Melanie Chu
Outreach Librarian
mchu@csusm.edu
(760) 750-4378
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This guide is to provide resources for the CHS 11th grade
students.
Workshop Objectives
During the research workshop, students will:
Map of Kellogg Library
*After the research workshop, you can use your guest log-in in KEL
2303,
or on any available computer in the Library (see "Research Computers" on the
3rd floor and "Open Computer Lab" on the 2nd floor).
Books
*You can read and/or photocopy materials here, or check out books
with a
guest borrower card.
Find books by searching the
Library Catalog. A good strategy
is to:
Some recommended resources in print:
- Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)
Criticism of the works of today's novelists, poets, short
story writers, and other creative writers
LOCATION: REFERENCE
PN771 .C59 (volumes 1 - 214)
Find which volume your author is featured in CLC through this
Literary Index.
- American writers: a collection of literary
biographies
Includes a biography, a critical
essay with analysis and summary, and a select bibliography for each
author
LOCATION:
REFERENCE PS129 .A55
(volumes 1-4 and supplements)
Articles
To look for articles in journals, you will need to start with a
research database. The following databases provide full
text or abstracts of articles from thousands of journals and other
sources.
See an article you want in one of these databases?
Look for "Full Text" in
PDF,
 HTML,
 Linked
or 
*Save full-text articles to flash drive, or email articles to your
email account.
Twayne's Authors Series
This series provides literary criticism
for approximately 600 authors, including
critical introductions to the lives and
works of writers, the history and
influence of literary movements, or the
development of literary genres.
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Academic Search Premier
Our most popular database. Covers a wide
array of subjects with full text for
nearly 1,850 scholarly journals,
including more than 1,250 peer-reviewed
titles.
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Project Muse
Full-text coverage for hundreds of
scholarly journals in the humanities and
social sciences.
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JSTOR
Contains complete full-text back files
(EXCEPT for the latest five years) of
core scholarly journals in many areas,
including language and literature.
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Blackwell
Blackwell includes over 800 journals in
Literature, Humanities, and other areas.
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Sage Journals Online
Sage Journals Online includes over 460
journals in Humanities and other areas.
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Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary
Theory & Criticism
Informative introduction to major people
and ideas in the world of literary
theory and criticism.
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MLA
Includes abstracts of articles from
critical literary and language journals.
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With your Temecula Public Library card, you can
access databases like Literature Resource Center,
Literary Reference Center, InfoTrac, and Biography
Resource Center.
Citing Sources
Academic Honesty Survey
When you do research, it's important to cite your sources, to
document where you got ideas and quotes from.
Use MLA style for your paper and bibliography.
Other resources:
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KnightCite: A
free online tool. Pick MLA citation style and type of
resource to cite. Keep in mind, you'll need to review the results
for accuracy.
- From
UCLA Bruins Success, tips on how to quote, summarize and paraphrase
your sources.
- From
Cal
State San Marcos, explanations of different types of
plagiarism.
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