Eng102.English.Composition.II.King.Summer.2009

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=Course: Eng 102 English Comp II=
 * Prof. Patrick King**

This guide is designed to help you research English 102 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 Intarabumrung 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

 * Steinbeck and literary criticism

Biographies
__American Writers: a collection of literary biographies__, New York : Scribner, 1996. Ref. PS129.A55 __Contemporary Authors: A Bio-biographical Guide to Current Writers in Fiction, General Nonfiction, Poetry, Journalism, Drama__, Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1962-. Ref. Z1224 .C58

Dictionaries/Encyclopedias
__Dictionary of Concepts in Literary Criticism and Theory__, New York : Greenwood Press, 1992. Ref. PN41 .H36 1992

Literary Criticism
__Contemporary Literary Criticism__, Detroit : Gale Research Co., 1973-. Ref. PN771 .C59 __The Critical Tradition : classic texts and contemporary trends__, New York : Bedford/St. Martins, 2007, Ref. PN81 .C844 2007 __Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism__, Gale Research Co., 1978-. Ref. PN771 .G27

=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. [|Academic Search Premier] [|Literary Reference Center] [|Contemporary Literary Criticism] [|BPL Literature Search Databases]

=Web sites= There are many good John Steinbeck 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. Also, the Pima library creates a video in youtube regarding to Information Literacy: Evaluating Information Sources.

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Search Engines

 * [|scholar.google.com]
 * [|altavista.net]

Web sites

 * [|IPL Online Literary Criticism Collection]
 * [|Literary History]
 * [|Literary Resources on the Net]
 * [|PAL: Perspectives in American Literature]
 * [|Voice of the Shuttle: (Literature in English)]
 * Grapes of Wrath Resources [|http://www.ppld.org/webpicks/Admin/WebPicksByCategory.asp?keyword=Grapes+of+Wrath+(APPR)+Resources#Grapes]

Visual Media
Trampling Out the Vintage: Reflections on Steinbeck, prepared by the University of California Television in Youtube. media type="youtube" key="KE0iLXGpWa8" height="344" width="425"

=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 07-28-09 by Ted Intarabumrung: tintarabumrung@rcc.mass.edu