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Fall 2008 - Oxford College Library - Writing about Literature and Poetry
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Locating Articles
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- Databases (http://web.library.emory.edu/databases/)
Use to find articles about your topic.
- eJournals (http://ejournals.emory.edu/)
Use to find electronic journals owned by Emory Libraries.
Recommended Article Databases:
Databases @ Emory
- Academic Search Complete - scholarly and popular articles available full-text
- Contemporary Women's Issues - varied full-text access to articles on global women's issues
- Essay and General Literature Index - indexes articles found in essay compilations
- JSTOR - scholarly articles available full-text
- Lexis-Nexis Universe - newspaper articles available full-text
- Literature Online - full-text criticisms and complete works by the author
- Literature Resource Center - full-text criticisms and biographical information on authors
- MLA International Bibliography - indexes articles scholarly articles on literature, language, linguistics, and folklore
- Project Muse - provides some full-text and covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the visual and performing arts, cultural studies, etc.
- Research Library - full-text articles from academic journals and popular magazines
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Evaluating and Citing Your Sources
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- Timeliness
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Evaluating Sources:
Use this link for information on MLA citation styles: Diana Hacker's Documenting Sources