CC115 Research Seminar Help Page: Gatsby's America; Spring 2008

America History & Life Historical coverage of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present [more...]

Making of America (UMichigan site) A digital library of primary sources in American social history from the antebellum period through reconstruction [more...]

New York Times Index Ref. AI21 .N45 (1854 - date)

Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature Ref. AI3 .R48 (1900 - date)

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Works about the author F.Scott Fitzgerald, and character "Jay Gatsby," can be found on the 4th floor beginning with the call number PS 3511.I9. In addition to Fitzgerald's novels and collections of essays, our collection includes essays, letters, a number of biographies, and dozens of works of criticism.

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Online -- See the Christopher Center Guide: E-Resources: English Language and Literature

Biography Resource Center Comprehensive biographical information about authors is available online through this comprehensive database of biographical information on more than 165,000 people from throughout history, around the world, and across all disciplines and subject areas.

Literary Index Combines and cross references more than 130,000 author names and more than 140,000 titles. Provides quick and easy access/indexing to 40 Gale literary compilations, containing complete author biographies and critical essays on their writings.

Print -- Christopher Center Reference, 2nd floor

Key Resource: American decades primary sources Ref. E169.1 .A471977 2004, v. 2 & 3

Encyclopedia of American cultural & intellectual history Ref. E169.1 .E624 2001
Dictionary of American history Ref. E174 .D52 2003
Encyclopedia of American history Ref. E174 .E53 2003

Encyclopedia of the United States in the twentieth century Ref. E740.7 .E53 1996

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) Ref. PN 771 .G27   TCLC presents criticism on major literary figures and nonfiction writers, it includes novelists, poets, playwrights, and literary theorists from 1900-1999.

Oxford encyclopedia of American literature Ref. PS21 .E537 2004
Dictionary of Midwestern literature Ref. PS273 .D53 2001
F. Scott Fitzgerald A to Z : the essential reference Ref. PS3511.I9 Z459 1998

Brief Timeline of American Literature and Events 1920-1929
http://www.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/1920.htm

Prosperity and Thrift: The Coolidge Era and the Consumer Economy, 1921-1929 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/coolhtml/coolhome.html

WWW-VL: HISTORY: USA: 1920-1929 http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/20TH/1920s.html

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
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VU Writing Center: http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/

Craft of research 4th floor Q180.55.M4 B66 2003

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