English 250 Introduction to Literary Methods
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Tripod :
start with a general keyword search, e.g. "transnational and culture"
look in your search results for synonyms, related concepts and language, especially in the Subject Headings
Subject Headings can include
author names: "Poe, Edgar Allan",
regional literature: "English literature"
genres and categories: "children's literature", "English poetry", "feminist literary criticism"
"Subdivisions" of headings, such as "criticism & interpretation", "history", "sources" and "bibliography" can be very valuable, e.g. "Poetry--history and criticism", "English fiction -- 19th century"
in-depth research resources
WorldCat :
a database of library holdings worldwide. Best way to find books outside the Tri-College
libraries.
request these through Interlibrary Loan. Dissertation bibliographies can be very useful.
Individual Library's Catalogs :
good for learning what local libraries have strong collections in your area of interest.
MLA International Bibliography
the core database for finding journal articles in literature; wide ranging scope which includes many small and foreign publications, post-1963.
Infotrac Onefile
broad index to articles in academic and general interest periodicals; many with full text
full text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines, early and retrospective coverage.
full text access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Includes humanities and social sciences disciplines.
Arts & Humanities Search
Indexes over 1,300 arts, humanities, and related social sciences and science journals. Allows for citation searching.
General Works - these can provide a quick route to the established experts, core critical works, interesting topic areas.
Literature Online - Criticism & Reference
part of an enormous online collection of full text original literary works, literature criticism, and other research materials
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
essay-length overviews of critics, schools, movements, and national and ethnic groups important to the study of literary theory and criticism. Includes bibliographies.
Literature Resource Center
biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors. Includes the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Minority Press :Alternative Press Index
Indexes the alternative press in North America, with citations drawn from roughly 250 alternative, radical, and left publications. Periodicals indexed include: Cineaste, Environmental action, Socialist review, Women's review of books. Online coverage includes 1991-present
Ethnic newswatch
a full-text collection of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. NOTE: LOG OUT BY CLICKING "EXIT" BUTTON.
Genderwatch
a full-text collection of international journals, magazines, newsletters, regional publications, special reports and conference proceedings devoted to women's and gender issues. PLEASE BE SURE TO CLICK THE "EXIT" BUTTON WHEN FINISHED.
Women writers online
A large and growing collection of searchable texts by English-language women writers from 1400-1850.
Literature Online
A fully searchable library of more than 349,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key criticism and reference resources
American verse project
An electronic archive of already-published volumes of American poetry prior to 1920, without any additional critical materials. The selection includes a number of works by African-American and women poets.
Early English books online
A digitized version of the Early English Books microfilm collection, this database contains full-text page images of over 96,000 titles listed in Pollard & Redgrave's Short-Title Catalogue (1475-1640) and Wing's Short-Title Catalogue (1641-1700) and their revised editions.
Modern English Collection
The University of Virginia Library Electronic Text Center offers access to a collection of modern English language literature. The collection contains fiction, nonfiction, poetry, drama, letters, newspapers, manuscripts and illustrations from 1500 to the present.
LEXIS-NEXIS academic universe
complete text of hundreds of major U.S. and European news sources including NY Times, Chicago Tribune, LA Times, Washington Post, London Times, Le Monde, Die Welt; broadcast news transcripts, popular magazines
19th century masterfile
Indexes by subject U.S. and British nineteenth-century general interest, legal, and religious magazines, newspapers, government publications, and books, providing access to contemporary news, opinion, and analysis of events
Includes the Dictionary of Literary Biography, and Contemporary Literary Criticism.
biographical sources with full-text articles from hundreds of periodicals
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
short biographies of authors of the British Isles. No living person is included
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