Granger's World of Poetry Online
Have you ever been frustrated by trying to track down the text of a poem, but all you can remember are a few words from it, and you don't have a clue who the poet is or what the title is? Are you wondering where you could look to find the full text of a poem?
Here is the solution to your poetry searching needs. I am so excited to announce the addition of a new database to our collection of electronic resources. We now subscribe to Granger's World of Poetry Online, a searchable index of poetry. You can access Granger's from the link in the previous sentence; you can also get to it through our Databases A-Z page if you coming in from off-campus.
Granger's is a tool that will help you track down where poems appear in print. For example, if I want to know where I could find Harryette Mullen's poem "Drinking Mojitos in Cuba Libre," I can search that poem title in Granger's, and it will tell me that it appears in a book called Rainbow Darkness: An Anthology of African American Poetry. I then do a search in the library catalog for that anthology title to see if we have it--and we do!--so this means that I can grab the book of the shelf and find that poem.
You can also use Granger's to find the title of a poem if all you can remember are a few words from it. If I wanted to figure out what poem it is that contains the phrase "imaginary gardens with real toads in them," I could do a search for those words and learn that this is from the poem "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, and I can even read the full text of the poem linked right there.
Granger's also provide the electronic full-text for 210,000 poems right there within the database. Granger's includes other helpful features, such a glossary of poetic terminology, critical contexts to help you understand the context in which the poem is situated, and biographical information about the poet.
Granger's is a great resource for anyone studying literature or creative writing. If you have any questions about using Granger's, please give us a call at x2225, or email Maria, or request a research consultation.
Here is the solution to your poetry searching needs. I am so excited to announce the addition of a new database to our collection of electronic resources. We now subscribe to Granger's World of Poetry Online, a searchable index of poetry. You can access Granger's from the link in the previous sentence; you can also get to it through our Databases A-Z page if you coming in from off-campus.
Granger's is a tool that will help you track down where poems appear in print. For example, if I want to know where I could find Harryette Mullen's poem "Drinking Mojitos in Cuba Libre," I can search that poem title in Granger's, and it will tell me that it appears in a book called Rainbow Darkness: An Anthology of African American Poetry. I then do a search in the library catalog for that anthology title to see if we have it--and we do!--so this means that I can grab the book of the shelf and find that poem.
You can also use Granger's to find the title of a poem if all you can remember are a few words from it. If I wanted to figure out what poem it is that contains the phrase "imaginary gardens with real toads in them," I could do a search for those words and learn that this is from the poem "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, and I can even read the full text of the poem linked right there.
Granger's also provide the electronic full-text for 210,000 poems right there within the database. Granger's includes other helpful features, such a glossary of poetic terminology, critical contexts to help you understand the context in which the poem is situated, and biographical information about the poet.
Granger's is a great resource for anyone studying literature or creative writing. If you have any questions about using Granger's, please give us a call at x2225, or email Maria, or request a research consultation.
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