Library Guide Overview

Use the tabs at the top of the page to navigate through this library guide.  Topics include:

• Introduction: Guide welcome and resource overview;
• References: Citations, additional information, and information literacy knowledge practices and dispositions for the catalog search library instruction session;
• Genre Resources: Items selected from Archer Library's circulating and eBook Collections;
• Selected Genres: Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Fantasy, Traditional Literature, Literary Nonfiction, and Poetry and Verse are presented.  Each page includes genre definitions, library catalog search tips, and selected titles; and
• Library Instruction: Resources and information supporting the library instruction session.

This guide will remain available at the conclusion of the session and, like all Archer Library guides, is accessible online 24/7. Feel free to return and explore; check back often for updated content.

Getting Started:  What are Genres?

“A collection of texts that are related by audience and purpose as well as by form and subject matter” (Knickerbocker, Brueggeman, & Rycik, 2012, p. 98).

"Term of French origin used to differentiate types or categories of literary works" (Latrobe, Brodie, & White, 2002, p. 82).

"A category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content" (Merriam-Webster, 2021).

"A genre is a category of composition that has such defining characteristics as type of characters, setting, action, and overall form or structure" (Galda, Liang, Cullinan, 2017, p.12).

Diane Schrecker, MLIS, M.Ed.

Curriculum Librarian
Head of the IRC
✉ dschreck@ashland.edu
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