Students are advised to verify the quote attribution with several sources to insure authenticity.

Finding Books
Reference Books
Periodical Search
Internet Resources

Prepared by: Library Staff

Library Liaison: Belinda Yff
(502) 456-6773

libsul@sullivan.edu

Updated October 2007

Finding Books:

Search the library catalog using the search term quotations, or browse the following subject areas in the Dewey Decimal numbers indicated below:  

To retrieve a listing of items within the Sullivan University library online catalog, click on the appropriate Library of Congress Subject Heading with the corresponding Dewey Decimal number(s), in the box below, then click GO!


 


 

Also, Sullivan University Library offers the Library Alert service, which is designed to alert SUS students, faculty and staff of the latest titles @ the Sullivan University Louisville library! Sign up to be notified by e-mail when the library receives new books, videos, DVDs, etc., in the categories that interest you.

 

Reference Books:

African American wisdom - R 081 A258
America in Quotations   Reference/R 082 A512a
America in Quotations: A Kaleidoscopic View of American History  
Reference/R 082 A512
The American Heritage Dictionary of American Quotations  Reference/R 082 A512d

American speeches - R 973 A512 2 2006
America's popular sayings - R 082 T617a
Bartlett's Book of Business Quotations    Reference/  R 082 B289b
Bartlett?s Familiar Quotations    Reference/R 082 B289f17
The Everything Toasts Book  Reference/R 808.5 I784e

The giant book of American quotations / Gorton Carruth & Eugene Ehrlich - Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 081 C319g
The New York Public Library book of twentieth-century American quotations - R 082 N532
The Oxford book of aphorisms / chosen by John Gross - Sullivan-Louisville Classic Book R 082.22 O98
The Oxford dictionary of Civil War quotations - Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 082 W951o
Oxford dictionary of humorous quotations / edited by Ned Sherrin Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 082.02 O98
The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations   Reference/R 082 O981

Oxford dictionary of phrase, saying, and quotation / edited by Susan Ratcliffe Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 082 O98 2006
The Penguin Thesaurus of Quotations    Reference/R 082 C678p

The quotable Einstein / collected and edited by Alice Calaprice ; with a foreword by Freeman Dyson. - Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 081.220 E35q
The quotable Jefferson / collected and edited by John P. Kaminski - Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 081 Q9
The quotable woman : the first 5,000 years / compiled and edited by Elaine T. Partnow - Sullivan-Louisville Reference Non-Circ R 305.4 Q9
Quotations for All Occasions     Reference/R 082 Q9
Quotations for Public Speakers      Reference/R 082 Q9t

Quotations to cheer you up when the world is getting you down  - R 082 Q9k
Since Eve ate apples : quotations on feasting, fasting & food : from the beginning - R 641.3 S615e
The Speaker?s Quotebook  Reference/R 082 S741
The Toastmaster's Treasure Chest Reference/R 808.5214 T627
Toasts for all Occasions  Reference/R 808.51 H551t
The Ultimate Book of Business Quotations    Reference/R 082 C887u

Periodical Search:

Use the periodical search function on the Catalog home page to find periodical titles indexed in our databases.  For example, if you have a citation to an article and want to see if it is available full-text in our databases, search for the journal title, such as Vital Speeches Of The Day, and the system will lead you to the correct database.

 

Internet Resources:


Bartleby.com: Search several quotation sources, including Bartlett?s, Columbia and Simpson?s Quotations.  

Great-Quotes.com: Over 54,000 Famous Quotes, Famous Sayings & Proverbs!
Select from Categories: Love, Funny, Inspirational, Movie, Friendship & Dozens More.

The Quotations Archive: Searchable database of general purpose quotations. 

The Quotations Page: Reviewed in Choice's March 2006 issue.

Quoteland.com:  Search by topic, author, or occasion.

SportsQuotes.com:  Search for quotations by sport.

Thinkexist.com: Searchable database of quotes by quotations, authors, topics, keywords, and contributors.

USING SEARCH ENGINES TO FIND QUOTATIONS:  In addition to the sites above, you can use a search engine such as Google [www.google.com] by entering key words from the quote in the search text box.  Be sure to verify the quote attribution with several sources as quotes on the Internet are often misattributed to the incorrect source. 

Example:  "Tis education forms the common mind:  Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined", Alexander Pope. 
Search example in Google: 


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