FINDING ARTICLES IN PERIODICALS/JOURNALS:  Periodical indexes provide the most efficient subject access to journals, magazines, and newspapers.  Here are some indexes that will be useful:

 
    •    Academic Search Premier (Via EBSCO)
    •    JSTOR
    •    Literature Online (LION)
    •    Literature Resource Center (Gale)
    •    MLA (LION)

LOCATING PERIODICALS/JOURNALS: Use Journals at PLU to obtain the call number of the journal you need.  Journals at PLU also gives you the location of any full-text journals we have online.

REFERENCE SOURCES
 
    •    Columbia companion to the twentieth-century American short story (ref. PS374.S5C57 2000)
    •    Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory (ref PN41.C83 1998)


    SPECIAL TOPICS

        •    Afro-American writers from the Harlem Renaissance to 1940  (ref. PS153.N5A396 1987)
        •    American novelists, 1910-1945 (ref. PS129.A53)
        •    American women writers, 1900-1945: a bio-bibliographical critical sourcebook
             (ref. PS151.A45 2000)
        •    Black literature criticism: excerpts from criticism of the most significant works of Black authors over the past 200 years
             (ref. PS153.N5B556 1992)
        •    Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory (ref PN81.E43 1993)
        •    Encyclopedia of Feminist Literary Theory (ref PN98.W64E53 1997)
        •    F. Scott Fitzgerald A to Z: the essential reference to his life and work (ref. PS3511.I9Z459 1998)
        •    Gay and Lesbian Literary Heritage (ref PN56.H57G365 1995)
        •    Guide To Twentieth-Century Women Novelists (ref. PR888.W6W44 1997)
        •    Modern women writers (ref. PN471.M62 1996)



BEYOND PLU: PLU's library may not own all of the materials you want to use.  You may either order them from Interlibrary Loan or go to a local library personally.  We are part of a consortium of libraries that includes:  


    •    Northwest University
    •    St. Martin's University
    •    University of Puget Sound
    •    Seattle Pacific University
    •    Seattle University

You may use your PLU ID card to check out materials from these libraries.  If you wish to order from Interlibrary Loan, be sure to allow sufficient time for the materials to arrive.

If you have questions about doing research, ask for help at the reference desk or make an appointment with me for personal research assistance.  I have office hours Tuesdays & Thursdays 3:00-5:00.

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