Resources By Topic

The MPC Library uses the Library of Congress Classification System (LC System) to organize its collections.  Books about Literature & Criticism are shelved in the P section.   
Below are the subclasses: 
P –   Philosophy and Linguistics
PA – Greek Language and Literature, Latin Language and Literature
PB – Modern Languages, Celtic Languages
PC – Romanic Languages
PD – Germanic Languages, Scandivavian Languages
PE – English Language
PF – West Germanic Languages
PG – Slavic Languages, Baltic Languages, Albanian Language
PH – Uralic Languages, Basque Laguage
PJ – Oriental Languages and Literatures
PK – Indo-Iranian Languages and Literatures
PL – Languages and Literatures of Eastern Asia, Africa, Oceania
PM – Hyperborean, Indian, and Artificial Languages
PN – Literature (General)
PQ – French Literature, Italian Literature, Spanish Literature, Portuguese Literature 
PR – English Literature
PS – American Literature
PT – German Literature, Dutch and Scandinavian Literature
PZ – Fiction and Juvenile Belles Letters

For a more detailed information about this class, go to http://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco

Reference books are located on the main (second) floor, and circulating books are located on the third floor. 

Columbia Literary History of the United States

ebooks

Literary Theories : A Reader and Guide

ebooks

Notable Poets

ebooks

Bartleby Library - Great Books Online

http://www.bartleby.com/

Glossary of Literary Terms

http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm

Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Collection

http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

Literary Resources on the Net

http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

Litlinks -Web Links for Fiction, Poetry, Essays, Drama, and Critical Theory

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Pages/Main.aspx

Sparknotes - Online Study Guides to Around 150 Literature Classics

http://www.sparknotes.com

Voice of the Shuttle – Research Links in Humanities and Social Sciences

http://vos.ucsb.edu/