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ENGL 1050H: Finding Sources

How to Search Databases

How to Think About Research

Databases for Literary Research

Relevant Books

Your Librarian

Tips for Searching Databases

1. Criticism on the exact piece of literature

Ex: "Turtles all the way Down"

If it is new, there may not be any criticism!

2. Criticism on the author's other work or general work

Ex: John Green

This works better for people who have written many works and for many years.

3. Scholarship on the genre/movement and how it works with a topic

Ex. YA literature AND race, YA literature AND trauma, Graphic novels AND boyhood, Southern gothic AND ghosts

4. Scholarship on a literary theme (interdisciplinary or in lit)

Ex. trauma, disability, race, sexuality, queer, confession, family, gothic, spirits, humor, place, home

5. Scholarship on a style of analysis

Ex. Feminism AND YA
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