ENG102.English.CompositionII.King

toc =Course: Eng 102 English Composition II=
 * Professor Patrick King**



This guide is designed to help you research English Composition II 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!

Today our goal of this session is to find some articles of literary critiques, analytically discussing the selected American short story and classical Greek play below.


 * 1) __**The Old Man and the Sea**__
 * 2) __**Oedipus the King**__


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 * Please contact me, Ted (Totsaporn) Intarabumrung, 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 BPL)]

Good Search Terms to use: words or phrase

 * "old man and the sea"
 * "hemingway" and "old man and the sea"
 * "sophocles" and "oedipus the king"
 * "sophocles" and "oedipus the king" and "psychology"

New Books


__Oedipus Rex__ PA4413 .O7 Y4 __Oedipus Rex__ [videorecording: in RCC use only] PN1997 .O33 2002

Reference Books
__Crowell's Handbook of Classical Drama__ by Richmond Hathorn. REF PA3024 .H35 __Fifty Key Classical Writers__ by Alison Sharrack. REF PA3002.75 .S53 2002 __Masterplots.__ REF PN44 .M33 1996 __Twentienthy Century Authors: A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature__. REF 771 .K86 1973
 * General Reference**

__Corseni Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavior Science__. REF BF31 .E52 2001 __Enclycopedia of Psychology__. REF BF31 .E52 2011 __Enclyclopdia of World Literature in the 20 th Century__. REF PN774 .L433 __Contemporary Literary Criticism__. REF PN 771 .C59
 * Encyclopedias**
 * Literary Criticism**

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about [insert topic]
 * Contemporary Literature

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


 * [|Contemporary Literary Criticism(On Campus)]providing a collection of critical eassys on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a bibliographical/critical introduction, listing of pprincipal works, and sources for further study. [|Off Campus]
 * [|Literary Reference Center], providing 367 articles under the search term, "oedipus", and 205 articles under the search term, "old man and the sea".
 * [|Academic Search Premier], proving 867 articles under the search term, "oedipus", and 104 articles under the seach term, "old man and the sea".
 * [|Credo Reference], providing comprehensive information.
 * [|Biography Resource Center], providing biographical essays on authors.
 * Electronic Books: Literary Criticism [|On Campus]Access, providing two books edited by Bloom about "The Old Man and the Sea" and "Oedipus the King". [|Off Campus] Access

=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, [|Cornell University Library] has a very good guide.

Search Engines

 * [|scholar.google.com]
 * [|Altavista.com]

Web sites

 * [|Perseus Encyclopedia]. Type in "sopohocles" to get resources.
 * [|Oedipus the King]

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Research guide prepared on 11.27.07 by Ted Intarabumrung: tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu