ENGL 1302 @ NLC Library 

HANDOUTS

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

ACTIVITIES

     Criticism, Review or Overview? - Test your knowledge 

     Start your research today!

 Want books? (E-books too) Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

• A Dictionary of Literary and Thematic Terms
• Reading Faulkner: Collected Stories (on 4-hour reserve)
• Master Plots II: Short Story Series 
• The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English 
• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature 
• The Art of the Short Story
• William Faulkner [electronic resource] 

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: Linda Plevak, Tracey Mendoza