ENGL 2333 @ NLC Library 

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials -
• Literary Criticism -
• Citing Sources -
• Evaluating Websites -

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

   Databases by Subject - Literature

Scholarly vs. Popular Articles

ACTIVITY - Use it or Lose it?

1. Camus's 'The Silent Men' and 'The Guest': Depictions of Absurd Awareness
2. French Colonialism's Affects on the Arab Prisoner in The Guest
3. Albert Camus: A Life

INTERNET SITES

• NLC Library Hotlinks - Literature
• Internet Public Library - Literary Criticism
• Google Scholar 

   

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG

• English Literature in the Age of Chaucer 
• Encyclopedia of Transcendentalism
• Adventures in Realism
• A Companion to Romanticism
• The Return of Christian Humanism

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