World Literature in English

FL 209-01 - Fall 2001


A Guide to Resources

A. C. Buehler Library, Elmhurst College


Finding Articles
Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus


 

Finding Background Information

Britannica Online ~ The Encyclopedia Britannica provides scholarly information about authors, their works, and historical periods.

 

 

Finding Books

Books are often good sources of biographies and literary criticism.
  • Use Illinet Online (IO)to find books held in the Elmhurst College library as well as books owned by 44 other Illinois academic libraries.
  • Sample Searches
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      • Works by Franz Kafka: Author Words search on Franz Kafka
      • Works about Franz Kafka: Subject Words search on Franz Kafka
  • Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings (Subject Heading search):
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      • Mann, Thomas (for books about Thomas Mann or his work)
      • Maupassant, Guy de 
       
  • Ordering books from other libraries ~ Illinet Online allows you to request books held by 45 academic libraries in Illinois.
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Finding Articles

Articles are often a good source of literary criticism. Some databases are good sources of biographies.
  • Gale Databases~ Includes the Dictionary of Literary Biography and the Twayne series which provides criticism of the works of major U.S., English, and world authors from Aristophanes to the present. Author entries range from 175-200 pages.The Twayne series is a good place to start for literary criticism. Dictionary of Literary Biography is one of the best places to start for biographical information about authors. 
  • To access this resource from off campus, go to Reference/Literature Sources, then choose one of the Gale Databases from the list (Dictionary of Literary Biography or Twayne Author Series). You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.

  • MLA International Bibliography ~ The primary index to literary criticism.
  • To access this resource from off campus, go to Articles and Databases, then choose MLA International Bibliography from the alphabetical list. You may also want to look at Accessing Library Resources From Off Campus.

  • You may also want to look at one of these general databases:
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Internet Resources

Evaluating Internet Resources
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This page was created 9/28/2000 by Anne Jordan-Baker and was last modified 10/03/2001.
Anne Jordan-Baker , Elmhurst College Library.