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Resources Available at the Library

To begin, go to the Library’s web site: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/
 

          Library Catalog  |  Ebsco Host  |  Other Databases  | Gale's Literary Criticism Sources
Other Reference Resources (Print) |  World Wide Web  |  Sites That Select Quality Sites
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The Library Catalog

Search the library catalog for books related to your topic. Select a topic and create a search statement. Find a book and then its call number. Remember: Books will have in-depth material but will be dated.

Enter your search statement here:

Enter a book you have found here:

Title:                                                                         Author:

Place of Publication and Publisher:                         Call Number:
 
 

Ebsco Host Periodicals Databases

Search the Periodicals databases to find articles related to your topic, some of which will be available as full text from your computer. Remember: you want to search periodicals for more up-to-date material.

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Select an article and enter relevant information:

Author:                                                                                     Title:

Title of Journal:                                                                       Volume, edition and page numbers:

Take note here, how to print or how to Email an article (when available as full text):
 
 
 
 

Where do you go to see if we have a magazine, journal, or newspaper, in print?

To access Ebsco Host from Home: http://www.epnet.com/ehost/login.html

Login: chabot Password: glads

Other Databases

Go to More Databases and select a database such as Encyclopedia Britannica. the Infotrac Newspaper Database or SIRS Knowledge Source.

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Select an online article and enter relevant information:

Author:                                                                                 Title:
 

Title of Source:                                                                     Other information (web site address, volume, issue and
                                                                                                page numbers, if needed):

 
Reference Resources

Consider this to be your "short cut." The Library contains many reference books, which are useful for many purposes such as: providing you with biographies and backgrounds of authors, statistics and facts, brief descriptions of particular historical periods and cultures. Many reference books on literature and renowned writers can be found on the reference shelves under call numbers beginning with the letter, P (which stands for "Languages and Literatures"). You can photocopy any pages you want from our reference books. If you have any questions for finding sources beyond what’s listed below, ask a reference librarian.

Many of these reference sources can be looked up in our database, Gale’s Literary Index which will let you know from one screen where you can find information about your author in MOST of our available resources.
 
 

Gale’s Literary Index—How to Use

  1. Go to "Click Here for More Databases" from the Library Home Page (lower right of the top table).
  2. Select "Gale’s Literary Index"
  3. Select "Author Search" or "Title Search."
  4. Enter the name of the author or title of the work.
  5. After taking down sources or printing them, look up various titles to see what we have in our collection from our online Library catalog. In almost all cases, sources we have here will be available in the Reference section.
These sources are excellent because they will contain a list of works by the author, a biographical background of the author, literary and historical influences of the author, and excerpts of criticisms on works by the author. Note: All Dictionary of Literary Biography sources are shelved together after Contemporary Authors in the Reference Shelves. Also: Keep in mind we do NOT have every reference resource indexed in Gale’s Literary Criticism, nor does Gale’s Literary Criticism index every reference resource in our collection.

Here are the most commonly used Gale literary reference resources in our collection.

*Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC)                                    Reference Shelves: PN771.C59

*Contemporary Authors (CA)                                                       Reference Shelves: PS128.C6

Dictionary of Literary Biography (DLB)                                      Reference Shelves: Shelved after Contemporary
                                                                                                          Authors in Reference Shelves (PS 128.C6)

Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC)                             Reference Shelves: PN771.T85

*CLC and CA ARE available online and in full text and are available to you with the use of an Alameda County Public Library Card number. To get to the databases, go to either of these addresses: http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/abby/dblist.html or http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/alamco_it Scroll down until you reach the name of the source.

Other Reference Resources

Browse the P shelves in the Reference area for other resources on authors and literature for resources not indexed in Gale’s Literary Index. Below are some other biographical and history resources that may assist you with your project.

Current Biography Yearbook                                                       Reference Shelves: CT100.C8 1940

American Decades                                                                        Reference Shelves: E 169.12 A4196 1996
 
 

World Wide Web

Face it. The World Wide Web can contain good resources for library research, but trying to find them is a chore! There is just too much junk and misinformation or web pages that have information without having their facts verified. Take caution and evaluate each web site you come across carefully.

Reference Resources

Some reference resources are also available on the web. We are currently developing an Online Reference Shelf that will soon be added to the Library web page. Below are what’s been developed, as well as other online reference resources available:

Online Reference Shelf—Biographical Works http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/Biography.html

Librarians’ Index to the Internet www.lii.org

Online Reference Shelf—Citation Guides/Style Manuals  http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/citation.html
Online Books

On-Line Books Page http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/

(Mostly pre-twentieth century material, and non-copyrighted, full text books with sometimes, original illustrations!)

Sites that Select and Evaluate Quality Web Sites:

Internet Public Library's Literary Criticism Collection  http://www.ipl.org/ref/litcrit/

Argus Clearinghouse: Literature  http://www.clearinghouse.net/cgi-bin/chadmin/viewcat/Arts___Humanities/literature?kywd++

Voice of the Shuttle: English Literature http://vos.ucsb.edu/shuttle/english.html

U.C. Berkeley and Internet Resources—Humanities http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/acadtarg.html/#huma

Study Web www.studyweb.com

Scout Report Signpost http://www.signpost.org/signpost/

Select Search Engines that will More Likely Lead you to Academic Web Sites (such as Google or Northern Light. NOT THAT EASY):

Web Guides and Search Engines http://www.chabotcollege.edu/Library/onlineref/websearch.html

Left side leads to search engines and general directories. The right side leads to subject indexes on the web. Descriptions to the various search engines, directories, and guides are listed below.

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This web site was last updated on December 1, 2000
 If you have any questions or want to suggest any additions, please contact
Norman Buchwald, Information Literacy and Technology Librarian.
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