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toc =ENG 102 English Composition II=
 * Professor Patrick King**



This guide is designed to help you research 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

 * "Romeo and Juliet" and "West Side Story"
 * "Romeo and Juliet" and criticism
 * "West Side Story" and criticism

Reference Books

 * __Critical Companion to William Shakespeare: a Literary Reference to His Life and Work__: REF PR2892 .B69 2005
 * __Shakespeare's Language: a Glossary of Unfamiliar Words in His Plays and Poems__: REF PR2892 .S447 2008
 * __Shakespeare for Students__: REF PR2987 .S47 1992
 * __Oxford Companion to English Literature__: REF PR19 .O94 2006
 * __Essential Shakespeare Handbook__: REF PR2976 .D73 2004

[|Ebrary] The library has recently added 20,000 online books from the vendor Ebrary. This is the “community college” collection, of interest to students and faculty at 2-year colleges. All books are simultaneously available to all RCC users.

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The Practical Shakespeare : the plays in practice and on the page.

Bernstein's West Side Story : Opera Journeys Mini Guide Series

=Periodicals= Browse these paper journals and magazines in the library's first floor periodicals section for articles about literature.
 * __Contemporary Literature__

=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.

[|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.

[|Credo Reference]
Providing brief and long articles about //Romeo and Juliet// and //West Side Story//, published in dictionaries and encyclopedias. These reference materials provide comprehensive information about //Romeo and Juliet /West Side Story//.

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

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

=Streaming Videos= Full length and segment videos from Films On Demand.

Films On Demand
Romeo and Juliet: A Critical Guide (29:00 min)

William Shakespeare (46:00 min)

=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

 * [|Google]
 * [|Altavista]

Web sites
[|16th Century Renaissance English Literature (14-85-1603)] IPL2 Online Literary Criticism Collection [|Literary Resources on the Net] Voice of the Shuttle: (Literature in English)

=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 6/26/12 by Wiliam Hoag: whoag@rcc.mass.edu