Eng 451: Neo-Realism

Selected Resources, A.C. Buehler Library

 

 

Finding Books

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  • Finding literary works by and about your author

    Works by an author- Browse Author: Morrison, Toni

    Works by an author in a collection- Boolean Search: Morrison AND Toni

    Works about an author, or about their work- Browse Subject: Morrison, Toni

  • Sample "Browse Subject" searches:

    • Postmodernism (Literature)

    Postcolonialism

    Imperialism in Literature

    American literature--Women authors

    Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism

    American literature--Women authors

    If you can't find what you're looking for at our library, click on "Repeat search in All ILCSO Libraries" at the top of the page. If you find a book that you'd like to order, then visit Requesting Books Owned by Other Illinet Libraries for ordering instructions.

    Note: If you find books that you need to interlibrary loan, order them as soon as possible! They take 7-10 days) to arrive.

Finding Scholarly Articles

  • 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.
  • 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 either resource JSTOR or Gale's Literature Resource Center from off campus, go to the Articles and Databases page, and select the database, then enter your ID and password when prompted).

     

Can't find anything on your topic/author? Try searching all our databases at once with this link:

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

 

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

  1. Check 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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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.

  • Voice of the Shuttle ~this authorative web site has lots of resources available. Try entering "postcolonial" or "multicultural" in the search box,

Other Helpful Internet Resources

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This page was created 11/1/1999 by Anne Jordan Baker, last updated 9/9/2005 by J. Hill, librarian, Elmhurst College