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)
Communication and Mass Media Complete (CMMC)
ProQuest Education Complete includes the full text of College Composition and Communication (1997-present) and other education journals.
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
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
Susan Swords Steffen, Director of the Library, Elmhurst College.