LIT(erary) CRIT(icism)

Dublin Coffman Library

Library Catalog: Type in title of book or the author’s name. Books in the 800s will be literary criticism, for the most part. However, watch out for Cliff Notes – you don’t want these.

Gale.com: Click on Free Resources (left side of screen). Now, click on

Literary Index (right side of screen). Do a title search and bubble in

“Match words exactly as entered” – be sure to use the article (an, an,

the) at the beginning of the title. Print out the list of resources. We

own many of these Gale references (look them up in the catalog for the call numbers). Again, most should be in the 800s in REFERENCE.

Student Resource Center – Type in the title of the novel. Note the type

of articles (biographical essay, criticism, critical essay) and choose according to your needs. Be sure to look at the magazine and newspaper articles as well.

EBSCO Host – INFOhio – Core Collection – EBSCO Host

Choose “All Database Search” and select (put a check in the box) the following databases: Academic Premier, MAS Ultra- School Edition, MasterFile Premier, and Newspaper Source, then click “Continue”.

Now, click on Advanced Search, and type in the title of the book in quotes on the first search line. Type “criticism” on the second line and hit SEARCH.

Again, you want to print articles that are in HTML or PDF Full-Text.

Biography Resource Center – For biographical background on your author.

Note that you can choose from a reference resource that is author-based.