Eng 420: Renaissance Non-Dramatic Literature

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

• 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

 

• Gale's Literature Resource Center ~excellent in-depth information about authors, including critical articles, bibliographies, and related websites. All full text.

• MLA International Bibliography ~comprehensive international database with critical journal articles, dissertations, and books. Some full text available.

• Project Muse ~full text of over 200 humanities and the social sciences journals articles, from 1996 to the present.

• JSTOR ~ JSTOR collects titles up to the year 2000 if available. 21st century journals are not in this database. All full text.

So you found an article in one of our databases, but it's not full-text. Now what? Don't fret. Look for these buttons: , or , or this line of text: (Find this resource with SFX) next to the article citation on the search screen. Clicking on this will take you to a list of our full-text sources that carry the journal, if we have it.

 

Can't find anything? Try searching database groupings or all databases at once with this link (note: this is last resort...you'll often get lots of specious results):

Search for articles in multiple databases simultaneously using WebFeat.

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

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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.

• Literary Sources on the Net: Rennaissance

• Voice of the Shuttle- Renaissance and 17th Century Literature

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

• 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.

• 16th Century Renaissance English Literature ~a reputable web page created and updated by Anniina Jokinen

• Citing in MLA: A Quick Reference page ~from Duke University Libraries

• Other Online Citation Sources

• Five Criteria for Evaluating Web Pages

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