Transcript Literary Criticism Research Paper

Literary Criticism
Research Paper
Spring 2008
Objectives
Students will be able to:
• Locate Media Center Online Resources & web
page for this assignment.
• Access secondary materials using Gale Literary
Index.
• Print out personal list of resources from Gale
Research.
• Browse materials for likely sources.
• Locate and replace all book sources.
• Locate full-texts of critical materials via the
Student Resource Center Gold and ProQuest
Learning: Literature.
Resources for this Assignment
Books
Online Index
Databases
Online Research Tools
Media Center Handouts
Books
Background or Supplementary Reading
Combination Reference Sources
Critical Sources
Single-Volume critical sources
Background Reading
• Why use background reading?
• It is often easier to read even though
chapters may be long.
• It might present an overall sense of
different critical opinions.
• To get historical or psychological insight on
an author or times.
Background Sources from Gale
Dictionary of Literary
Biography (DLB)
American Writers
Concise Dictionary of American Concise Dictionary of British
Literary Biography
Literary Biography
(CDALB)
(CDBLB)
Beacham’s
British Writers
Reference Background Sources
• Best accessed using Gale Literary Index.
• The “Its Times” series will have different
call number ranges.
• Call numbers begin with REF 800…
World Literature and Its Times
•Latin American literature
•African literature
•British & Irish literature
•Spanish & Portuguese literature
Literature and Its Times
Combination Sources
• Why use combination sources?
• Present an overview of the author’s works and
link the novel’s events to events in history.
• Present plot overviews, character sketches, and
important themes in the work.
• Each chapter presents a critical overview and
2 or 3 particularly accessible articles of
criticism. Each critical article is a different
source.
Combination Sources
Shelved in Reference
Requires Gale Literary Index
Drama for Students
Nonfiction Classics
for Students
This set is only
available as an ebook
Novels for Students
Critical Sources from Gale
• Provide excerpts and full texts of literary criticism.
• Represent a variety of opinions over time. Consult
multiple volumes. Chapters contain many entries; each is
considered a source.
• Requires use of Gale Literary Index to find pertinent
volumes.
• Entries are dense and may require background reading for
fuller comprehension.
• Some entries are duplicated in online sources, but most
will require note-taking and photocopying.
Critical Sources from Gale
Contemporary Literary
Criticism (CLC)
Nineteenth Century
Literary Criticism (NCLC)
Black Literature Criticism
Twentieth Century Literary
Criticism (TCLC)
Hispanic Literature Criticism
Single-Volume Works
• Housed on Reserve Carts
• Most are anthologies of critical essays.
• May be entirely on one literary work, the
body of an author’s works, or a genre.
• Each chapter or entry by a different
author constitutes a different source.
Online Sources
• Gale Literary Index – will provide access
only to relevant Gale titles.
• Student Resource Center Gold – will
provide full texts of background and critical
essays.
• ProQuest Learning Literature – will provide
full texts of background and critical
essays. Username = 81-7306 password =
bigchalk
What’s Next…
• Quick Walking Tour of Reference Section
• Print out personal list of relevant Gale
titles
• Browse for either print or online sources
• Re-shelve Reference & place singlevolume titles on Reserve Cart