Harner, James L. Literary Research Guide: An Annotated Listing of Reference Sources in English Literary Studies. 4th ed. New York: Modern Language Association of America, 2002.
Marcuse, Michael J. A Reference Guide for English Studies. Berkeley: U of California P, 1990.
Literature—Novels (or Plays, Poetry, or Short Stories)
Gay and Lesbian Studies
Theatre
History (American, Women, Civil War, etc.)
Women's Studies
primary indexes:
Modern Language Association International Bibliography (MLAIB): Online access covers 1963-current. For 1921-1962, use the print indexes in the Reference Department. Search in a fulltext environment in LION (see below).
Literature Online (LION): LION brings together multiple components: indexing of critical articles based on MLAIB and ABELL (see above), 175 fulltext critical journals, the Bibliography of American Literature, fulltext reference resources, and 18 collections of fulltext fiction, drama, and poetry.
Many of our databases include the full text of articles. In some cases, though, the full text of an article may not be available online in the database you are using due to publishers' restrictions or the prohibitive cost of providing them online. Increasingly, when you search for articles in the library's databases you will see the button on your results list or on the screen showing the citation/abstract of the article.
Serial Solutions is a service offered by Joyner and Laupus Libraries that allows you, at the click of a button, to go from an article citation in one database to a full text copy of that article in another, or to see if a particular article or specific journal is available in full text electronic format. It also allows you to find out if that journal is available in print at either Joyner or Laupus.
What if the article I want is not available full-text online?
If the article is not available online, you can check the Joyner Library catalog or the Laupus Health Sciences catalog to see if it is held in printed form. The button does this for you automatically from within databases. If you live within Pitt County you would need to come to the library to make a copy of the article. If you are a distance-learning studentliving outside of Pitt County, you can have articles copied and sent to you, using Interlibrary Lending.
Citation Linker: If you already have a citation from someone else’s bibliography and want to find out if we have that article, key it into the Citation Linker. When you click the Find IT! Button at the bottom of the page, you will generate an menu of options that works like the one described above.
to get help:
Come to the Reference Desk or call us at (252) 328-6677
