Use the I-Share Catalog to
find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned
by 64 other Illinois academic and research libraries. Enter relevant key words, or to be more specific, enter
your subject as a Browse Subject term in the search
box.
Sample Browse Subject terms (Library of
Congress Subject Headings):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 Criticism and
interpretation
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (insert title of
play here)
Ordering
books from other libraries ~ Don't limit yourself to Elmhurst
Library's collection. Search all 65 member libraries by clicking on
"Repeat search in All I-Share Libraries" at the top of the page.
Order your books as soon as possible: titles can take between 7-10 days
to arrive.
Gale's Literature Resource Center ~excellent in-depth information about authors, including
critical articles, biographies, and related websites. All full
text.
MLA International Bibliography~comprehensive
international database with critical journal articles, dissertations,
and books. Linked full text available.
Project
Muse ~full text of over 200 humanities and the social sciences
journals articles, from 1996 to the present (including the journal
Eighteenth-Century Studies).
JSTOR
~ JSTOR collects titles across several dicisplines, but does not
generally carry the most recent years of journal runs. Use the "Advanced
Search" funtion and select particular journal discipline areas (such as
"Language and Literature") to narrow your searches. All full
text.
So you found an article in
one of our databases, but it's not full-text. Now
what?
Look for these buttons: , or , or this line of text: (Find this resource with SFX) below the
article citation on the search screen.
Clicking on this image or link will open a
new browser window that will display a list of other databases
that have the full-text journal.
If we don't carry the journal in full-text,
then you you'll have the option to order the article via
interlibrary loan.
These sites are best used as starting points to
help you find general information about your author, as well as online
full-text publications, essays and articles. These sites also have links
to other related web sites. Note: online web sites and
e-journals must be reviewed as to content, accuracy and
authority.
, or 
, or this line of text: (Find this resource with SFX) below the
article citation on the search screen.