English 200: Introduction to Literature

• Finding Books

• Search for articles in multiple databases simultaneously using WebFeat.

• Finding Articles

• Internet Resources

• Other Helpful Internet Resources

• Citing Sources

Use Illinet Online to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 65 other Illinois academic libraries. Enter relevant key words, or to be more specific, enter your subject as a "Browse Subject" term in the search box.

• Finding literary works by and about your author

Works by an author- Browse Author: Vonnegut, Kurt

Works by an author in a collection- Boolean Search: Vonnegut AND Kurt

Works about an author, or about their work- Browse Subject: Vonnegut, Kurt

 

If you can't find what you're looking for at our library, click on "Repeat search in All ILCSO Libraries" at the top of the page. If you find a book that you'd like to order, then visit the Requesting Books Owned by Other Illinet Libraries site for ordering instructions.

Note: If you find books that you need to interlibrary loan, order them as soon as possible! They take 7-10 days) to arrive.

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• Gale's Literature Resource Center ~ An extremely powerful search tool, the LRC "provides access to biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline." Includes full-text aricles from the Dictionary of Literary Biography. You can also search other databases on this site, such as MLA Bibliography (some full-text available) and Literary Index. There are also external links to related, reviewed Internet web sites.

• Project Muse ~Project MUSE is an online library of nearly 200 journals from Johns Hopkins University Press, with the full text of articles from 1996 to the present. Journals in this collection cover primarily the humanities and the social sciences. (Available on-campus only)

• JSTOR ~ JSTOR is an online library currently containing more than 100 journals in 15 different disciplines. JSTOR does not include current issues of journals, but is an electronic archives of titles, often going back to the first issue of a journal's existence. All full text.

To access either JSTOR or Gale's Literature Resource Center from off campus, click on this link on the library's main page: Enter your ID and password when prompted.

 

Can't find anything on your topic/author? Try searching all our databases at once with this link:

Search for articles in multiple databases simultaneously using WebFeat.

Type your keywords in the search box(es), check "All Resources" and click "Go."

 

How do I find out if the Library has the journal I need? Follow these 3 steps:

1. Check Full Text Periodicals Available Online ~ Search for the journal/magazine title, e.g. Chaucer Review.

2. Check Illinet Online for the journal/magazine title (not the article title), e.g. Studies in English Literature.

3. To order an article the Elmhurst College library does not own, fill in this form: Request an article.

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These sites are best used as starting points to help you find general information about your author or literary work/ time period: some sites even contain online full-text publications, essays and articles. Note: online web sites must be reviewed as to content, accuracy and authority.

Online Literary Criticism Journals

• Internet Public Library's Online Literary Criticism Directory~ this well-known website has an extensive directory of links to online scholarly literary criticism journals

• Voice of the Shuttle~ another useful guide to online literature journals

  Directory websites devoted to authors and specific literary works and genres

• Google Directory Author listing (by nationality)~an author directory maintained by Google.

• Yahoo! Directory listing of literature and author websites ~another directory site.

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

• Looking for Articles in Journals and Magazines: Scholarly or Popular?

• Using the MLA (Modern Language Association) Style