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AP ENGLISH --East Ridge High School--Dr. Patty Hawkins
Library Instructor:  Tisa Houck

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.
Henry James, Jr. (1843 - 1916) English author

Assignment:  Each student will create an annotated bibliography on an author of his/her choice.  How to's and sample annotated bibliographies may be found at:

Cornell University Library

Memorial University Libraries

UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center

CalPoly: Kennedy Library

Search for literary criticism from electronic databases.
            (You will need current passwords to access these from off-campus.)

1. Look for literary biographies, literary criticism, and magazine and journal articles.  Avoid using "Work overviews."

Literature Resource Center 
    Try both the AUTHOR search and the TITLE search for your specific story or poem.

2. Look for a few articles of criticism from magazines and literary journals in:

MasterFILE Premier
   
   Type the author's last name and the "title of your work" (use quotation marks) OR type only "the title of the work,"
ex. poe and "tell tale heart."

3. Find critical analysis from back files of literary journals in:

JSTOR
    Click on the <Advanced search> link above the search box.
    Search by author's name and/or the title of your work.
    Narrow your search to only the Article type by checking that box.
    Uncheck the

Search for links to articles outside of JSTOR  

4. Find biographical information about the author and analyses of the works, including themes, style, technique, etc.  Avoid using biographical entries from this source. 

MagillOnLiterature
    Type in the title of your story OR author's name, last name first.

Search the catalog for books of criticism to check out or view online.
               

• Click  the tab
• Type your author's name in the search box.
• Click on the blue title link to see more information or to access an electronic book.   
• Check the STATUS for books that are available for check out.

Entries with Online netLibrary Book Collection  as the Library Location are electronic books. 
        (You will need the current passwords to access these books from off-campus.)

  Use only reliable Internet sites

When using the Internet, use only sites that are authoritative and reliable, such as:

Internet Public Library (http://www.ipl.org)

AND/OR

Online Literary Criticism Collection

Links to over 4,000 critical and biographical resources dealing with American and British literature from pre-1500 to the twentieth century. Each link is annotated and can be accessed by author, work or literary period. The links are selected "for their overall usefulness" for high school and college students. A literary criticism guide and a pathfinder have been provided for further exploration of Web and print resources. From The Internet Public Library.
http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

LitLinks

Within the genres of fiction, poetry, essays, drama, and critical theory are lists of authors, each with a short list of annotated links to Web sites followed by a brief biography taken from one of the Bedford/St. Martin's reference texts. Additionally there are links to information on literary periods, from medieval to contemporary. Although some links may be broken, the many that work lead to authoritative information on the author or literary period.
http://www.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/

Cite your sources correctly by following the examples in these documents.

MLA Citation Examples (Electronic Databases)

MLA Citation Examples (WWW Sites)

Tisa Houck
10/07