ENG102.English.CompositionII.King.Fall2010

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



This guide is designed to help you research [insert class name] 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.
 * tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu : Please contact Ted 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

 * "scarlet letter"
 * Literary criticism and "scarlet letter"

E-Books In Ebrary there are around 22 titles under criticism and interpretation, related to The Scarlet Letter and Nathaniel Hawthorne.

New Books


Nathaniel Hawthorne' s the Scarlet Letter: PS1868 .N38 2005

Reference Books
__American Writers; a collection of literary biographies__, New York, Scribner, 1974. Ref. PS129 .A55 __Guide to American literature from its beginnings through Walt Whitman__, New York : Barnes & Noble Books, 1976. Ref. PS92 .C33 __The Oxford Companion to American Literature__, New York : Oxford University Press, 1995. Ref. PS21 .H3 1995 __Benét's Reader's Encyclopedia of American Literature__, New York, NY : Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. Ref. PS21 .B46 1991 __Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature__, New York : Continuum, 2000. Ref. PS21 .E53 2000
 * General**
 * Encyclopedias**

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about Scarlet Lette.


 * E-Journals List

=Articles= Access to millions of journal, magazine, newspaper and reference source articles through our research databases. Provides full text for more than 3,800 scholarly publications covering academic areas of study. [|Tutorial]
 * [|Academic Search Premier]**

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]
 * [|Literary Reference 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.
 * [|Contemporary Literary Criticism]**

Providing other databases of literary criticism. RCC library barcode may be used to access to these resources.
 * [|BPL Literature Search Databases]**

=Web sites= There are many good 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

 * [|Literary Resources on the Net]: Another very nice directory of resources.

=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 11-02-10 by Ted Intarabumrung: tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu