ENC 1102: Library Resources for Literary Research

March 27, 2007

Professor Gutting

Librarian: Ken Frankel

** EZ-Proxy is necessary to access databases and electronic journals from off-campus

1. Finding Books:

FAU Libraries Catalog

Click on “Catalog” or “Books”. This source lists the books, government documents, videos, and other materials owned by the FAU libraries. It will tell you what books, DVDs and journals, etc. the library owns.

Search for Keyword(s): Searches for terms anywhere they appear in the catalog record. Search terms can be truncated with a ? e.g. liter? will search for literary, literature, etc.   Browse Organized Lists: Use this search when you already know an author, title or subject heading. Some of the available options include: Author’s Name: last name first, you don’t need to capitalize Title: if a title starts with “The,” “A,” or “An,” omit that and skip to the next word Subject, LC: must be entered in a very specific manner. You may get a cross-reference to use a different search term. If you're not finding anything with a subject search try a keyword search instead.   Journals/Serials: This search lets you know if the Library has a certain journal or magazine. However, it does not search for articles in journals. To do this use a database instead (see below). After searching for a journal title, click on the "Location" line to see which dates the Library owns. (Note: not all electronic journals are catalogued in WebLUIS. There is also a link to a separate list of all electronic journals available at FAU). The Advanced search screen allows you to combine terms using "and, or, not" as well the ability to limit by format, language, and/or date.  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

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

SFX Interconnects databases to look for full-text

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.

Black Thought and Culture  | Vendor: Alexander Street Press
This resource provides access to the published works of numerous historically important black leaders. Along with well-known works, the collection features unique, fugitive, and never-before-published materials.

Ethnic NewsWatch  | 1990-present | Full Text | Vendor: ProQuest Direct
Contents/Info: Ethnic NewsWatch is an interdisciplinary, bilingual (English and Spanish) and comprehensive full text database of the newspapers, magazines and journals of the ethnic, minority and native press. Designed to provide the "other side of the story," ENW full text titles offer additional viewpoints from those proffered by the mainstream press.

In the First Person: An index to letters, diaries, oral histories, and other personal narratives | Vendor: Alexander Street Press
Contents/Info: In the First Person is a new library index that lets users perform in-depth field and keyword searches across all letters, diaries, oral histories, memoirs, and autobiographies within scholarly materials that are freely available on the Web and Alexander Street databases.  The search returns citation information and links to full text, audio, and video whenever available. 

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)

Opposing Viewpoints: 2003-present | Vendor: Gale Group
Contents/Info: Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center draws on the acclaimed social issues series published by Greenhaven Press, as well as core reference content from other Gale and Macmillan Reference USA sources to provide a complete one-stop source for information on social issues. Access viewpoint articles, topic overviews, statistics, primary documents, links to websites, and full-text magazine and newspaper articles.

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.

SIRS Knowledge Source  | Some Full Text | Vendor: SIRS Knowledge Source
Contents/Info: A reference source which includes access to SIRS Researcher, SIRS Government Reporter, SIRS Renaissance, SIRS NetSelect and SIRS Interactive Citizenship.

Interlibrary Loan Can obtain materials not owned by the FAU Library

3. For further assistance:

In-Person: Feel free to ask questions at the Reference Desk when you are in the library and need help in using the library Phone: 561-297-3785 Email: lyref@fau.edu or us our Ask-A-Librarian form Chat/Instant Message: New! Add FauReference to your AOL Buddy List for Instant Messenger reference help, M-F, 9am-5pm