Researching Researching Literary SourcesLiterary Sources

Research and Information Research and Information Literacy Literacy

Professor Susan AcamporaProfessor Susan Acampora

Literary ResourcesLiterary Resources

CredoCredo Ebscohost’s Literary Resource Ebscohost’s Literary Resource

CenterCenter Ebscohost’s Biography Reference Ebscohost’s Biography Reference

BankBank JSTORJSTOR Other SourcesOther Sources

What do you need to What do you need to know?know?

Learn About the AuthorLearn About the Author Explore the Literary Themes Covered Explore the Literary Themes Covered

in the Workin the Work

Get to know the author:Get to know the author:

Who is he/she?Who is he/she? What is his/her background?What is his/her background? What are the major themes affecting What are the major themes affecting

their work?their work? Why is he/she writing?Why is he/she writing?

To get a sense of an To get a sense of an author’s identity and author’s identity and

background start with background start with some general/popular some general/popular

sites:sites: CREDOCREDO Google him/herGoogle him/her Anything on Social Media?Anything on Social Media? Does the author have a websiteDoes the author have a website YouTube VideoYouTube Video

Then Take IT TO THE DATABASESThen Take IT TO THE DATABASES

Quick Search CREDOQuick Search CREDO

If you cannot find an If you cannot find an authorauthor

For example:For example: Jerry McGill is not yet included in Jerry McGill is not yet included in

CREDOCREDO Some authors are relatively newSome authors are relatively new

Try :Try :

Biography Reference BankBiography Reference Bank

News DatabasesNews Databases

Amazon ReviewsAmazon Reviews

YoutubeYoutube

Jerry McGillJerry McGill Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man Dear Marcus: A Letter to the Man

Who Shot MeWho Shot Me https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N

v7qDmF9VVs

What are the themes the author What are the themes the author addresses?addresses?

Ernesto QuinonezErnesto Quinonez

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbrFXo7j-XU

The Themes CoveredThe Themes Covered

SurvivalSurvival Power of LovePower of Love Despair and ForgivenessDespair and Forgiveness The Infectious Nature of HatredThe Infectious Nature of Hatred RacismRacism OvercomingOvercoming Coping with DisabilitiesCoping with Disabilities PovertyPoverty

Literary Reference Center Literary Reference Center (Ebsco)(Ebsco)

Literary Reference CenterLiterary Reference Center™ ™ comprehensive databasecomprehensive database 1000s of authors and literary works covered1000s of authors and literary works covered specifically designed for undergraduate research. specifically designed for undergraduate research. FULL TEXTFULL TEXT Contains a wide variety of resource types Contains a wide variety of resource types

includingincluding reference works, books, and literary journals reference works, books, and literary journals Thousands of plot summaries, essays of literary Thousands of plot summaries, essays of literary

criticism, author biographies, book reviews, criticism, author biographies, book reviews, classic and contemporary poems, classic and classic and contemporary poems, classic and contemporary short stories, and author contemporary short stories, and author interviews.interviews.

Search by Author’s NameSearch by Author’s Name Search by Book’s TitleSearch by Book’s Title Limit by “Reviews”Limit by “Reviews”

Limit by Literary Limit by Literary CriticismCriticism

Search by Title Search by Title

JSTORJSTOR

JSTOR is a digital library of more than 1,900 academic journals, 19,000 books, and 2 million primary sources.

J-STOR offers researchers the ability J-STOR offers researchers the ability to retrieve high-resolution, scanned to retrieve high-resolution, scanned images of journal issues and pages as images of journal issues and pages as they were originally designed, they were originally designed, printed, and illustrated. printed, and illustrated.

Many Literary Reviews hereMany Literary Reviews here

Other Places to Look:Other Places to Look:

  Biography Reference Bank (Biography Reference Bank (H.W.Wilson/EBSCO )/EBSCO )

MAS Ultra articles, reviews, MAS Ultra articles, reviews, biographies, reference books, images…biographies, reference books, images…

LISTA (a library information science LISTA (a library information science database)database) Good place to find book reviews by Good place to find book reviews by

librarians and teacherslibrarians and teachers

RefworksRefworks

Each of these databases allow the Each of these databases allow the EXPORT of references to REFWORKS!EXPORT of references to REFWORKS!

Go to the Databases Page for LiteratureGo to the Databases Page for Literature Test some databases we dicussedTest some databases we dicussed Export 2-3 articles to a Refworks folder Export 2-3 articles to a Refworks folder Call the Folder Literary EssayCall the Folder Literary Essay Create a Works Cited page for your Lit Create a Works Cited page for your Lit

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