1. Randolph C. Watson Library Kilgore College Literature Research Poetry Short Stories Drama Novels

2. This tutorial will show you how to find information for researching literary works for English classes. Let’s begin on the library home page.

3. http://library.Kilgore.edu

4. Click on the tab for Databases. Use the drop down box to select Literary Reference Center.

5. Enter the title of your literary work in the search box. Be sure to click the box for Full Text. Click Search or hit Enter. Click here Enter title

6. From the results, click on Full Text to view an article.

7. Read. If you want to use the article, you may print it out or email it to yourself.

8. Click on the email icon. Click here

9. Enter your information and click Send.

10. The citation information is found in the Detailed Record. Remember to get a copy!

11. Detailed Record

12. Let’s try Literature Resource Center

13. Type in your title and hit Enter.

14. On the right is a list of subject areas and the number of articles in each.

15. Click on the title of an article. Click here

16. Read the article.

17. The citation information will be at the bottom of the article. Citation info

18. You can print it, email it, or save it to a flash drive.

19. Bloom’s Literature

20. Enter the title of your literary work and hit Enter.

21. You can narrow your results by clicking on one of the tabs. Click on a title to read. Click on Title to read Click on a tab to narrow the results by subject.

22. Read the article.

23. The citation information will be at the end of the article

24. Literature Criticism Online

25. Contains articles from Poetry Criticism Contains articles from Short Story Criticism Each article counts as a separate source. You may be able to find several of your articles in one volume.

26. Type in the title of your literary work and click Search or hit Enter

27. Click on a title Click on title in blue.

28. You will be taken to the page where your article begins

29. Be sure to get the Source information. You will need this to create your citation. It will either be at the beginning or the end of the article.

30. You may also need the information about the volume in which you found the article. Click here for volume information.

31. Use the arrow to advance to the title page. You will also need the copyright date from the back of this page.

32. JStor

33. Enter the title of the literary work and hit Enter.

34. Click “Read Online” or “Download PDF” to view the article. Click here to read article

35. Read.

36. The Citation information is at the top of the article.

37. Academic Search Complete

38. Enter the search terms and click on Full Text. Click Search or hit Enter. Enter search terms here Click this box

39. Notes on searching Putting the title in quotation marks tells the database you want to see the words together as a phrase. AND is a limiter. It tells the database you want to have the words or phrase before the limiter, as well as the words after it, in the article. Clicking on Full Text tells the database you want to see the full text of the article; not just an abstract or a bibliography.

40. Click on Full Text to view the article. Click here to see the article

41. Read the article.

42. Citation information is under Detailed Record.

43. Detailed record

44. Creating citations Use The Little, Brown Compact Handbook. Use the tab for MLA. Ask your instructor if you have any questions. Always get the citation information when you first find the article! If you don’t, you may not be able to find it, later!

45. A few hints… If the title of your poem, short story, drama or novel begins with A, An, or The, do not use it in your search. Instead, use the next word in the title. If your title contains the word NOT: NOT is a limiter. Using it tells the database you want everything before NOT, but nothing after NOT. Leave out NOT. For instance, if you are researching “The Road Not Taken,” enter your search as “Road Taken”

46. Ask-A-Librarian This is an email reference service. If you have a question, but can’t access a librarian for help, use this while you have the question on your mind. We will not do the work for you, but we can point you in the right direction. Ask-A-Librarian is not available during Minimester.

47. Click on Ask-A-Librarian from the Library Home Page. Click here

48. Enter your information and question.

49. Submit.

50. We will get back to you as quickly as possible. However, if it is an evening, weekend, or holiday, you will have to wait until the next working day. This services is unavailable during minimester.

51. Good Luck!