Washington and Lee University
Winter 2008
Professor Pickett
Research Guide prepared by Prof. Merrill, Humanities Librarian
Oxford Dictionary of the Renaissance
Oxford Companion to Shakespeare
Dictionaries and Thesauri . Includes the Oxford English Dictionary
Literature Resources from Gale - Biographies, Criticism, and much more
Magill on Literature - Plot summaries, biographies
Annie, the W&L library catalog
WorldCat, catalog containing millions of books and other materials.
Early English Books Online (EEBO) Full text, scanned, and searchable books.
MLA Bibliography. Major language and literature index to journal and book articles, published by the Modern Language Association.
Arts and Humanities Search. Searches across all disciplines in the humanities, i.e. art, music, drama, religion, etc.
Project Muse. Full text article database, strong in the humanities and social sciences.
Humanities Research Guide-- Links specialized databases in the humanities.
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Research resources at W&L and beyond.
Iter: Gateway to the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Indexes articles from over 400 journals - as well as books and book reviews.
Renaissance. Good website for Renaissance studies, maintained at Palomar College, CA
Define and research your topic.
Write an academic paper. Excellent introduction to researching and writing an academic paper. Created by Dartmouth College library.
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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