Subject Guide
Finding English Articles
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MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO)Provides a subject index for books and articles published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics.
How to Find Specific Journals
If you want to find out if the Library has access to a particular journal title either in print or online follow these steps:
- Use the Journals@PLU link located in the navigation bar at top of the library website
- Type the name of the journal (for example, Journal of Popular Culture), then click the Browse button
- The next page lists the dates ranges & format options (online, microfilm, print)
- Select your desired format:
For Print or Microform materials, click the link to find the call number (see Interpreting Call Numbers); go upstairs and retrieve the journal
Background Information
Credo Reference is an online tool that provides access to hundreds of background sources covering every major subject.
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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in EnglishCall Number: eBook -
English handbook : a guide to literary studies by Call Number: PS25.W485 2010 -
Literary research guide : an annotated listing of reference sources in English literary studies by Call Number: PR83.H34 2008 -
Rowman & Littlefield guide to writing with sources by Call Number: PE1478.D37 2007
Websites
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Bartleby.comCollects about 350 public domain works of verse, fiction, nonfiction, and reference in English.
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BibliomaniaFree Online Literature with more than 2000 Classic Texts
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Invitation to World LiteratureThis site provides a selective compilation of secondry material that supplements and explains 13 important literary works.
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Literary MarketplaceThe directory of America and Canadian book publishing
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Literature NetworkContains over 3500 full books and over 4400 short stories and poems by over 260 authors.
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NINES: Nineteenth-century Scholarship OnlineA scholarly organization devoted to forging links between the material archive of the nineteenth century and the digital research environment of the twenty-first.
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Perseus Digital LibraryThe project assembles digital collections of humanities resources. Current collections cover Greco-Roman classics and the English Renaissance
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ReadingAn online exploration of the intellectual, cultural, and political history of reading as reflected in the historical holdings of the Harvard Libraries.
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Writer's AlmanacA five-minute daily radio program hosted by Garrison Keillor.
Interlibrary Loan
What if PLU doesn’t own the book/article you want?
Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a free service that allows current PLU students, faculty & staff to receive books from other libraries. Some things to keep in mind when using ILL:
Plan ahead! Articles usually arrive in your email in 2-5 days--books can take 5-10 days
Books can be picked up on the ILL shelf on the 1st floor. Just take them to the Circulation desk for check out.
The Interlibrary Loan link can be found either,
a) within the catalog or database, or
b) in the navigation bar at the top of the library website
Never used it? Click on First Time Users link
Citation guides and examples
Your professors will require that you correctly cite your sources. The following links will give you guidance on when and how to cite as well as examples of the various forms of citations in common usage such as MLA, APA and Chicago Style.
Assembling a list of works cited
This guide from Duke University gives clear examples of citing different sources in the major citation styles, APA, MLA, Chicago, Turabian, and CSE.
The links from this guide will take you to a wide variety of citation guides, some general some designed to help very specific disciplines.
Tutorials for research success
This link will take you to several brief tutorials on Proper Usage including citing, understanding a citation and how to cite.
