Research+Pathfinder

=media type="custom" key="9264580"Pathfinder for Literary Criticism Paper= > (e.g,. //Novels for Students// contains three pieces of criticism from one source.) Use the **POWER Search** to do two General Keyword searches (NOTE: change the drop-down boxes at the left to General Keyword): > in box below it. You might get lucky and locate an entire book of criticism > on your novel! If not.... > in the box underneath (both still General Keywords). This will give > you books in our collection about your author's work in general. > Look in the index to see if your novel is discussed. // All of our Golding, Orwell, Wiesel, and Knowles books are on Library Use Only Reserve. // // Copies are 5 cents a page. // ||
 * **You must find EIGHT to TEN pieces of criticism from THREE different sources that supports your thesis statement.**
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 * 1) Try the **TITLE** of your novel in the top box, and the word **CRITICISM**
 * 1) Search for your **AUTHOR's LAST NAME** in the top box, and leave the word **CRITICISM**

Databases
The print version is Library Use Only, but the eBook can be read or printed out through Horizon, the Novels for Students database or the Gale Virtual Reference Library. || ||  Allows you to search for reference books, magazines, newspapers, primary documents, and multimedia files on your author and his novel. BE CAREFUL TO AVOID MOVIE REVIEWS. Type the title of your novel in the box that says "Enter Search Terms." Press enter. || || Go to this Gale database to use their online reference books. Do a //Title Search// for your novel. Be careful to choose information NOT already chosen from // Novels for Students.// ||   || Bloom's Literary Reference ||  || Access eBooks including Novels for Students and Twayne's Authors series. ||  ||  An index to the print reference books in the library. ||  || = Reference Books = The reference books listed below may not appear when you complete your search in the catalog.
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Pages 1-956 cover authors. Pages 957-1071 discuss selected novels.
 * //Reference Guide to American Literature//** (REF 810.9 REF)

//**American Writers series**// (REF 810 AME) Look in index to see which pages cover the novels.

Look in index to see which pages cover the novels.
 * //Literary Themes for Students//** (REF 809.933)

//**Masterplots**// (REF 809 MAG) Look on the spines to see which volume contains your novel (they are arranged like an encyclopedia, A-Z by title). Pay particular attention to the sections "Critique" and "Further Critical Evaluation of the Work".

//**Critical Survey of Long Fiction: English Language Series**// (REF 823.009 MAG) Look on the spines to see which volume contains your author (they are arranged like an encyclopedia, A-Z by author). Pay particular attention to the section on "Analysis".