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FMS 120: Dodson

General Information

• Reference Librarians are here to help! Visit us, call us, email us, IM us or chat with us!
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• Finding It! A Research Skills Tutorial: A self-paced tutorial in eight chapters. Covers the basics of research as well as how to avoid plagiarism, paraphrase correctly and cite your sources.

Background Information

St. James Encyclopedia of Popular Culture

• Search for "detective fiction" to read some of the articles relating to this genre

Library Catalog

• Search for books in The University Libraries.
• Use the search connector "and" to do a keyword search for more than one term.

Databases for Biographical Information

Biography Resource Center

• Contains biographical information on a variety of famous people, living and dead

Literature Resource Center

• Contains full-text information on authors and works from around the world.
• Also has literary criticism and book reviews

Literary Reference Center

• Contains full-text information on authors and works from around the world.
• Also has literary criticism and book review

American National Biography

• Contains biographical information on well-known dead Americans

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

• Contains biographical information on well-known dead British people

Citing Your Sources

MLA Style

• UNCG's quick guide to citing books, articles and websites
• To cite an article in a database, look at the section entitled Electronic Resources

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