Armenti,
Digital Reference Specialist at the Library of Congress. The intent of
this guide is to "help readers identify a literary work when they know
only its plot or subject, or other textual information such as a
character's name, a line of poetry, or a unique word or phrase". The
guide is divided into three separate sections: "Finding Novels",
"Finding Short Stories", and "Finding Poems". Each section offers a host
of resources that include general search engines, online book databases,
library catalogs, listservs, message boards, and physical print
resources available in many public libraries. This guide is rounded out
by a selection of related resources, including a primer on how to find
poems in the Library of Congress.

Marc T.

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