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HSS 227 Literary St. Petersburg

General Information

• Reference Librarians are here to help! Visit us, call us, email us, IM us or chat with us!
• Library hours
• 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.
• Citing your sources:  The Chicago Manual of Style

Background Information

Literature Resource Center

Provides biographies, bibliographies and critical analysis of thousands of novelists, poets, essayists, journalists and other writers from every age, nation, and language.

More info on Literature Resource Center

Article Databases

MLA International Bibliography

Index to articles in the fields of literature, linguistics, and folklore. Includes a link to the MLA Directory of Periodicals.

   More info on MLA International Bibliography   

Historical Abstracts (non-North American history post 1450)

Indexes articles on history outside of North American after 1450.

More info on Historical Abstracts (non-North American history post 1450)

Help using Historical Abstracts (non-North American history post 1450)

JSTOR (scholarly journals)

Provides full-text and images of over 450 scholarly journals in a variety of disciplines.

More info on JSTOR (scholarly journals)

Library Catalog

• Search for books and music in Jackson and the Music Libraries, as well as videos in the Teaching and Learning Center.
• Use the search connector "and" to do a keyword search for more than one term

WorldCat

• Use this to find books that are available at libraries around the world.
• You can request these books through Interlibrary Loan, but remember that it takes 1-2 weeks to receive (less if it can be found at a library nearby)

Searching the Web

Search the Web
A selection of search engines and directories that can help you find the information you need.

Guidelines for Evaluating Web Resources
Suggestions for how to make sure the stuff you get off the web is quality material. From our online tutorial Finding It!.

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