Using the Library Catalog (I-Share)

The I-Share Online Catalog is the library's book catalog. "Browse Subject" is one of the best ways to find book compilations of author-specific literary criticism.

• Works about Daniel Defoe- Browse Subject Words: Defoe, Daniel. You'll get a list of subject headings that will look like this:

• Gale's Literature Resource Center ~excellent in-depth information about authors, including critical articles, bibliographies, and related websites. Al 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 (including the journal Eighteenth-Century Studies).

• JSTOR ~ JSTOR collects titles generally up to the year 2000 if available. Excellent resource for older articles. All full text.

How to find full text from an article citation in our databases If...you don't see an option like "HTML Full Text" or "PDF Full Text" next to the article citation- Then...look for , or , or "Find this resource with SFX." Clicking on this option will open a new window. If you see an "Online Full Text" option available, clicking on "Go" will take you to the full text. If you don't see the "Online Full Text" option, then you can see if  we own the journal in print by clicking on the "We may own this option," or order the article by clicking on the "Request this item through Interlibrary Loan" link.

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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.

• 18 Century English Novel Research Guide~ directory of web-based research resources.

• Voice of the Shuttle- Restoration and 18th Century Literature

• Literary Resources on the Net

• 18th Century E-Texts~ listing of publically available electronic articles on the web.

• A Guide to 18th Century British literature on the Internet ~a few relevant authors are included in this website

• Yahoo's Directory to authors on the web ~alphabetical listing of non-reviewed websites devoted to particular authors.

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• 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?

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