Research Capstone I(Eng 541)
Selected Library Resources
A.C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College
Fall, 2006

 

Guides to Research

• Baker, Nancy and Nancy Huling. Research Guide for Undergraduate Students: English and American Literature. 5th ed. Modern Language Association, 2000. R807.2 B168r

• Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. 4th ed. Modern Language Association, 2002. R820.9 H289L 2002

 

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.

Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 45 academic libraries in Illinois.

What if Illinet Online doesn't have the book I need? Request the book through interlibrary loan.

 

Finding Scholarly Articles

• Literature Resource Center (includes MLA Bibliography)

• Academic Search Premier

• Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC)

• ProQuest Education Complete includes the full text of College Composition and Communication (1997-present) and other education journals.

• ERIC via EBSCO
  

• Project Muse includes the full text of many scholarly literature journals. (On campus only)

• JSTOR includes the full text of scholarly journals issues prior to 2000.

• Alphabetical List of Journals and Magazines Available Online
  

• Interlibrary Loan Form for articles to request articles not owned by the library in print or electronic form. Articles will be sent to the library, usually within 7-10 days, for you to pick up.

Web Resources

• National Council of Teachers of English

• Rhetoric and Composition

• WAC Clearinghouse: Supporting Scholarly Exchange About Communication Across the Curriculum. Includes the full texts of the following journals: Language and Learning Across the Disciplines, Academic Writing, RhetNet: A Diologic Publishing (Ad)venture, and the WAC Journal.

• Writing and Citing Resources (Elmhurst College)

• Internet Public Library's Online Literary Criticism

• Voice of the Shuttle

• Web English Teacher

Susan Swords Steffen, Director of the Library, Elmhurst College.