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ENC 1102: Professor Johnson

Library Instructors: Rachael Cathcart and Alyse Ergood

The selected sources listed below are useful for finding information in books and articles in the subject areas of English and literature.

I.  FAU LIBRARIES CATALOG

The Library Catalog allows you to search for books, government documents, DVDs, electronic books, and other materials in the Library's collection. The catalog will tell you if the library owns a particular periodical (journal or magazine) but does not include the articles found in periodicals. To find these you must use a different database (see below).

You can limit/focus your search in any of the following ways:

A. Keywords: May search for two keywords using the terms and/or/not to limit search.

B. Author's Name: Use last name first with no commas.

C. Title: If the title begins with A, An or The, skip the first word and begin searching with the next word.

D. Subject: Must be specific to Library of Congress search terms. Use dashes in narrowing your search.

NOTE: The Advanced search screen allows you to combine terms using “and, or, not” as well as limiting a search by location, date, format, or language.

Here's a tip: Searching for Literary Criticism in the Catalog?

In the Catalog's Basic Search, use the 2nd field (Browse Organize Lists) to perform a SUBJECT, LC search for the AUTHOR. Yes--because this will help you get books about the author's works (i.e., Literary Criticism).

You will get a list of subject headings for that author, one of which will say "Criticism and Interpretation"--for example:

A SUBJECT LC, search for FAULKNER WILLIAM will get (with some scrolling and clicking through the results):

Faulkner, William, 1897-1962--Criticism and interpretation

II.  Interlibrary Loan - Locating resources not available at the FAU Boca Raton Library.

III.  RESEARCH GUIDANCE
Research Help Link -This link provides access to general and specific research information, such as finding books, articles, etc. at the FAU Libraries or through interlibrary loan, locating subject guides and library tutorials. Additionally, there is an FAQ page and information on how to get assistance from a librarian via Chat, email or reference consultations.  

 IV. Finding Articles (Use EZ Proxy link above for off-campus access)

SFX Interconnects databases to look for full-text articles.

Databases: 

For Literary Criticism:

Literature Resource Center - LRC, Scribner, Twayne US, Twayne English, and Twayne World Authors  | Some Full Text | Vendor: Gale Group
Delivers biographical and bibliographical information on authors and their works. Covers authors of fiction, non-fiction, poetry, drama, history, and journalism.

Literature Online (LION) | Full Text | Vendor: ProQuest
Provides access to more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 180 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

MLA International Bibliography  | 1920's-present | Vendor: EBSCO
Provides a detailed bibliography of journal articles, books and dissertations. The indexed materials coverage is international.  Subjects consist of literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts, as well as the historical aspects of printing and publishing. Listings on rhetoric and composition and the history, theory and practice of teaching language and literature are also included.

For General Research:

Academic Search Premier | 1975-present | Full Text  | Vendor: EBSCO
Contents/Info: Academic Search Premier, designed specifically for academic institutions, is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,700 publications, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed publications. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for nearly 8,200 journals in the collection.

JSTOR: Full Text | Vendor: JSTOR
Contents/Info: Journal Storage (118 scholarly journals in education, humanities, mathematics, science [including the General Science Collection and Ecology and Botany Collection], and social science disciplines)

Original Sources: Full Text| Vendor: Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
Contents/Info: This site includes original source documents, critical selections, and acclaimed works across U.S. and World History, Literature, Social Sciences, Political Science, Law, Science, Mathematics, Religion, Philosophy, and Language. It comprises more than 350,000 documents and more than 5,000 complete books. 

VI. OTHER SERVICES AND QUESTIONS

What's one thing you learned today?
What one thing is still unclear?
What's one thing you wished you learned?

VII. GETTING ADDITIONAL HELP

Ask-A-Librarian Email and chat reference help
Reference desk phone number: 561-297-3785
Make an appointment with a librarian: One-on-one reference consultation