 |
|
|
|
|
***Titles marked with the Muhlenberg M are "most recommended" resources.***
Reference works
generally. . .
Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org)
Not itself a scholarly source, but rather a repository of common knowledge. Good for topic-narrowing.literary biography. . .
Cambridge History of English and American Literature 1921 ed. (http://www.bartleby.com/cambridge/index.html)
Gale Literary Index (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex)
A master index to most of the literary biography sketchbooks listed below.Dictionary of Literary Biography M (Ref Collection 810.920 D554)
European Writers (Ref Collection 809.20 E89w)
Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800 M (Ref Collection 809.03 L776c)
Nineteenth Century Literature Criticism (Ref Collection 809.034 N714)
Contemporary Literary Criticism (Ref Collection 809.04 C761)other biography. . .
Encyclopedia of the Reformation (Ref Collection 270.603 O98e)
Books
The following online catalgos can be found by visiting the Trexler Library Home Page
Finding Books
Trexler Library Catalog
Catalog of all books and documents in Trexler Library at Muhlenberg College.WorldCat
Catalog of books and documents in libraries throughout the world. Watch especially for the AREA LIBRARIES designation. Use E-ZBorrow for faster interlibrary loan.
E-ZBorrow M
A catalog of books and documents in the libraries of PALCI, to which Muhlenberg College belongs. Submit interlibrary loan requests here for rapid delivery.
Periodical articles
Finding
ArticlesPeriodical Databases &
Indexes.
general indexes with full text. . .
Academic Search Premier M
A good starting place for journals, and includes the full text of about 3000 journals. Limit to "peer reviewed" to find only scholarly articles. Back issues of journals begin as early as 1990. Recent issues may not be included yet, due to publisher agreement. Journals held in Trexler Library are marked accordingly.
Omnifile (WilsonWeb)
Includes extensive full text, from both popular and scholarly periodicals.
subject-specialty indexes. . .
Historical Abstracts
The standard index for modern European history. Some links to full text.
MLA
The standard index for literary criticism.
getting to the full text. . .
Once you have found the citation of a journal article you're interested in, follow this path to see if the journal is available online or in print in Trexler Library: Trexler Library Home Page
articles via interlibrary loan. . .
Finding
ArticlesGetting a Copy of an Article.
search engines and directories. . .
Google (http://www.google.com)
Non-selective. One of the largest web crawlers.HotBot (http://www.hotbot.com)
Non-selective. One of the largest web crawlers. Advanced search offers more precision than Google.Google Scholar (http://scholar.google.com)
A web crawler that looks for content it identifies as "scholarly." Emphasis is on books and journal articles. Intended as a "federated search" to search across disciplines (weighted toward sciences and social sciences). Not always full text. Check our Journal Locator (see above) to see if Muhlenberg has access to the full text.Librarian's Index to the Internet M (http://lii.org/)
Highly selective search engine and directory of web resources. Both scholarly and popular sites deemed important by a team of California-based public librarians. Entries are accompanied by paragraph-length descriptions.
web sites. . .
Voice of the Shuttle (http://vos.ucsb.edu/)
A gateway to scholarly resources in the humanities (i.e. literature and philosophy).
Evaluating resources
View a checklist of criteria for evaluating web and print resources by following the path Trexler Library Home Page
Research Help
Citing sources
Research HelpCitation
Guides.| If you have any questions about
your research, please feel free to contact me: Kelly Cannon Humanities and Business Reference Librarian 484-664-3602 kcannon@muhlenberg.edu IM: refcannon For after-hours
chat reference, visit
Ask Here PA This page last updated September 13, 2006 |