ENG220.World.Literature.I.Alade

toc =ENG 220: World Literature I=
 * Professor Wole Alade**



=Topic: Renaissance Literature=

This guide is designed to help you research Renaissance Literature 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!
 * [|RCC Library Home Page]: Most materials found in this research guide are available at the library's home page.
 * William Hoag: Please contact me 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)]

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase
Use specific title or author when searching, example 1: "Christopher Marlowe and literary criticism". example 2. "Tamburlaine and literary criticism". We have whole books in our collection dedicated to literary criticism of specific authors or books.
 * "Renaissance Literature"
 * "Renaissance Authors"
 * "Renaissance Writers"

Reference Books
__Masterpieces of World Literature in Digest Form__, New York : Harper [1952-69]. Ref. PN44 .M3 1952 __Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography__, Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1991. Ref. PR19 .C64 1991 V.1(Renaissance) __Cyclopedia of World Authors,__ New York : Harper [1958]. Ref. PN41 .M26 1958A __Essential Shakespeare Handbook__, New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2004. Ref. PR2976 .D73 2004 __Shakespeare A to Z : the essential reference to his plays, his poems, his life and times, and more__, New York : Facts on File, c1990. Ref. PR2892 .B69 1990 __Characters of Shakespeare's Plays__, [S.l.] : Kessinger Publishing, [2006?]. Ref. PR2989 .H3 2006 __Critical Companion to William Shakespeare : a literary reference to his life and works__, New York : Facts On File, c2005. Ref. PR2892 .B69 2005 __The Critical Tradition : classic texts and contemporary trends__, Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2007. Ref. PN81 .C844 2007 __Shakespeare for students : critical interpretations of As you like it, Hamlet, Julius Caesar, Macbeth, The merchant of Venice, A midsummer night's dream, Othello, and Romeo and Juliet__, Detroit : Gale Research, c1992. Ref. PR2987 .S47 1992
 * ===General===
 * ===Dictionaries/Encyclopedias===
 * ===Literary Criticism===

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about Renaissance literature.
 * We do not have any print journals specifically for Renaissance literature, use the databases to find articles on this topic.

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases.

[|Literary Reference Center]
Literary Reference Center™ is a comprehensive database that provides users with a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes. This is the best place to start. [|Tutorial]

[|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. The optional MLA International Bibliography module adds citations for hundreds of thousands of books, articles and dissertations from 1926 to the present, linked to full text where available.

[|Biography Resource Center]
This database contains more than 400,000 biographies on nearly 275,000 people gathered from over 90 reference sources. Good place to find information about authors.

[|Academic Search Premier]
Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study. [|Tutorial]

=Web sites= There are some good Renaissance Literature 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

 * [|Altavista]
 * [|Google]

Web sites

 * [|16th Century Renaissance English Literature (14-85-1603)]

Authors

 * [|Christopher Marlowe]
 * [|John Milton]
 * [|Miguel de Cervantes]
 * [|Niccolò Machiavelli]
 * [|William Shakespeare]

=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 06/16/08 Wiliam Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu Updated 12/21/09