ENGL 2333 @ NLC Library 

HANDOUTS 

• Library Essentials - MS Word  
• Using Online Databases -
• Developing a Search Strategy -
• Literary Criticism -
• Citing Sources - 

ACTIVITIES

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, type, peer-reviewed, etc.

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

The Cambridge Companion to fiction in the Romantic period NLC Circ

A Companion to Romanticism NLC Circ

English Fiction of the Romantic Period NLC Circ

NEW! 

Gale contextual encyclopedia of world literature [electronic resource]. 

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Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Databases by Subject - Literature  

• Literary Reference Center (EBSCO)  
• Literature Criticism Online
• Literature Resource Center(GALE)
• JSTOR
• MLA International Bibliograpy

SEARCH STRATEGIES

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• 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

CITATIONS       

  Citation Guide

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