Here are some resources for your Literature Reviews:
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Forms for Requesting Materials
Frequently Asked Questions
Information Literacy Modules (for a refresher)
Humanities Databases:
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.
MLA International Bibliography - 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.
Education Databases:
ERIC - An online resource for educators. Contains citations and abstracts from almost 1000 education-related journals. Citations to the contents of ERIC Documents, including conference papers and curriculum suggestions. The LCSC Library has the ERIC Documents, full-text, on microfiche (after #247370).
ProQuest Education Journals - Leading full-text journals in education and related fields.
General Journal Databases:
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.
ProQuest National Newspapers Premier - Includes a balance of national and regional newspapers chosen for their journalistic excellence and regional representation. All titles are available in full text. Papers include national titles such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post along with a selection of titles from across the U.S. such as the South Florida Sun Sentinel, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Denver Post, The Sacramento Bee plus other important U.S. papers.
Paper research sources:
Humanities Index - a Paper Index, 1974-present. Covers archaeology and classical studies, area studies, folklore, history, language & literature, literary & political criticism, performing arts, philosophy, religion & theology. For articles prior to 1974, refer to International Index to Periodicals, a Paper Index, 1907-1965, or to Social Sciences & Humanities Index, a Paper Index, 1965-1974.
Biography Index - a Paper Index, 1946-Present. Guide to biographical material published in periodicals and books.
Book Review Digest - a Paper Index, 1910-Present. Includes excerpts from book reviews published in periodicals in the humanities, social sciences and general science in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain.
Book Review Index - a Paper Index, 1969-Present. Citations to reviews of books, periodicals, and books-on-tape.
Essay & General Literature Index - a Paper Index, 1900-Present. Guide to essays and articles published in books on the arts, history, linguistics, literature, philosophy, religion, economics, education, law, political science, psychology, sociology, science.
New York Times Index - a Paper Index, 1969-Present. Subject index to the New York Times articles. Provides abstracts of the significant news, editorial matter and special features published in the newspaper, daily and Sunday.
Poole's Index to Periodical Literature - a Paper Index, 1802-1900. Guide to English language periodicals of general interest. Replaced by Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature, a paper index, 1900-Present.
Women's Studies Abstracts - a Paper Index, 1983-Present. Covers women studies, psychology of women, sex roles, sexuality, family, society, violence against women, religion, philosophy & ethics, sports & physical capabilities, family planning, pregnancy, abortion, performing arts, interpersonal relations, prejudice & sex discrimination, women's liberation movement, biography. Provides abstracts of publications.
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.
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.
The Cambridge Introduction to Shakepeare
Encyclopedia of Contemporary LGBTQ Literature in the United States
Encyclopedia of Literature and Science
The Greenwood encyclopedia of American poets and poetry
Women in the Age of Shakespeare
WorldCat - A catalog of items held at libraries throughout the world. Many of these materials can be borrowed through inter-library loan.
Washington State University Catalog - Useful if you want to know what's in their collection before driving to Pullman to use their resources on-site. Be aware that they charge us for Inter-Library Loan!
Google Books - Info from their Website: "Just do a search on Google Book Search or on Google.com. When we find a book whose content contains a match for your search terms, we'll link to it in your search results. Click a book title and you'll see, like a card catalog entry, some basic information about the book. You may also see a few snippets of text from the book showing your search term in context. If the publisher or author has given us permission through our Partner Program then you'll see a few full pages from the book and if the book is out of copyright, you'll be able to page through the entire book." Click on the "About This Book" link and look for a link called "Find This Book in a Library" to locate the nearest library holdings.
Gale Literary Index - Search the contents of the reference book series published by this highly reputable company.
African American Women Writers of the 19th Century -- A digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. A full text database of these 19th and early 20th- century titles, this digital library is key-word-searchable. Provided by The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, a research unit of The New York Public Library.
Baldwin Library of Children's Literature : Digital Collection -- A collection of 2500 fully digitized children's books published from 1850 to 1900 in the U.S. and U.K. Provided by the George A. Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida.
Beowulf : A New Translation for Oral Delivery -- Text and reading of a new translation of Beowulf by a former professor, Dick Ringler. Part of the University of Wisconsin's Digital Collections.
The Carlyle Letters Online -- A digital archive based on the Duke-Edinburgh edition of
The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle . Provided by Duke University Press.Connie Martindale Talks Books -- A collection of video podcasts of television interviews with famous authors. Provided by the Claremont Colleges Digital Library.
Geoffrey Chaucer - A site developed for Harvard University with a wide selection of material about Geoffrey Chaucer.
The Paris Review - "Including interviews about writing conducted with almost every major American writer who has published in the last 50 years, this Web site is a vital research tool for anyone interested in literature and/or creative writing." --C.A. Mohrbacher, CHOICE. Some articles are free; others must be purchased.
Poetry Archive -- "Founded in 1999 by UK poet laureate Andrew Motion and record producer Richard Carrington, this Web site is notable for its streaming audio recordings of English-language poets reading their own work.... Highly recommended." M.P. Shapiro, CHOICE.
Poets.org -- From the Academy of American Poets.
Voice of the Shuttle - A subject directory for the Humanities. Provided by the University of California Santa Barbara.
The Walt Whitman Archive -- An electronic research and teaching tool that sets out to make Whitman's vast work, for the first time, easily and conveniently accessible to scholars, students, and general readers. Directed by Kenneth M. Price (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) and Ed Folsom (University of Iowa).
Western Writers Series Digital Editions -- Brief, authoritative introductions to writers and classic texts of the American West. Provided by Albertsons Library Special Collections and the English Department of Boise State University.
Wired for Books : Poems, Stories, Plays, Essays, Lectures and Interviews for Children and Adults -- One-on-one interviews of writers by Don Swaim at CBS Radio studio in New York. Each typically lasts 30 to 45 minutes. Also a few readings of children's books and readings and lectures of noted writers at the Ohio University Spring Literary Festival. Wired for Books is a production of the WOUB Center for Public Media, Scripps College of Communication, Ohio University.
Government:
USA.gov - A search engine for government Web pages, with an emphasis on the Executive Branch of the Federal Government. Another good source of statistics.
Data.gov - Information and access to data generated and help by the Federal Government.
FedFlix - The best movies of the United States Government, from training films to history, from our national parks to the U.S. Fire Academy and the Postal Inspectors, all of these fine flix are available for reuse without any restrictions whatsoever. A joint venture between the National Technical Information Service and Public.Resource.org.
Federal Digital System - Searchable database of Web pages, with an emphasis on the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government, including Congressional bills and hearings. Provided by the Government Printing Office.
Thomas - An easy-to-search source for legislative information, provided by the Library of Congress.
I-Docs - An online collection of paper and digital resources selectively chosen from published Idaho Government Documents.
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.
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.
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.
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: March 14, 2011
