LibGuides: ENC 1102 Prof. Anson: Getting Started

Poetry Assignment

To search for articles or essays that discuss poems and their themes, search in the following databases:

TIPS:

In the search box, type the title of the poem in quotation marks (for ex: “Go and Catch a Falling Star”) or by the name of the poet.
If you can't find articles that discuss the poem, try making the search broader, for example: about the poet and the theme (for ex: "Langston Hughes" and survival,) the context of the poem, the time period and the name of the poet, etc.

Gale eBooks
This database includes access to many poetry criticism collections such as Poetry for Students & more.
Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
Contains full text access to the Short Story Criticism and Poetry Criticism literature series.
Bloom's Literature (Infobase)
Bloom’s Literature contains critical essays on thousands of writers and works, synopses, essay topics, print and audio author interviews, as well as performance videos.
Gale Literary Sources
Search literary criticisms for the world's most written about works. Also includes some biographies and primary resources helpful for iiterature reseach. Research poetry, find poems, analyze short stories, find a short story, fiction, drama and theater works.
Granger's World of Poetry (Columbia Univ. Press)
This database contains the original text of many poems, some of them with commentary or biographies, and osme articles on literary terms.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
Use this database for biographical information about the poets.

Your ENC1102 Research Paper requires the following sections:

A page (give or take) of an overview of the author’s life
A page (give or take) about the story in which your character appears
A page (give or take) analyzing the character’s impact or significance to the story

The SCF Libraries have resources to search for articles, books, ebooks, etc. for each of those sections.

Some resources will give you enough material for more than one of those sections, but the guidelines below provide suggested tools for each of them:

To find biographies and articles about the author, open one of the links below and type in their name in the search box.

TIP! Some of the databases have a TAB on the top or a FILTER on the side that will limit the results to "BIOGRAPHIES"

Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
Full text database of materials from reference works, eBooks, and literary journals. Includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism, author biographies and more.
Literature Resource Center (Gale)
Find up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews on nearly 130,000 writers in all disciplines, from all time periods and from around the world.
Biography In Context (Gale)
Authoritative Full Text content from Reference sources, Periodicals and multimedia. Search for people based on name, occupation, nationality, ethnicity, birth/death dates and places or gender.
Dictionary of Literary Biography (Gale)
Provides reliable information on authors and their works in an easy to understand, engaging format, while placing writers in the larger perspective of literary history.

In the following databases, type in the title of the story in the search box.

You will find many articles, make sure to look for those that are "Literature Criticism"

You can also add a keyword, such as: "A Rose for Emily" and "symbolism."

TIP! When you see an article that might be useful, send it to your email (there is an email icon or function in all databases.)

Literature Criticism Online (Gale)
Contains full text access to the Short Story Criticism and Poetry Criticism literature series.
Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO)
Full text database of materials from reference works, eBooks, and literary journals. Includes plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, literary criticism, author biographies and more.
Bloom's Literature (Infobase)
Bloom’s Literature contains critical essays on thousands of writers and works, synopses, essay topics, print and audio author interviews, as well as performance videos.
Gale eBooks
Formerly known as "Virtual Reference Library". Wide ranging credible scholarship on many topics. Literature, short stories, poetry, science and social sciences are well covered. This is a great database to begin research.
Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)
Scholarly journal articles, industry magazines and top newspapers. Text with screen reader and translator.

To open EBSCO databases, click on the "OpenAthens Login" link after you log in.
JSTOR
Archive of core journals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences. Over 700 titles available.

Two ways to search for characters' analysis:

Search in the same databases mentioned above, by typing the short story title and the character's title. (For ex: "Hills Like White Elephants" and "Jig")
Search in the Gale eBooks database below. Find the article for your story that comes from "Short Stories for Students". This essay usually has a special section about characters. Look on the right side where it says "Article Contents."

One of the requirements for this assignment is to use at least one book.

The SCF Libraries have many books available as "electronic books" or "eBooks".

Search for eBooks in the "Quick Search." You can follow the instructions in the video below to find eBooks and access them.

Always cite the sources you use, even if you "paraphrase" (put it into your own words.)
If you copy+paste the citation provided in the database's "Citation Tool", check the rules and CORRECT any mistakes.
When in doubt... ask a librarian!