Selected Resources in
ENGL451—Leslie Marmon Silko
October 9, 2002
PLU Library--Gail Egbers
535-8869/egbersgl@plu.edu

BOOKS:  Our computerized catalog provides access to the materials in our library.  Use the Library of Congress Subject Headings to identify the best subject headings for your topic.  Some topics that might be of interest:
 

FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Some of these indexes are print and some electronic.  Access the electronic resources from the PLU library home page:  (http://www.plu.edu/~libr).  Some electronic resources require a username and password.  A few indexes that might be useful:

Arts & Humanities Search --Keyword and citation indexing of 1,300 leading international arts and humanities journals.  Some abstracts.

Humanities Index -- Indexes scholarly journals in the humanities including literature, art, religion, and philosophy.

JSTOR -- an archival database with 117 core scholarly journals in the arts, social sciences, sciences and 7 general science journals starting with the very first issues, many of which date from the 1800s and some even to the 1600s.  JSTOR provides the full text (in PDF format) of all journal content. You can retrieve specific articles, browse individual journals, or search by topic. As this is an archival service, current issues (usually the latest 3 to 5 years) are NOT available. Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

MLA -- Modern Language Association's index to international journals and books on literature, languages, linguistics, folklore, from 1963 to present. No book reviews!  Off-campus access requires PLU ePass username and password.

EBSCOhost -- A multi-disciplinary database that indexes roughly 4,500 journals, magazines, and newspapers with 3,600 titles in full text. Of those, nearly 2,600 titles are full text scholarly (peer reviewed) publications. This academic database provides full text journal coverage for nearly all academic areas – including social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and education.
 
 

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Current issues of journals are shelved on the first floor.  Older issues (bound volumes and microfilm) are on the second and third floors, shelved with the books. Journals at PLU also gives you access to our full-text periodicals.

REFERENCE BOOKS
 
Contemporary Literary Criticism  (CLC)(ref PN771.C59)
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) (ref PN771.C61)
Provide critical analysis of authors and their works with bibliographies of other useful sources.  The cumulative indexes in the last volume cover all three sets.  TCLC covers authors writing from 1900-1960; CLC covers 1960 to the present.  There is also an online index to these print sources. (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex)

Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (ref PN41.C83 1998) Contains terms used in the study of literature.
 

SPECIAL TOPICS

· A to Z of Native American Women (ref. E98.W8S65 1998)
· American Indian Authors (ref. PS508.I5M6)
· Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory (ref PN81.E43 1993)
· Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory (ref PN98.W64E53 1997)
· Encyclopedia of Violence, Peace & Conflict (ref. HM886.E53 1999)
· Guide To Twentieth-Century Women Novelists (ref. PR888.W6W44 1997)
· Modern women writers (ref. PN471.M62 1996)
· Native North American Literature (ref. PS508.I5N38 1994)
· Native American Literatures: An Encyclopedia Of Works, Characters, Authors, And Themes (ref.
    PS153.I52W47 1999)
· Native American Women: A Biographical Dictionary (ref. E98.W8B38 1993)
· Native American Writers of the United States (ref. PS153.I52N39 1997)
 

INTERNET RESOURCES

The Internet is an attractive source of information but it does not have the best information for
all situations.   Use the Internet only for supplemental information.  Read the handout "Evaluating Information from the Internet"  (http://www.plu.edu/~egbersgl/evalinternet.html).

Gale Literary Index (http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex)
Leslie Marmon Silko (http://voices.cla.umn.edu/authors/LeslieMarmonSilko.html)
Leslie Marmon Silko Homepage (http://literati.net/Silko/)
Online Literary Criticism Collection (http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/)

Elements of an Effective Essay (http://www.tsum.edu/~lworthington/eng2206/elem.htm)
Essays (http://204.244.141.13/writ_den/tips/essay/index.htm)
Some Reflections on How to Write an Essay
(http://www.library.csi.cuny.edu/dept/history/lavender/essay.html)
 

BEYOND PLU

PLU belongs to a consortium of small private colleges and universities.  This consortium includes: St. Martin's College, Northwest University, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle University, and University of Puget Sound.  You may check materials out from these libraries using your PLU ID.

You may also order articles and books from PLU's Interlibrary Loan.  Staff at the Reference Desk will assist you with your ILL orders.

 
 

If you have questions while doing library research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.

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