Below is a selected
list of useful web-based resources for English majors you WON'T find on the open Internet:
Britannica Online
for background information.
MLA International
Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern languages and Literatures
for references to journal articles, book chapters, and dissertations
in languages and literatures.
Literature Online - A fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 154 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Humanities Full
Text for references to journal articles in all fields of the
Humanities including literature, history, philosophy, music and art.
JSTOR
is a full-text archive of scholarly journals in the Humanities and Social
Sciences.
Oxford English Dictionary
for history of words in the English language.
Project Muse
for full-text articles from journals published by Johns Hopkins University
Press.
| HOW TO SEARCH |
| When should you use keywords, subject headings,
phrases, single words? |
Boolean Logic (the logic used in
constructing online searches): |
- Keywords usually give you more resources (a broader search).
- Subject Headings, which use a standardized vocabulary,
usually give you more specific resources on your topic.
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- Boolean Operators (especially OR and AND) allow you to
combine words in a logical way to get the results you want.
- Use AND to narrow your search
- Use OR to search for synonyms (broadening your search)
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| EVALUATE YOUR RESOURCES |
| USE THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO EVALUATE RESOURCES, REGARDLESS OF FORMAT:
- Who wrote it and can you tell the author's affiliation
or background?
- Who is the intended audience?
- What is the scope or coverage of the resource?
- Why was it written/published (is the material objective
or biased)?
- When was it published?
- Where was it published (who is the publisher)?
- How is the information presented (is there any supporting
material)?
- How accurate does the information appear?
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| WHERE TO GO IF YOU NEED HELP OR HAVE QUESTIONS |
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- Reference Desk in the Nimitz Library (x32420)
- Michael Macan, Nimitz Library Reference-Bibliographer for English, at macan@usna.edu
or call x36927
MM/Jan 2007
URL: http://www.usna.edu/Library/Literature/Internet.html
Last updated: 9 January 2007
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