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Finding Books (criticism,
biographies, etc.)
Search Illinet
Online, the library's catalog.
Sample Searches Using Library of
Congress Subject Headings
For books about authors or literature:
Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924
American literature--Afro-American authors
Sample keyword searches
- For works by an author, do an Author
Words search on the author's name, e.g. Edgar Allan Poe, Eudora
Welty, etc.
- For works about an author, do a Subject
Words search using the author's name and one of the following: criticism,
biography, bibliography, like this:
postcolonial literature
Dorothy Allison
Finding Articles (criticism,
bibliographies, book reviews)
Scholarly Resources
(To access this resource from off campus, go
to Articles
and Databases, and choose MLA from the list of databases. For
information about off campus access, look at Accessing
Library Resources from off campus.)
How do I find out if the Elmhurst College Library
has the journal I need?
This is a collection of electronic books on
major world authors; contents include biography, criticism, and some
historical context.(This database is available on campus only.)
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Using the Web: Resources
and Evaluation
Literary Web Sites
Evaluating Web Sites
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Documentation and
Research Guides
- Using
the MLA (Modern Language Association) Style
- A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students:
English and American Literature by Nancy L. Baker and Nancy Huling,
1995. Reference R 807.2 B168r 1995.
- The Undergraduate's Companion to American
Writers and Their Web Sites, 2001. 810.8 B797u
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This page was created 02/21/2002and was last
modified 02/25/2002.
Anne Jordan-Baker,
Assistant Librarian.
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