Finding
books on your literary work/author
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:
- If you click on Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731 --Criticism and Interpretation, you'll get a list of relevant books with critical essays relevant to that author. Even better would be a result specific to your particular work, such as Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731--Moll Flanders.
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If you can't find what you're looking for at our library, click on "I-Share Catalog " at the top of the page, to use our shared catalog, which searches 70 Illinois libraries. Once you find a book, you can order it from these other libraries by clicking on the "Renew Books/My Account" link at the top of the page and entering your ID# (your Jaypass barcode number).
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If you find books that you need to order, do so as soon as possible! They take a while to come in (7-10 days).
Finding Scholarly Articles in our Databases
- MLA International Bibliography ~comprehensive international database with critical journal articles, dissertations, and books. Some full text available.
- Literary Criticism Online ~ Search Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism (NCLC), Shakespearean Criticism (SC), and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) through an easy-to-navigate interface.
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JSTOR ~ JSTOR collects titles generally up to the year 2000 if available. Excellent resource for older articles. All full text.
- 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).
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Gale's Literature Resource Center ~excellent in-depth information about authors, including critical articles, bibliographies, and related websites. Al full text.
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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, 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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Evaluating & Citing Internet Resources
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click here for Professor Wilcox's webpages
Last revised 16 June 2008 by J. Hill, Reference Librarian
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College