A Research Guide for Undergraduate Students : English and American Literature

Preface to the Sixth Edition vii Introduction: The Research Process 1(76) 1. Conducting Research in an Electronic Environment 5(4) 2. Using Library Catalogs Searching Your Library's Catalog 9(15) Moving beyond Your Library's Catalog 24(3) 3. Searching Bibliographic Databases 27(14) 4. Searching the Web 41(4) 5. Finding Reviews 45(6) 6. Using Contextual Primary Sources 51(6) 7. Finding Supplementary Information: Other Reference Sources Biographical Sources 57(5) In Quest of Quotations 62(2) Facts from Dictionaries and Handbooks 64(3) 8. One-Stop Shopping 67(8) 9. Managing Citations 75(2) 10. Guides to Research in Literature 77(2) Appendix: Selective Bibliography of Reference Sources for English and American Literature 79(14) Index 93