| Research paper links |
| Find Articles.com AltaVista.com Internet Public Library Internet Public Library Lit Crit Galenet Literature & Lit Criticism Library Spot Links to Lit Criticism The Atlantic Journals Literary Criticism of American Literature New Orleans Public Library System Jefferson Parish Public Library System These are links to sites you can use to search for literary criticism (but these are not the ONLY ones! Please find your own also.) |
| What you need for your works cited page (for an "electronic" source, such as a website or online journal/periodical): Author's name (if available) Title of the essay or article Source (what periodical published it) Organization that published it online Date it was created Date you accessed it <the URL> (the website address) For other info on MLA Documentation, click here and use the "Directory to MLA works cited entries" drop-down menu |
| A good general search engine is Google Type in keywords pertaining to your topic ie symbolism in Poe's "Fall of the House of Usher" |
| The Delgado library offers some good research tools. Click here. This library resource page has a link to the MLA International Bibliography, which is one of the best sources for literary analysis. Depending upon your topic, you may be able to print out linked full texts directly from the database OR you may have to go to another library, like Tulane's (click here for directions) or UNO's to actually make copies of the articles, but I guarantee you will find sources for your paper if you just take the time to look . . . and yes, it may take some time. |
| For the research paper guidelines, click here |
| Sample Literary Analysis Sample Research Paper based on the sample literary analysis |
| Works Cited page: The Citation Machine |
| If you are not sure how to introduce, quote, paraphrase, summarize, or cite something, consult your Step by Step textbook . . . that's why you have it! Using Quotations and Documentatioin in Your Essays: pp 37-47 Writing Literary Research Papers: pp 261-304 Come see me OR see one of the tutors in the Writing Lab (216W) if you're still unsure of what to do. |