Combining a keyword search with the use of search limiters is an excellent way to create a list of possible book matches that you can browse in a single sitting. Browsing catalogs by subject is another way to create a manageable list of relevant book records. There are two major library catalogs you may wish to search.
Users can limit this catalog of approximately 18 million records by publication date, place of publication, language, and format e. WorldCat is a collective catalog of more than 10, libraries around the world. Use the Advanced Search option to create a book search based on numerous criteria, including publication date, audience, content, subject, and keyword.
When using a search engine or database to search for a poem, always check for an Advanced Search option, which often will allow you to search by criteria — title, first line of text, subject, publisher, web domain, and more — not available through the basic search box. If your initial search returns too many results, try further limiting your search by adding to your initial search string words or phrases that may appear in the poem; the form you think the poem may take e.
Many poems from the 19th and early 20th centuries were intended for instructional use in the classroom or for performance. These poems were often described as monologues , recitations , declamations , or as exercises for improving elocution , and the books these poems were published in often include these terms in their titles. If you are looking for a poem published before that was likely to be read by students, try adding these descriptive terms to your keyword searches if you need to further limit your search.
Draw upon the collective wisdom of the crowd by posting your query to literature-related message boards. By posting to these forums, you bring to bear on your search the reading histories of numerous readers with a significant interest in literature, including poetry.
When writing your question, provide as much information as possible about the poem's content and the context in which you originally encountered or read the poem. Identify, if possible, the poem's target audience adults or children ; its form sonnet, villanelle, free verse, etc. In approximately what year did you read the poem be sure not to state only that you read the poem "as a child," or "when in high school," which gives no indication of the actual year you read it?
Was the poem recently published at the time you read it? Did you read the poem as part of a school or work assignment, or for leisure? You can find appropriate message boards and forums to which you can submit your query on the Finding Novels page of this guide. While most of these boards and forums are dedicated primarily to helping people find novels, many of them, such as Name That Book and BookSleuth , can also be used for tracking down a poem you once read and can no longer recall.
Like message boards, listservs are a way to draw upon the collective memories and resources or readers throughout the world. By posting to listservs, you are putting your question before audiences with different reading habits, search strategies, and resources available for finding poems.
It is often wise to submit your question to both message boards and listservs to ensure it is read by the widest possible range of audiences. You may wish to ask a librarian at your local library to submit your question to a listserv on your behalf, so that you don't need to worry about subscribing and unsubscribing. Project Wombat is read by librarians, scholars, students, professionals, and people from all walks of life, so by posting your question to the listserv you are drawing upon the collective memories and resources of thousands of people.
As such, Project Wombat is a great place to ask about a poem you need help finding. Most public libraries include email or web form-based reference services through which librarians through you can request and receive help with your search for a poem.
Learn how to find contact information for your local public library. Two specific web form services you can also contact for help are listed below. Digital reference specialists from the Library of Congress's Researcher and Reference Services Division will be happy to search available resources to help you find that elusive novel.
Staff at this extensive British poetry library are "happy to help you with any information need you might have on poetry whether it be bibliographical details, the wording of a quotation, addresses for publishers of books, pamphlets and magazines or what might be 'going on' on a particular day.
If you have an account with a social networking website or app Facebook, Twitter, etc. The subscription resources marked with a padlock are available to researchers on-site at the Library of Congress. If you are unable to visit the Library, you may be able to access these resources through your local public or academic library. These databases serve as indexes or full-text repositories of poetry that can be used to identify poems based on a number of criteria such as subject, first or last line, full text, and title or author keywords.
You should contact your local library to see if it has access to these, or similar, databases. A librarian there will be able to offer guidance on searching the databases. American Poets Magazine. Google a poem. Academy of American Poets Educator Newsletter. Teach This Poem. Follow Us. Find Poets. Poetry Near You. Jobs for Poets. Poetry in all its forms including classic selections from our Literature Department, Haikus, poetry for children, and poetry with special appeal for tweens and teens.
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