Eng 420: Renaissance Non-Dramatic Literature

Selected Resources, A.C. Buehler Library

 
   

 

Basic Reference Sources

History

    Xreferplus ~xreferplus is an online collection of reference books, containing the full text of over 150 reference books. There are a number of resources in this databases that deal with history and theatre.

    Britannica Online ~ The Encyclopedia Britannica. Also includes Britannica's Internet Guide.

    Encyclopedia of the Renaissance. 1999. In the Reference Section, call number R 940.23 E56re

    Historical dictionary of the Renaissance. 2004. In the Reference Section, call number R 940.2103 N291h

    The Oxford dictionary of the Renaissance. 2003. In the Reference Section, call number R 940.2103 C187o

Finding Books

  • 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.
  • Historical & background information- use Browse Subject terms (Library of Congress Subject Headings). Here are some examples:

       

      Great Britain--History

      Renaissance England.

      European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600

      European literature Renaissance, 1450-1600 History and criticism.

  • Finding literary works by and about your author

    • Works by an author- Browse Author: Machiavelli, Nicolo

    • Works by an author in a collection- Boolean Search: Machiavelli AND Nicolo

    • Works about an author, or about their work- Browse Subject: Machiavelli, Nicolo

     

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

Finding Articles & Biographical Information

  • 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.
  • 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).

  • 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)

How do I find out if the Library has the journal I need?

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

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Internet Resources

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.

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Evaluating & Citing Internet Resources

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This page was created 11/1/1999 by Anne Jordan Baker, last updated 10/21/2004 by J. Hill, librarian, Elmhurst College