Library: ENG 102 Information Literacy Ms. Bernard: Finding critiques of literary works

Welcome ENG 102 students!

This guide is to help you find reliable sources of information on your topics. Navigate through the guide using the tabs in the left-hand column. Please contact a reference librarian if you need additional help esearch.sc4.edu/contact.

OneSearch

The library OneSearch box found on the SC4 Library homepage will help you find a wide variety of library resources. It searches almost all of the 200+ library databases at once. You can use it to find peer reviewed journal articles, magazine and newspaper articles, streaming videos, ebooks, print books, audio recordings ...

Selected databases for literary topics.

If off campus, you will be prompted to log in with SC4 portal username and password.

Gale Literature Resource Center
Up-to-date biographical information, overviews, full-text literary criticism and reviews.

Gale Literature Resource Center

Literary Reference Source This link opens in a new window
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This resource provides information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames.
Content includes:
More than 36,000 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews
More than 80,000 articles/essays of literary criticism
More than 250,000 author biographies
More than 450 literary journals
More than 900,000 book reviews
Nearly 100,000 classic and contemporary poems
More than 27,000 classic and contemporary short stories
Nearly 10,000 author interviews
More than 7,400 classic novels
Poetry & Short Story Reference Source
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Poetry & Short Story Reference Center comes with a dedicated search interface that allows users to browse content by categories such as most studied poems, poets, short stories and themes.
Films on Demand
A comprehensive, curriculum-focused video subscription providing unlimited access to thousands of videos in 30+ subjects, including the humanities, science, business, literature, health, and more.
Films On Demand Audio Description Titles
Gale eBooks
A database of encyclopedias and specialized reference sources for multidisciplinary research.
ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times with Index
This historical newspaper provides genealogists, researchers and scholars with online, easily-searchable first-hand accounts and unparalleled coverage of the politics, society and events of the time.
ProQuest Central
The largest single periodical resource available, bringing together complete databases across all major subject areas.

MSU John W. & Joan Eadie Celebrity Lecture series
The Celebrity Lecture Series was established at Michigan State University by the College of Arts and Letters under the leadership of Dean John W. Eadie and the Dean’s Community Council in 1988. At its tenth anniversary in 1998 and in honor of his stewardship of the arts and humanities, the series was renamed in honor of Dean Eadie. The popularity of this series attracted students, faculty, and members of the community, and featured some of the most illustrious scholars, critics, novelists, poets, and creative artists of our time.