Junior Research—An Exploration of Literature 13-14

Now that you have read your primary source, how do you go about locating your secondary sources?

There are many credible quality sources in the library’s book collection as well as in the library’s databases

that are available to you. Start by looking at these sources and be sure to ask a library staff member should

you need assistance.

Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to British Authors

Greenhaven Press Literary Companion to American Literature

Often these books will yield more than one source because they often include individually authored essays.

Reference books located in the Biegel Room include:

Short Stories for Students REF 808.83 SHO

Vols.: 1- 38

Novels for Students REF 809.3 NOV

Vols: 1 - 8

Critical Survey of Long Fiction REF 809.3 MAG

Vols: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, Supplement

British Writers REF 820.9 BRI

Vols: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Contemporary Literary Criticism REF 801 CON

Vols.: 1 - 88, 91- 96, 98, 99, 101, 104, 108, 110, 113, 122, 123, 124

Short Story Criticism REF 808.83 SSC

Vols: 2 - 10, 12, 17, 22, 27, 38, 66, 70 - 73, 77, 94, 96, 121

Notable Poets REF 809.1 NOT

Notable British Novelists REF 820.9 NOT

Masterplots: REF 808.8 MAG

Masterplots: Short Story Series REF 808.83 MAS

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism REF 809 NCL

Vols. 39, 45, 108, 128, 164

Literary Newsmakers for Students REF 809.3 LIT

Vols: 1, 2

British Writers REF 820.9 ENC

American Writers: REF 810.9 AME

Vols: 1-4, Supplements: 1 pt. 1; 1 pt. 2; 2 pt. 1, 2 pt. 2; 3 pt. 1; 3 pt. 2; 4 pt. 1; 4 pt. 2; 5; 6;

Many of these books are published by the Gale Group. Gale has an online Literary Index that provides an efficient

way for you to determine which of their books contain material on your chosen piece of literature. Here is the link:

http://www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex;jsessionid=443D2C92519A42058DF5A09040F1C17C

Say you are looking for critiques about William Faulkner’s short story “The Bear”. In the Gale Literary Index, go to

the author index and search Faulkner, William. Scroll down the results list until you see “The Bear”. Which of the

following titles from the Gale Literary Index do you recognize as being in the Biegel Room for the short story

“The Bear”?

92:30-34, 36, 38-40, 55, 62, 71-72, 102-3, 105-6, 116, 163

Contemporary Literary Criticism, volume(s) 1:101; 6:174, 176; 8:211; 11:201; 18:149;

28:143

World Literature Criticism, volume(s) 2:1194

Short Stories for Students, volume(s) 2:1-19

Reference Guide to Short Fiction (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 2:756-57

Exploring Short Stories,

Literature and Its Times, volume(s) 2:47-53

Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, volume(s) 141:103, 112-13, 160-63; 170:162-63,

166, 175, 208

often are available in full text format. Should you be working from home, the web addresses and passwords

are provided for you.

GALE: Home access: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/sicpl_main

password: siresearch

There are two databases within the Gale Group that will be of help to you. The first is Student Resource

Center where you can access authored articles from a variety of sources. Try and use advanced searches

whenever possible, connecting your piece of literature with the author.

Remember that you are looking for authored articles or critical essays. Do not use any results that are not

authored. Your results will appear in the format of folders: Reference Magazine, Newspaper, and

The Gale Virtual Reference Library contains e-books. Here you will find Gale published books (many of

sources – you cite a book differently than a database.

EBSCO: Home Access: http://search.epnet.com

ID: siresearch

Password: research

There are many options available within the Ebsco database, but the goal remains the same. You are

looking for authored articles from books or scholarly journals and you want them to appear to you in full

text format! Go into Seach Databases Here and click on the boxes next to Advanced Placement Source