ENGL 1302 @ NLC Library 

Assignment: Literary Research Paper

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials -
• Using Online Databases -
• Developing a Search Strategy -
• Literary Criticism -

Scholarly vs. Popular Articles

ACTIVITIES

Find It!

Bauer, Margaret D. "Alice Walker: Another Southern Writer Criticizing Codes Not Put To 'Everyday Use'." Studies in Short Fiction 29.2 (Spring 1992): 143-151.

Use it or Lose It! 

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

Some relevant books:

• Critical Survey of Poetry
• Critical Survey of Long Fiction
• Masterplots II Poetry Series
• Masterplots II: Short Story Series
• Notable American Novelists
• 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

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