Writing 125: Women & Memoir

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Megan Brooks
Research & Instruction, x3512

Related resources

English & Comparative Literature Research Guide
Women's Studies Research Guide
Writing Research Guide

Library catalog

Interlibrary loan

Writing help (PLTC)

Citing your sources

search in our library catalog and WorldCat to find books by or about an author

for books BY an author, search by author:

• last name, first name
• morrison, toni
• kingston, maxine hong
  

for books ABOUT an author, search by subject:

• last name, first name
• wolff, tobias
• wiesel, elie

use Literature Resource Center to find:

• biographies
• literary criticism
• journal articles
• work overviews
• bibliographies of further readings

try these books for big-picture background:

• American Decades
  Clapp Ref E 169.12 A419 1994
• Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature
  Clapp Ref PS 21 E537 2004

scholarly journal articles

• Academic Search Premier
• Literature Online
• MLA International Bibliography
• Periodicals Index Online
• JSTOR

news & popular magazine articles

• Gender Watch (1974 - present)
• Alt-Press Watch (1995 - present)
• Ethnic NewsWatch (1990 - present)

check the guide devoted to finding book reviews in the event that you cannot find any in the research databases listed.

use the citing your sources guide to make sure you're properly documenting the items you use in your research papers.

Floor 1: Call numbers A-D, course reserves
Floor 2: Reference books, government documents, current journals and magazines
Floor 3: Call numbers E-PM
Floor 4: Call numbers PN-Z, most videos/films

A - General Works
B – Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
C, D, E, F - History
G – Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
H - Social Sciences
J, K - Political Science, Law
L - Education
M - Music and Books on Music
N - Fine Arts
P - Language and Literature
Q, R, S – Science, Medicine, Agriculture
T – Technology
U - Military Science, Naval Science
Z – Bibliography, Library Science

Call numbers can be written on one line like this:

Z7963 F44 F45 1996
PS 153 .A84 A825 2000

Or vertically on the spine of a book like this:

Z                     PS
7963                153
.F44                .A84
F45                  A825
1996                2000

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