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Books
in Academic Libraries: online catalogs and book databases |
Library
Catalog
Search the library catalog for books located in Owens Library,
in 4 academic libraries
in our Towers region, or in over 50 MOBIUS Missouri
academic libraries.
1) To locate works written by the author, enter a:
followed by the author's last name first
name 2)
To locate works written about the author, enter enter
s: followed by the
author's last name first name 3)
To locate criticism about the author's work
using the KEYWORD search box:
a)
enter
the author's last name first name
and critic*
4) To locate biographical information using
the KEYWORD search box:
a)
enter the author's last name first name
and biograph*
ebrary
Academic Complete
"ebrary Academic Complete has over 52,000
titles covering business and economics, computers and technology, life
and physical sciences, social and behavioral sciences, and humanities.
There is simultaneous, multi-user access. A majority of the ebook titles
have been published since 2000." This unique online book collection
enables you to keyword search the full text of books in the collection
and store highlighted text and excerpts in your own BookShelf.
WorldCat
Use WorldCat to search for books in libraries across the United
States. Order those book titles not available through MOBIUS with Interlibrary
Loan Book/Microfilm Request.
Google Book Search
You can search the entire text of books in the large Google
Book Search database and then browse the keywords you search in context. You can
also browse tables of content and book indexes where available. Search
MOBIUS to locate titles you identify and then REQUEST those titles for
MOBIUS delivery. Order those book titles not available through MOBIUS
with Interlibrary
Loan Book/Microfilm Request. |
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Periodicals:
databases that list records of articles in journals and magazines |
Search
for Articles
English Databases
This is a list of periodical databases selected and prioritized by librarians
at Owens Library.
1Search Literature
Query all or selected literature periodical and book databases using
one search.
1) MLA International
Bibliography (Modern Language Association)
The MLA International Bibliography
is the ultimate database to search for literary
research
papers. To locate critical articles in journals:
a)
enter the author's last name
and the title of the work
2) JSTORJSTOR is a searchable online archive
of scholarly journals in the humanities and social sciences, including 61 journals
in language & literature.
3) Academic OneFile
(Gale)
To locate biographical or critical
articles:
a)
click Subject Guide Search
b)
type author's last name first name
c)
click subdivisions
d)
click biography or criticism as needed
18th Century English Studies Scholarly Journals
Age of Johnson: A Scholarly Annual
Search within this periodical in MLA
Publishes articles on English literature, history, and culture relating
to the period of Samuel Johnson's life (1709-84) to about 1820.
Eighteenth-Century Fiction
Search
within this periodical in MLA
Full Text Online
Publishes articles on the historical and critical investigation of imaginative
prose fiction from 1660-1832
Eighteenth-Century Life
Search
within this periodical in MLA
Full
Text Online
Publishes articles, notes, and documents in all areas of eighteenth-century
European, Near Eastern, and Asian life, especially literature, history,
philosophy, social studies, nontechnical science, art, religion, and
music.
Eighteenth-Century Novel
Search
within this periodical in MLA
Publishes new research on the Anglophone novel of the eighteenth century.
Eighteenth-Century Studies
Search
within this periodical in MLA
Full
Text Online
Publishes contributions on all aspects of the eighteenth century, especially
those that are interdisciplinary or that are of general interest to scholars
working in other disciplines.
Eighteenth Century: Theory and Interpretation
Search
within this periodical in MLA
Publishes essays on all aspects of culture from 1660-1800, including
literature, history, art, science, music, history of ideas, and popular
culture. Concerned with the application of twentieth-century theory and
methodology to the eighteenth century.
Persuasions: The Jane Austen Journal
Search
within this periodical in MLA
Full
Text Online
Publishes articles on Jane Austen, her works, and her times.
Studies in Eighteenth-Century Culture
Search
within this periodical in MLA
Publishes articles on eighteenth-century culture, especially literature,
history, daily life, and arts.
Studies in English literature, 1500-1900
Full
Text Online
"...focuses on four fields of British literature which rotate quarterly
as follows: winter--English Renaissance; spring--Tudor and Stuart drama;
summer--Restoration and Eighteenth century; and autumn--Nineteenth century"
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 Locating
Periodicals in Owens Library
Learn how to find the call number, the format/media type,
and the Owens Library location
of
a periodical title, i.e., NOT the title of the journal or magazine article
itself. |
Types
of Periodicals
Determine
how to tell the difference between a scholarly
journal and
a popular magazine. |
Locating
Peer-Reviewed Periodicals
Discover
how to limit a search to refereed or peer-reviewed articles. |
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Literature
Resources: criticism, drama, poetry, short story |
Literature Resource Center
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world. Full text literature criticism is selectively drawn from articles in the Gale Literature Criticism series and biographical articles are taken from the Dictionary of Literary Biography series. |
Literary
Index
At this site, search
by title or author to locate books published
by the Gale/Thomson Group, a highly respected publisher of literary reference
materials. |
Literature criticism from 1400 to 1800 : excerpts
from criticism of the works of fifteenth, sixteenth, seventeenth, and
eighteenth-century novelists, poets, playwrights, philosophers, and other
creative writers, from the first published critical appraisals to current
evaluations
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Owens Reference 809.03 L77L
Furnishes excerpts from criticism of the works of the most-studied novelists,
poets, playwrights, short story writers, nonfiction writers, and various
other creative writers who died between 1400 and 1799. |
Gale
Literature Criticism Series Guide: Titles, Descriptions, & Locations in
Owens Library
This guide describes and provides the location for every Gale/Thomson published
literature criticism series held and maintained in Owens Library. Use
the Literary Index to identify which series volume and page numbers contain
articles about specific authors or specific works of literature. |
| Biographical
Sources About Authors
in Owens Library |
| Literary
Criticism Sources in
Owens Library |
| Drama
Criticism Sources in
Owens Library |
| Poetry
Criticism Sources in
Owens Library |
| Short
Story Criticism Sources in
Owens Library |
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