Class Help Page: English 200, Spring 2008

Finding "Best Sellers" in the New York Times [off campus access] [tips]

LexisNexis Academic Use for finding newspaper articles [more...]

Locating Your Selections [off campus access] [tips]

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog Resources available at VU libraries [more...]

Valparaiso Public Library Students with a VU ID card, a driver's license, and something that shows your Valparaiso mailing address can get a VPL library card.

WorldCat resources available for loan from other libraries worldwide [more...]

Reference Resources [tips]

Modern Women Writers Ref. PN471 .M62 1996
British Playwrights, 1956-1995 Ref. PR736 .B75 1996
Notable British Novelists Ref. PR821 .N57 2001
Mystery and Suspense Writers Ref. PR830.D4 M97 1998
Contemporary Novelists Ref. PR881 .C69 1996
World Writers in English Ref. PR9080.5 .W67 2004

The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature Ref. PS21 .E537 2004
Asian American Short story Writers: An A-to-Z Guide
   Ref. PS153.A84 A828 2003
Hispanic Literature of the United States Ref. PS153.H56 K36 2003
New Immigrant Literatures in the United States Ref. PS153.M56 N475 1996
African-American Writers Ref. PS153.N5 B214 2004

Encyclopedia of Frontier Literature Ref. PS169.F7 S65 1997
The Companion to Southern Literature Ref. PS261 .C55 2002
Encyclopedia of Southern Literature Ref. PS261 .S515 1997
Dictionary of Midwestern Literature Ref. PS273 .D53 2001
American Playwrights Since 1945 Ref. PS350 .A647 1989
Salon.com Reader's Guide to Contemporary Authors Ref. PS379 .S225 2000

The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English Ref. PR85 .C29 1993
The Cambridge Guide to Women's Writing in English Ref. PR111 .S24 1999
The Oxford Companion to Canadian Literature Ref. PR9180.2 .O94 1997
The Oxford Companion to African Literatures Ref. PR9340 .C65 2000
The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature Ref. PR9600.2 .W55 1994
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States
   Ref. PS147 .O94 1995
The Oxford Companion to African American Literature
   Ref. PS153.N5 O96 1997

Locating Sources for Reviews [off campus access] [tips]

To find reviews of works of fiction, poetry, or drama in the New York Times Book Review, New York Review of Books,The Times Literary Supplement, or the London Review of Books, use JournaLocator to determine if VU has a subscription and/or if we have electronic access.

Finding a Review in the New York Times [off campus access] [tips]

LexisNexis Academic Use for finding newspaper articles [more...]

Finding Literary Criticism

Book Review Digest Ref. Z1219 .B6
Book Review Index Ref. Z1035.A1 B6
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref. PN771 .C59
Magill's Literary Annual Ref. PN44 .M35

Finding Biographical Information [off campus access]

Biography Resource Center A 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, including pseudonyms and variant names, and more than 140,000 titles into one source. Gale's Literary Index provides quick and easy access/indexing to 40 Gale literary series. These series contain complete biographies on authors and critical essays on their writings.

Locating Books [off campus access] [tips]

GALILEO - VU Libraries Catalog Resources available at VU libraries [more...]

Final Writing and Presentation

The Bedford Handbook Reference, Reserve, Stacks PE1408 .H277 2002
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
   Reference, Reserve, and the Stacks LB2369 .G53 2003
Citing Resources: MLA style: http://www.valpo.edu/library/citing.html#mla
VU Writing Center: http://www.valpo.edu/writingcenter/
THE BLUE LIGHT is always open online; go to http://blogs.valpo.edu/writingcenter

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