The Boutelle-Day Poetry Center
Founded in 1997, The Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College has a core mission to bring poets of national and international stature to campus to inspire students and the Smith community. All events are free and open to the public.
To learn more about the Poetry Center, you can visit their website.
Welcome to the Poetry Concentration Research Guide! Here, you will find a variety of poetry resources that are specific to Smith College Libraries. From literary journals, to digital displays of some new poetry books in the library, you will be able to find poetry collections, campus resources, tips on research, and much more.
Getting Started
- Blackwell Reference Online This link opens in a new window 350+ titles in the humanities and social sciences, including the Blackwell companions and handbooks. Strengths are psychology, sociology, history, literature, philosophy, and religion.
- Cambridge Companions Online This link opens in a new window Online version of the Cambridge Companions; offers introductions to major writers, artists, topics and periods within the fields of literature, classics, philosophy, religion and culture.
- Oxford Handbooks Online This link opens in a new window Review essays evaluating the current thinking on a field or topic. Articles review the key issues, reveal original arguments and concepts, and set the agenda for new research.
- American National Biography This link opens in a new window Reliable scholarly biographies of major figures in American history.
- Dictionary of Literary Biography [Gale] This link opens in a new window Lengthy literary biographies by recognized literary scholars and critics, covering past & present authors, historians, journalists, screenwriters, publishers, and playwrights.
- Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Subscription ends 10/1/24) This link opens in a new window 50,000 biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the 4th century BC to the year 2001. 2nd edition, with illustrations.
