Eng 112 – Library Research Workshop
Library HomePage-Electronic Database Drop-down Menu--http://www.pals.msus.edu/
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Magazine
and Journal Databases
- EBSCO
This resource contains full text for nearly 3,400 scholarly
publications. This collection provides full text journal coverage for nearly all
academic areas of study - including social sciences, humanities, education,
computer sciences, engineering, language and linguistics, arts & literature,
medical sciences, and ethnic studies.
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OmniFile
Fulltext Mega - Wilson Web
Wilson OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary database
providing the complete content -indexing, abstracts, and full text - from six of
Wilson's full-text databases: Standard CatalogsEducation Full Text, General
Science Full Text, Humanities Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social
Sciences Full Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
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Provides online, worldwide, institutional subscription access to the full text
of over 100 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences
and mathematics.
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ProQuest
Newsstand Complete
- Proquest
An accessible and thorough Web-based, full-text database of over 350
newspapers that enables users to search the latest news from around the world.
Access a wide range of articles, not only top new stories, but arts, sports, and
entertainment stories as well. ProQuest Newsstand Complete title list
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Reference
Books
Encyclopedia Britannica. REF.
AE5 .E363 1998. Don’t forget to use the
INDEX!
Encyclopedia Britannica Online. http://www.britannica.com/
Britannica.com includes the complete, updated Encyclopædia Britannica, the oldest and largest general reference in the English language. Selected articles from more than 70 of the world's top magazines--including Newsweek, Discover, and The Economist--provide additional feature and current-events coverage. Our guide to the Web's best sites includes more than 125,000 sites, and you can also search the text of more than 100 million Web pages to find more information. The Books in Print database is available through Britannica.com, and you can follow links from these citations to order books online from Barnes & Noble. All these databases, including a collection of special online Spotlights, can be accessed through a single search.
Encyclopedia of the Novel. REF.
PN41 .E487 1998
Drama Criticism. REF.
PN1601 .D59
Novels for Students: Presenting
Analysis, Context, and Criticism…
REF. PN3365 .N68 1997
Selected
Internet Sites for Locating Information on Literature
MSUM Library’s Search Engines
Site:
http://web.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/search.htm
MSUM Library’s “Evaluating WWW
Resources” Site:
http://web.mnstate.edu/library/instruct/evaluate.htm
Voice of the
Shuttle: English Literature:
The English
Server (Carnegie Mellon University)
http://www.english.uiowa.edu/faculty/snider/links.html
The
World Lecture Hall
http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/
Yahoo:
Literature
http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/
Includes categories of web sites such as: Authors; Periods &
Movements; Classics; Magazines.
Some suggested Author-specific sites for starting points:
New
York Times – Featured Subject: Edward Albee
http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/08/15/specials/al://bee.html
A
Raisin in the Sun-detailed book review
http://www.allreaders.com/topics/info_25506.asp
The
Crucible Project
http://www.curriculumunits.com/crucible/
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