Chattanooga State Technical Community College
Augusta R. Kolwyck Library
http://library.chattanoogastate.edu

ENGL 1020: Composition II

Instructor: C. Miller

Librarian: B. Sorrow

Research Project

  • Comparison/contrast of a book and a movie
  • 5-7 pages long
  • literary as well as popular sources

 

Reference Books

 Located in the Reference Section\
The Encyclopedia of Novels into Film PN 1997.85 .T54 1998
   

American Writers

Ref PS 129. A55

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)

Ref PN 441 .D53

Contemporary Literary Criticism 

Ref PN 771 .C59
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism Ref PN 771 .G27
   

Film Review Annual  

Ref PN 1995 .F465
Leonard Maltin's 2002 Movie & Video Guide Ref PN 1998 .M276 2002

McGill’s Critical Survey of Cinema 

Ref PN 1993.45 .M3
Roger Ebert's Movie Home Companion Ref PN 1995 .E318 1987

 

Magazine and Journal Articles

To quickly locate articles, including film reviews and book reviews, from magazines, journals, and newspapers, visit some library databases, including:

contains over 59,000,000 articles from thousands of magazines, journals, newspapers, and reference books!  Finding articles is fast and easy.

InfoTrac defaults to a "Subject Guide Search," but for this project, you'll probably want to select the "Basic Search" option found at the top left of the screen (see the example at the right).

Select "Basic Search" . . .

Then enter the book/movie title along with "AND review" as shown below . ..
Wilson OmniFile Full Text will be an excellent source of good articles for this assignment. 

The example at the right will show you how to get started . . .

Notice also that once you do a search, OmniFile gives you a list of suggested subjects that may help to further refine your research.  For example, based on the search shown above, OmniFile suggests . . .

Literature Resource Centeris a great place to begin your research to find information about your chosen topic! 

 

 

You can start with the author search, but be sure to use the search to look for resources on specific works.  For example:

 

 

Need help citing sources from Databases?

Be sure to visit the MLA Citation Examples for Electronic Databases!

 

Websites...

CAUTION!  Always be EXTREMELY careful when searching the Internet for sources. 

Remember that ANYONE can publish a web page . . . so always ask yourself if the person who published the web page you may be looking at actually KNOWS more about the topic than you do!

 
 Some excellent websites for movie reviews can be found on the library's Movie Reviews hot topics page.

 

Ask your librarian or instructor for the user id and password to access these databases off campus--or view instructions online.

 

Still have questions?

Visit the library or call the Reference Desk at 697-4436.

Spring 2008