Washington and Lee University
Prof. Wall, Fall 2009
Research Guide prepared by Yolanda Merrill, Humanities Librarian
| .Annie | |
| Washington and Lee University's online catalog. Search for books, videos, DVDs, sound recordings and other materials the library owns.
There are NO JOURNAL ARTICLES in Annie.
Once you have the call numbers for the books you need, go to the stacks and browse the books' call number areas for more books on the topic. Also, check the bibliography in the back of each book for more references. Hundred of library catalogs combined. Expands your results but necessitates the use of interlibrary loan. So order sooner than later. It takes up to a couple of weeks for the books to arrive. |
FINDING ARTICLES
MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography
The premier database for research in modern languages and literatures.
A large multi-discipline journal database.
This guide leads to the periodical databases for the humanities. Especially important for interdisciplinary research.
| Project Muse | |
Full-text access to recent issues of over 220 journal titles from 37 scholarly publishers. Covers literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, education, political science, gender studies, economics, and other disciplines. |
| A digital archive of the most important scholarly journals. All issues of each journal are included in full-text EXCEPT for the most recent 2-to-5 years, based on JSTOR's agreement with the journal's publisher. Covers all subjects. | |
Good for movie/film/play reviews.
Index to articles in Psychology and the Behavioral Sciences
Primary index to research in sociology and related fields in the social and behavioral sciences.
Reference Shelf: Encyclopedias
| Literature Resource Center (LRC) Contains extensive biographical and critical information on writers, movements, and works. |
Magill on Literature Basic critical analyses and brief plot summaries of important works in the history of literature (including non-fiction works), for more contemporary book reviews, for author biographies, and for profiles of literary characters.
Oxford Reference Online -- Literature
Oxford English Dictionary (OED). The OED is the accepted authority on the history of words in the English language.
Write an academic paper. Excellent introduction to researching and writing an academic paper. Created by Dartmouth College.
Request an item on Interlibrary Loan. This W&L service will borrow books and articles for you from other libraries.
Write your bibliography. Learn to cite your sources using the MLA (Modern Language Association) Citation Style guide.
RefWorks Saves lists of citations from databases, and creates notes and bibliographies.
Avoid Plagiarism. Staying out of trouble.
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