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Journal Indexes -- search for material in periodicals and professional journals (access only available to IvyTech students/faculty)
Internet Resources -- search the open Web for authors, literary works, reviews, etc.
Search Engines & Directories -- use these powerful searching aids to narrow your Internet searching to relevant items
Online Reference Sources -- reference databases containing author bios and literary criticism (access only available to IvyTech students/faculty)
Library Catalogs & Ebooks -- use these to find material available in the library and electronically
Reference Books -- materials available in the reference department of the Campus Library
Rersearch/WritingTools -- quick and easy tools to aid nursing students in doing research and writing the paper
Journal Indexes :
&EBSCO -- (Academic Search Premier) - Search by author's name (last name, first name) as "people" and/or title as "reviews & products" You can also narrow by using the "subjects" criticism, fiction technique, or authorship. You can also limit your search to "book review" under document type
&ProQuest -- Search by author's name (last name, first name i.e. Welty, Eudora) as "person" and/or title of work as "citation and abstract" and limit by using "literary criticism" as subject. You can also limit your search to "book review" under document type
&SIRS Renaissance -- Search by author (last name, first name) as "subject" in the quick search. You can also browse by topic under literature and then literary criticism
Newsbank -- May find some book reviews, especially limiting to the New York Times.
IvyJo -- Listing of full-text electronic periodicals and journals on "Literature" available on the Virtual Library.
Internet Resources:
--General:
Librarian's Index to the Internet: Literature and Books -- A guide to all aspects of reading and writing, storytelling, etc.
Norton LitWeb Glossary -- A glossary of important literary terms
Norton LitWeb -- A guide to students who want to learn how to read and analyze what they have read and think through their responses to literary text.
Glossary of Literary Theory -- A glossary of basic literary terms sponsored by the University of Toronto.
LitLinks -- A guide to sites on literary criticism organized by fiction, essay, poetry, drama, and critical theory. Limited to more famous authors and titles, but good starting point, with lots of advice and help with researching and criticism.
--American Literature/Authors
American Writers 1600-1975 -- An American history series from C-span that "looks at the lives and works of selected american authors that have influenced the course of our nation"
Perspectives In American Literature -- A page devoted to American literature from early america to the 20th Century, with links to 400 author pages
Project Crow: Survey of American Literature -- A collection of teaching and learning resources on american literature
Modern American Authors -- Covers authors and their works from the turn of the century to the middle of the 20th Centurey
American Authors On theWeb -- A list of 100 links to various pages dealing with american literature and authors
--British Literature/Authors:
Contemporary British Writing -- Criticism and/or biographies of 18 late 20th century authors
British & Irish Authors On The Web --
Modern British Authors -- Links to major British writiers compiled by the English Dept. of the University of California, Santa Barbara.
--Women Authors:
A Celebration of Women writers -- direct link to authors
Domestic Goddess -- A moderated e-journal devoted to women authors
--World Authors--
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism -- Literary criticism page listed alphabetically by authors.
LitWeb.net -- Collection of biographies of over 500 important writers.
Search Engines & Directories:
Google.com (Advanced) -- Use advanced search and search with the exact phrase "literary criticism" and with all the words "author's name" OR "title of work"
Altavista.com (Advanced) -- Use advanced search and search this exact phrase "literary criticism" and all the words "author's name" OR "title of work"
Online Reference Databases :
LitFINDER - An index to  poems, short stories and essays with emphasis on the full-text of individual works but does contain some biographical and critical information (Some providers may require to use your Inspire ID & Password)
&Biography Resource Center - Provides access to biographies, magazine articles and additional Web sites. There is usually criticism of an author's body of work, sometimes with specific criticism of individual major works
Contemporary Authors - Provides biographical details on 112,000 modern novelists, poets, playwrites, nonfiction writers, journalists and scriptwriters.(Requires TCPL library card number and personal password)
&MagillOnLiteraturePlus (EBSCO) -- Database of critical analyses and brief plot summaries as well as the biographies and author essays of major world authors. This is a major database that combines criticism and biographical info in one search.
Library Catalogs & Ebooks:
&IvyCat -- Ivy Tech's online catalog. Search by author's name as subject. (this catalog includes all electronic books)
&TipCat -- TCPL's online catalog. Search by author's name as subject.
Purdue University Library Catalog -- Purdue's online catalog
ebrary (eBooks) -- 18,000+ full text books online. Search by author's name as subject.
NetLibrary (eBooks) -- 7,000+ full text books online. Search by author's name as subject.
Reference books: (available in Ivy Tech-Region 4 reference collection)
American Writers - Scribners, 2003 -
British Writers - Scribners, 2003 - REF PR67.B688
Critical Survey of Long Fiction - Salem Press, 2000 - REF PN3451.C75
Critical Survey of Poetry - Salem Press, 1992 - REF PR502.C85
Critical Survey of Short Fiction - Salem Press, 2001 - REF PN3321.C934
Literary Monvements for Students - Thomson Gale, 2002 - REF PN597.L58
Twyane Companion to Contemporary Literature in English - Thomson Gale, 2003 - REF PS225.T88
World Literature Criticism: 1500 to Present - Gale Research, 1992 - REF PN523.W67
Reference Guide to World Literature - St. James Press, 1995 - REF PN524.R44
Research/Writing Tools:
Guide To Citing Sources with APA -- A student guide to citing sources. This is a PDF document that requires AdobeAcrobat software on your computer
Sample APA Research Paper -- A sample of a research paper in the APA style in as a PDF document requiring AdobeAcrobat software on your computer
Boolean Searching -- PowerPoint guide to using boolean operators and other techniques for good searching
Research 101 -- A brief online tutorial on basic information research from the University of Washington libraries
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