ENGLISH 241 - LIBRARY RESOURCES
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material These items are held in the Short Loan Collection, Level 1, Kate Edger Information Commons. Find Books Search strategies to find books on the authors and topics for this course. Reference sources For help with terminology, information about writers, further reading. Find Articles Search a database to find articles in scholarly journals. Most articles are full-text. Internet resources Internet sites to supplement course resources. Exam Papers Previous years' exam papers. You must be logged on with NetID and Password to access these.
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Primo Levi, from Literature Online with links to biography, reference works, criticism, and web sites. |
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Author's names can also be used as Subject Heading searches to find booksl about them and their work. Look for the sub-division "criticism and interpretation" Use one of the databases to find articles, or reference books for background information and further guidance on resources if the above searches retrieve insufficient material. |
Cambridge Companions
The Cambridge Companions series has several titles of relevance to this course. They are available online via the Cambridge Collections Online, and many are also available in print. In addition to linking to individual Companions below you can search across all titles within the collection, using the title of a text, a name, or topic as a search term.
Connolly, Julian W., ed. The Cambridge companion to Nabokov. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
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Connor, Steven, ed. The Cambridge companion to postmodernism. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Gordon, Robert S. C., ed. The Cambridge companion to Primo Levi. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
print | e-book
Herman, David, ed. The Cambridge companion to narrative.
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.
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James, Edward, and Farah Mendlesohn. The Cambridge companion to science fiction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Kelly, Katherine E. The Cambridge companion to Tom Stoppard. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
print | e-book
For help with using databases, please contact the Subject Librarian
The following databases will provide references to material on all authors and topics covered in this course. You must be logged on with NetID and Password.
MLA International Bibliography - use the Author as Subject search box to type the author's name, e.g. Primo Levi [family name, given name], or the Author's Work search box to type in the name of a text, e.g. The Periodic Table. Use the thesaurus list to check names and book titles. They may not be represented in the form you are most familiar with.
Use the Subjects All search box for abstract terms. Match your search term in the thesaurus list, and click Select to post into the search box. Add other limits [Language of Publication, Publication Dates, Publication types] as necessary.
Some articles are provided in full text. Where full text is not available, use the
link to check Voyager for Library holdings.
Literature Online - use the QUICK SEARCH box in the left side bar. Type an author's name and click GO. A variety of resources will be listed.
Literary Encyclopedia - brief overviews of authors.
You must be logged on with NetID and Password to access these sites.
British Society for Literature and Science
Science and Literature Reading Group - from the University of Cambridge
Journal of Literature and Science - from the University of Glamorgan, Wales.
An interview with Michael Frayn, and discussion of Copenhagen, from PBS.
Ian McEwan's homepage.
Philip K. Dick Official Homepage
Edwin Abbott and Flatland - includes an online text and links to full text contemporary reviews of the book.