Articles/Databases - English 1302 - Literary Research - LibGuides at Tyler Junior College

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Interlibrary Loan/Acquisitions
Lilly Smith 903-510-2645

Reference Librarian
Leif Pierson 903-510-3149

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Nathan Stiles 903-510-2110

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Kerry Johnson 903-510-2309

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Biographies and Critiques

Salem Literature Online
Salem Literature online is a companion database to all Salem Press print titles in our collection. Search for biographies and critical insights and analysis over many authors/poets and their works.

Interlibrary Loan

Need a book or an article that we don't have? Complete the Interlibrary Loan request form at the link below and we'll request your item/s for you from another library. We generally receive articles within 24 hours, but books may take up to two weeks. Be sure to allow plenty of time!

Interlibrary Loan Request Form

Suggested Literary Databases

Education Research Complete
An extensive collection of scholarly research and information relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all educational specialties.

Gale Literary Sources
Comprised of Gale's Literature Resource Center, Twayne's Author Series, and Scribner's Writers Series. Select "What's Inside" at the top of the page to find out more about these resources.

InfobaseBooks(Bloom's Literary Criticism Collection)
Collection of ebooks from Harold Bloom that provides a literary analysis for various works of poetry, short stories and drama.
Literary Reference Center Plus (LRC)
Comprehensive resource with information over thousands of authors and their works, hundreds of full-text journal articles, major reference works, books, literary criticism, author biographies, poems, and much more.
Ebook Central
Search multiple subject areas from thousands of ebooks by numerous well-known publishers. Choose the "Search By Topic" link at the top of the subject listings to see all topics.
eBook Collection(EBSCOhost)
Search books in electronic format (ebooks) from our database collection. Includes thousands of titles over multiple topics such as business, technology, trade, reference and academia.

eBooks on Gale Virtual Reference Library
Select the title list link at top of the search page to see all books included in the database. Subject categories include art, business, education, literature, history, medicine and much more.

Biographies

Credo Reference
Great resource for general topic information and biographies. Easy to use tool for research projects and homework that includes hundreds of encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, quotations and subject specific titles as well as 200,000+ images and audio files and nearly 100 videos.

Contemporary Authors (Gale)
Good source for biographies and general discussion of their works.

Biography Reference Bank
Thorough biographcial coverage of individuals that includes full-text articles, images and abstracts from thousands of periodicals.

Subject Guide

Leif Pierson

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English 1302 - Literary Research: Articles/Databases