ENGL 2327 @ NLC Library 

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials -
• Literary Criticism -
• Citing Sources -
• Using Online Databases -

Scholarly vs. Popular Articles

ACTIVITY - Use it or Lose it?

1. A New Source for the Title and Themes of The Scarlet Letter
2. The Threads of The Scarlet Letter: A Study of Hawthorne's Transformative Art
3. Tragic Elements of The Scarlet Letter

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

• Encyclopedia of American Literature
• The Oxford Handbook of Early American Literature
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

   Databases by Subject - Literature

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

NEED HELP? Contact Us!

Call: (210) 486-5388

Email: nlc-reference@alamo.edu

Library Instructor: Sarah Garrett