

4
Easy Ways to Search for Love Poems
- Use
the Catalog
- Do
a KEYWORD search.
- Type
love poems.
- Or
if you know an author, do an AUTHOR search.
- Type
author's last name, followed by the author's first name.
Example:
Dickinson, Emily
- Look
for complete works, anthologies or selected poems.
- Go
upstairs for your book and look in the index for the title of the poem.
- Use
the Internet
-
Go to Google
Directory
- Type
love poems {enclose the term in QUOTATION MARKS}.
- Evaluate
the results: many are submitted poems or commercial sites.
- Use
the Online Databases
If
you know the first line of the poem or remember some words, use
Twentieth
Century American Poetry or
Twentieht
Century English Poetry
Did you forget who wrote the poem?
Did
you forget the title of the poem?
Do
you just remember a few lines?
Would
you like to know when was a poem published?
Would
you like to research literary criticism about the poem?
-
Go to the Reference Desk and Ask a Librarian for Assistance!
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