Here are some resources for your Literature Reviews:
Link to Library Home Page
Forms for Requesting Materials
Frequently Asked Questions
Information Literacy Modules (for a refresher)
Reference Books in the LCSC Library
Gale Series
Literature Resource Center -- Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on more than 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Magill's Series
Critical Survey of Short Fiction - A multi-volume series commonly referred to as Magill's, in the Library's Reference Collection, for library use only. Each signed author entry in the Magill Critical Surveys includes the birth and death dates of the writer, a section on the writer's achievements, a brief biographical essay, an analysis of the writer's work, a list of the writer's principal literary works, and a selected annotated bibliography of critical works. The last volume of each set usually contains essays on the principal periods, schools, or forms of literature within the genre. Each volume is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the writer. There is a combined author-title index at the end of the last volume of each set. [Ref PN3373 .C7 1981]
Critical Survey of Long Fiction - A multi-volume series commonly referred to as Magill's, in the Library's Reference Collection. Each signed author entry in the Magill Critical Surveys includes the birth and death dates of the writer, a section on the writer's achievements, a brief biographical essay, an analysis of the writer's work, a list of the writer's principal literary works, and a selected annotated bibliography of critical works. The last volume of each set usually contains essays on the principal periods, schools, or forms of literature within the genre. Each volume is arranged alphabetically by the last name of the writer. There is a combined author-title index at the end of the last volume of each set. [Ref PN3451 .C75 1984]
Other Reference Books
Dictionary of Mexican Literature [Ref PQ7106 .D53 1992]
Modern Latin American Literature [Ref PQ7081 .F63 1975]
Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature [Ref PQ7081 .A1 E56]
Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean Literature, 1900-2003 [Ref PQ7081.A1 E558 2004]
MLA International Bibliography - A journal index that covers literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Provides citations to journal articles, single-author monographs, book chapters from multi-author works, dissertation abstracts, and book series. Produced by the Modern Language Association of America.
ProQuest Central - Includes articles from over 11,000 magazines and journals. Many, but not all, provide the full-text of articles. Over 160 subjects areas are covered extensively in this product including business and economics, health and medical, news and world affairs, technology, and social sciences.
Research Library - A smaller collection of periodicals than ProQuest Central. Covers a broad range of subjects including arts, business, children, education, general interest, health, humanities, international, law, military, multicultural, psychology, sciences, social sciences, and women's interests.
LCSC Library Catalog - provides information about the materials owned by the LCSC Library and other North Idaho Academic Libraries, including North Idaho College and the University of Idaho. Also has a link to WIN Libraries, so you can search Gonzaga, Whitworth, and VALNet Libraries.
Working Spanish for Medical Professionals (ebook)
Credo Reference - Search a collection of up to 100 online dictionaries and subject encyclopedias. Or click on "Find a Book," and search within only one title, such as Cambridge Guide to Theatre or Bloomsbury Guide to Art.
Virtual Reference Library - Search a collection on online reference books from Gale, a respected publisher of subject-focused encyclopedias and dictionaries.
FSI Language Courses - Language training courses provided by the Foreign Service Institute (U.S. government). They provide textbooks and some digitized audio files.
Latin American Literature - Sites organized by country, provided by the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies (LLILAS) at the University of Texas at Austin.
Literature in Spanish - Links to Websites on individual authors. Provided by Voice of the Shuttle, a website for Humanities Research, English Department at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
MLA Language Map - Uses data from the 2000 United States census to display the locations and numbers of speakers of thirty languages and three groups of less commonly spoken languages in the United States.
Virtual Keyboard - Provides a space to type in French, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Swedish, or Polish, using the special characters (diacritical marks) of each language. You can copy the text into other programs without having to download a font. Provided by Imagiforce Corporation.
International Children's Digital Library : A Library for the World's Children - A digital library of outstanding children's books from around the world, including books in Spanish. Developed by the University of Maryland and the Internet Archive, with funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Job & Graduate School Information:
- Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor, CareerOneStop provides job-seekers with career information, as well as tools to help in a job search.
Idaho Career Information System - CIS is a division of the Idaho Department of Labor and since 1980 has been helping people in Idaho with volumes of information about occupations, postsecondary education, financial aid and finding jobs.
Occupational Outlook Handbook - Information on careers from the Department of Labor.
Standardized Tests:
Learning Express - Each of the Learning Centers offers the practice tests, exercises, skill-building courses, eBooks, and information you need to achieve the results you want—at school, at work, or in life. Create a free account for yourself, so that the program can track your test results.
Test Prep Review -- Free access to sample questions from many standardized tests, such as graduate school entrance exams and certification exams.
Citations:
APA Formatting and Style Guide - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
APA Citation Style - examples of citations in APA Format for your list of References.
MLA Formatting and Style Guide - Guidance provided by Purdue University Online Writing Lab.
MLA Citation Style - Guidance provided by the University of Illinois Writers' Workshop.
Knight Cite -- An automatic generator of citations in either MLA, APA, or Chicago style. Registering for the service allows you to save citations to generate a bibliography. A free service provided by the Hekman Library at Calvin College.
Son of Citation Machine -- An "interactive Web tool designed to assist high school, college, and university students, their teachers, and independent researchers in their effort to respect other people's intellectual properties" (from the Website).
Research Paper Help:
Online Writing Lab - A service of the Humanities Division at LCSC, this center provides one-on-one advice from other students on improving your papers before turning them in.
Assignment Calculator - Based on the start date and due date for your assignment, this calculator will map out benchmarks for completing tasks leading up to the final paper. It also provides links to other pages with tips on understanding your assignment, focusing your topic, etc. It was developed by the library at the University of Minnesota, so a few of its linked resources are not available to you. But we have many similar resources available to you on this campus.
Online Resources for Writers - Links to useful information from colleges and universities, covering all phases of writing academic essays. Provided by the Amherst Writing Center.
Thesaurus.com - Find synonyms for your search terms. An Ask.com service.
Wikipedia : Researching with Wikipedia - A page on the Wikipedia site that describes the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia as a source of information. It includes this statement: "In all academic institutions, Wikipedia, along with most encyclopedias, is unacceptable as a major source for a research paper."
Page Author: Barbara Barnes
Last updated: January 10, 2011
