ENG102.English.CompostionII.King

toc =Course: Eng 102 English Comp II=
 * Prof. Patrick King**
 * Instruction Librarian: Ted Intarabumrung**

This guide is designed to help you literary criticism research topics. It includes an index of scholarly sources that should be used. Included in the list are websites and search engines that will be helpful in your research. If you have any trouble finding these sources, please ask a librarian for help. Good Luck! Any comments or suggestions are welcome!

Learning Objectives:

 * Able to locate literary criticism information sources in MBLN Online Catalog, and Subscribed Electronic Databases (Literary Reference Center and Literature Resources), as well as BPL-subscribed JSTOR.
 * Able to evaluate quality of the information sources.
 * Able to select the information.
 * Able to gather the information sources.
 * Able to take some notes of the selected information sources

Themes:

 * Racism
 * Love
 * Jealousy
 * Betrayal

To Do:

 * Practice searching some peer-reviewed articles related to the given themes
 * Familiar with some databases of literary criticism


 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * Please contact Ted, tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu, if you have any questions concerning this guide or research.

=Books=

Books
The on-line catalog provides access to the Library's collection of approximately 40,000 books, periodicals and audio-visual titles. These resources may be used to find information for assignments or general interest. [|Tutorial for searching catalog and ordering books from Metro Boston Library Network (includes Boston Public Library)] RCC Library has 28 titles about Othello.

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * othello
 * othello and literary criticism
 * othello and racism

=Electronic Books= Ebrary

Reference Books
__Critical Companion to William Shakespeare__, Call Number: REF PR2892 .B69 2005

__Essential Shakespeare Handbook__, Call NUmber: REF PR2976 .D73 2004

__Shakespeare's Language: a Glossary of Unfamiliar Words in His Plays and Poems__, Call Number: REF PR2892 .S447 2008

__Shakespeare for Students__, Call Number: REF PR2987 1992

=Reference Books Online=


 * Credo Reference

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about Othello. EBSCOHost Electronic Journal Services, portal tool for browsing journals which RCC library subscribes:
 * Contemporary Literature

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases. [|Academic Search Premier] [|Literary Reference Center] [|Contemporary Literary Criticism] [|BPL Literature Search Databases]

=Web sites= There are many good [insert topic] web sites on the internet. These web sites have been evaluated by library staff. Remember to always evaluate internet resources. To find out more about evaluating web sites, [|Lesley University] has a very good guide.

Search Engines

 * scholar.google.com

Web sites

 * Open Source Shakepeare

Open Access journals

 * Directory of Open Access Journals

=Citing Sources: Style Guides=

__[|APA Style Tutorial]__ [|Duke Library Guide to Assembling a List of Works Cited] [|Laguardia Community College Library MLA and APA citation style] [|The Owl at Purdue: APA Formatting and Style Guide] [|The Owl at Purdue: MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide]

=Basic Research Help= Please click the Ask a Librarian icon if you have any questions concerning these guides, need help finding material for your research or any general questions you might have.
 * Looking for books? Search our [|Online Catalog].
 * Looking for articles? Search our [|Databases].
 * Can't find what you are looking for? Use our [|InterLibrary Loan Form].

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Research guide prepared on 03-29-10 by Ted Intarabumrung, tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu