WR 506: MAWG Workshop

Research Databases

MLA International Bibliography

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts

Project Muse

JSTOR

Academic Search Premier Includes journals as well as magazines in all subject areas.  A good starting point but not as comprehensive as the MLA and Linguistics databases.

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Find Books: Catalogs

OSU Libraries Catalog

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog
Academic libraries in Oregon and Washington.  Request books not at OSU (or checked out) and have them sent here in 3-4 working days

Suggest books you'd like the library to purchase.

Citation Databases

In  cited reference searching, you are searching works cited pages in scholarly articles.  You can trace the influence of ideas and writers, find more recent articles on your topic.

 

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

Science Citation Index

Google Scholar cited by...  Incomplete but you may find some useful leads. 

Borrowing from other libraries

Books:

First see if a book is available through Summit. If it's not, request it through WorldCat.

Articles in journals:

Request through InterLibrary Loan.  Articles are delivered electronically, so the turnaround time is often 24 hours or less but may take up to 5 working days.

Primary Sources

American Periodicals Series , 1740-1900

America's Historical Newspapers , 1690-1876)

Corpus of Middle English Prose and Verse

Nineteenth Century Serials Edition   6 periodicals, with facsimiles and searchable transcipts 

Renaissance Women Online  

Women Writers Online 1400-1850

 

Literary and Critical Sources

Oxford English Dictionary 

John Hopkins Online Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism

Oxford Reference Online Encyclopedias, dictionaries and more.

Cambridge History of English and American Literature

Encyclopedia of Irish Culture and History  

Famous Quotes & Authors Nicely designed website.  Browse by author or topic.

Dissertations and Theses - SA & DA

Scholar'sArchive :  Electronic copies of OSU theses and dissertations.  2007 - present. 

Dissertation Abstracts   Dissertations and Masters Theses completed at US institutions.  If you find a dissertation you're interested in, use Interlibrary Loan to request it. Be aware, though, that not all libraries will lend them.  If you can't borrow a dissertation from another library, you can purchase a copy from Proquest/UMI.

Managing Your Research

EndNote & other bibliographic managment software

Search Alerts   Many databases let you save and return to searches and receive updates when new information is published on your topic(s)  

Keeping Current with Research.  Information about RSS feeds, social bookmarking, and more.

 

Graduate Student Workshops

Keeping Up : a popular series of free workshops for graduate students and faculty.