Mr. Levin’s Great Starting Points on Puritans and Colonial Literature

In our print collection

• Do a subject search using the on-line catalog. Type the following: Puritans You’ll find lots of books in our collection!

• Check the American Heritage collection for articles on Puritans.

• Check the general encyclopedias (i.e. World Book, Encyclopedia Americana, Compton’s, and others) by first using the index (usually found in the last volume).

Using the electronic information databases

The best ones to use are:

• Read All of the Following First: Conduct a search using the History Resource Center: US from the Gale Group to conduct a search on Puritans or other related topics. Click here to get to the Gale Group trial page and scroll down to the link. (It’s the second one from the bottom.)

• Go to EBSCO’s World History FullText and conduct a search on Puritans or other related topics.

Using the Internet

Try these Internet starting points for information on Puritans and Colonial Literature.

The following links offer many related links to credible websites:

About the Puritans

The Puritan Tradition and American Memory

Early American and Colonial Literature to 1700

The Puritans

Meet the Puritans

Outline of American Literature

Colonial America 1600-1775

Conduct a search on these content-rich websites.

American Memory from the Library of Congress

The History Channel