English  1B Drama Reddington

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Finding Books and Videos in the Cabrillo Library

Select  from the library home page

• To find books ABOUT an author use SUBJECT search
• Type the author's name LAST NAME FIRST:
     example:  Hansberry, Lorraine or Glaspell, Susan

• If few or no results are found, try a WORD search
• Type the author's name in natural name order:
    examples: Lorraine Hansberry or Susan Glaspell or Raisin in the Sun

Do an AUTHOR or WORD search. Select an article from the results list and cite it below.

Author _____________________________________________

Title_________________________________________________

Literary Criticism in the Reference Collection

The library holds sets of books that cover biographical and literary criticism on authors.

These books are located in the Reference stacks.

Reference books cannot be checked out.

 

• Contemporary Authors      ref PN 771 C761
• Contemporary Literary Criticism     ref PN 771 C59
• Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism     ref PN771 G27

To use these titles, consult the blue paperback index Contemporary Authors ref PN 771 C761 2002.  Look up the author's name then select the volume numbers listed next to CA, CLC or TCLC.

Selected Reference Titles

• Drama for Students       ref PN 1701 D73 1998
• Gay & Lesbian Literature    ref PN 56 H57 G36
• Literature and Its Times    ref PN 50 L574 1997
• Modern Women Writers    ref PN 471 W62
• World Authors    ref PN 451 W675

Literary and Biographical Resources Online

From the library home page select  then choose

      Literature Resource Center for literary criticism on your title or author

select or

       Biography Resource Center for biographical information on your author

Follow the instructions to find information on your topic. Select a title and cite it below.

Author of Article (About this Essay)________________________________

Article Title (top of page)_________________________________________

Title (Source Database)__________________________________________

Publisher__________________Volume_____________Date_______________

URL: www.galenet.com

Magazine & Journal Articles

Next select from the library home page

Select Magazine & Journal Articles (EBSCOhost) then select

EBSCOhost Web

Check the Full Text box and enter your search words in the dialog box.

Select an article from the results list and site it below.

Author______________________________________________

Article Title___________________________________________

Title of Journal (Source)_________________________________

Date __________________Volume_________Pages__________

URL: http://epnet.com

Related Web sites

Literature & Criticism 

• Perspectives in American Literature: Drama http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap8/
• Open Directory Project:Arts: Literature: Drama: 20th Century: http://dmoz.org/Arts/Literature/World_Literature/American/20th_Century/
• Voices from the Gaps:Women Writers of Color http://voices.cla.umn.edu/newsite/writers/byname.htm
• African-American Literature Writers http://vos.ucsb.edu. 
• You may also search using an Author's Name or the Title of a play.

Writing and Citing

• Guide forWriting Research Papers Based on Modern Language Association (MLA) Documentation http://webster.commnet.edu/mla/index.shtml
• Guide to Grammar and Writing webster.commnet.edu/grammar - From Capital Community Technical College 

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