English 200~ Introduction to Literature

• Finding Books and Background Information

• Finding Articles

• Finding Reviews

• Internet Resources

• Accessing Library Resources from Off Campus

• MLA Citation Resources

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.

• Works by an author- Browse Author: Wharton, Edith

• Works by an author in a collection- Boolean Search: Wharton AND Edith

• Works about an author, or about Voltaire's work- Browse Subject: Wharton, Edith

Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 65 academic libraries in Illinois. 

• 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 Internet web sites.

To access this database from off campus, you will need to enter the following ID when prompted: elmhurst. Then click the "Proceed" button.

• 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 this resource from off campus, go to the Electronic Journals and Newspapers page, and choose JSTOR).

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

1. 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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• New York Times/1999-present ~ Go to "More Search Options," then "Document Type." Pick "Book Review," enter author or title.

• Historical New York Times/1851-1999 ~Go to "More Search Options," then "Document Type." Pick Review, enter author or title.

• Chicago Tribune/1985-present~Go to "More Search Options," then "Document Type." Pick "Book Review," enter author or title.

• Historical Chicago Tribune/1890-1955 ~Go to "More Search Options," then "Document Type." Pick Review, enter author or title.

• LexisNexis Newspaper Source/Roughly 1985-present (The Times [London]) ~Go to "World News," pick "European News Sources," enter author and/or title.

• Academic Search Elite/ 1985-present (Booklist, Library Journal, The New Yorker) ~Scroll down to "Document Type," pick Book Review from the list. Enter author or title.

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.

• Yahoo! Directory listing of literature and author websites ~a great place to start you Internet search when looking for title, genre or author- specific web sites.

• Google Directory Author listing ~a similar author directory maintained by Google.

• Voice of the Shuttle: American Literature page ~excellent, comphrensive collection on the Internet of American literature resources.

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

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

• MLA Citation Resources