ENGL 2322 @ NLC Library 

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ENGL 2322 Bernard Activity.doc 

Types of Periodicals

Scholarly vs Popular Articles

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ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

• Reading Beowulf (e-book)
• Sir Gawain and the Classical Tradition

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Databases by Subject - Literature

• Literary Reference Center
• Literature Criticism Online
• Literature Resouce Center
• MLA International Bibliography
• JSTOR

• Academic Search Complete

INTERNET SITES

• NLC Library Hotlinks Literature  

          Try Internet Public Library Literary Criticism

               British Library

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• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

•  PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• IDB & ILL

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