Welcome to the English 2035 Research Guide! Use this guide to help you locate resources for your research paper. Click on Find Articles to locate journals of literary criticism through our online databases. Choose Find Short Stories to search the library's catalog for books of short stories or literary criticism. Click Find Websites to find websites with free short stories and author websites. If you have difficulty locating the information you need please contact a librarian.
MLA Guide to Undergrad Lit Research (Excerpts)
What makes a good research topic in a literature class? What does your professor mean by “peer-reviewed” sources? What should you do if you can’t find enough material? This approachable guide walks students through the process of research in literary studies, providing them with tools for responding successfully to course assignments.
Written by two experienced librarians, the guide introduces the resources available through college and university libraries and explains how to access the ones a student needs. It focuses on research in literature, identifying relevant databases and research guides and explaining different types of sources and the role each plays in researching and writing about a literary text. But it contains helpful information for any student researcher, describing strategies for searching the Web to find the most useful material and offering guidance on organizing research and documenting sources with MLA style.