Lang&Lit: EH426 -- Edgar Allan Poe: Find Books

These are some books on Edgar Allen Poe available through Houston Cole Library.  HCL provides some books in print format, some in electronic format, and some in both.  The catalog record for each book indicates the formats in which it is available.

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In research, reference books are useful to

• obtain background information to get the broad view of a topic prior to beginning research
• narrow the topic to a subject suitable for a research paper
• learn about unfamiliar people, places, and things encountered further along in the research process
• introduce researchers to  more in-depth sources pertaining to the subject      

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• help students prepare for exams (especially comprehensive examinations for degrees)                                           
• provide students enough basic information to participate in class discussions
• help teachers prepare lesson plans for things which will be covered in class but which are not a major part of the syllabus   

Here is a selection of our reference books for Edgar Allan Poe.  Please use the Library JaxCat Catalog to find more reference books.  [See the Important Journals box under the Find Articles tab for American Literary Scholarship.]