This webpage provides resources to help you find more information on the themes and topics of the course.

Most of the eletronic resources listed on this page are restricted to UW students, staff and faculty. To connect to these databases from home you will need to first click on the Off-Campus Access link in the upper-right hand corner and login.

• UW Libraries' Catalog
  The catalog contains all types of materials (books, journals, newspapers, government Reports, videos, and other resources) owned by the UW Libraries.

• Summit Catalog
  This catalog includes over 22 million books, sound recordings, films, maps and more from 32 colleges, universities, and community colleges throughout Oregon & Washington. You can request many materials through Summit if it's not available at the UW. Request a book and it will arrive in 2-3 days. Pick it up at your favorite UW Library location.

OCLC World Catalog This catalog.simultaneously searches the UW Libraries Catalog, Summit and libraries worldwide. This catalog is also used search scholarly articles and book reviews. Best used for topical searches; facilitates requesting books from other libraries.

Finding Scholarly Journal Articles

http://www.googlescholar.com is a good starting point to search scholarly articles

Use research databases to find articles on a topic. Since most databases cover a specific subject area, choose those that best fit your research topic. For a complete list of databases see Research Databases on the UW libraries home page.. For subject specific databases please go to http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/
and click on the relevant subject page such as English for English subject specific databases.

Electronic Databases

MLA International Bibliography - Scholarly journals in literature, language, linguistics and folklore. For information on the MLAIB and tips for searching see: How to Use the MLAIB

Literature Online (LION) - Fully searchable library of more than 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 192 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.

Literature Resource Center - Literary biographies, journal articles, critical essays, and an encyclopedia of literary terms.

To find a copy of the article, use the Check for UW Holdings button available on most databases to locate a copy in the library. If there is no button, search the UW Libraries Catalog for the title of the journal to locate a copy. Be sure to have the complete citation (author, title, journal name, volume, pages and year) of your article.

Articles from journals which the UW does not own can be requested via Interlibrary loan.

AccuNet/AP Multimedia Archive Photos, Text, Audio, Graphics UW restricted

Over two million photographs dating back to 1826, more than one million audio sound bytes dating from the 1920's, two million Associated Press news stories from 1997, and a professionally produced collection of more than 45,000 maps, graphs, charts, logos, flags, illustrations, etc. are included. Updated with more than three thousand photos daily.Please use the keyword Kashmir AND Earthquake to search this database

Background Sources for American Literature

Encyclopedias and dictionaries provide background information and can be used to identify key people, events and dates which can then be used as search terms when searching research databases and catalogs. More importantly, because encyclopedias often cover the major issues surrounding the subject, they can help you narrow your research from a broad “who, what, where, when” topic to a “how or why” question. In addition many encyclopedia articles include short bibliographies that will lead you to the major works on the topic.

• The Oxford Encyclopedia of American Literature ( Electronic resource- UW restricted)
  Suzzallo- Reference PS 21 E537 2005 ( Print version)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography
  Suzzallo Reference-PN41 .D484 1978 ( several volumes)
• Dictionary of Literary Biography Documentary Series (Depicting the lives and works of American authors--including photographs, manuscript facsimiles, letters, notebooks, interviews, and contemporary assessments.)
  Odegaard reference- PS129.D48 1982
  The concise Oxford companion to English literature [electronic resource] (UW restricted)
  

Other Reference Sources for American Literature

• Reference Guide to Americal Literature
  Suzzallo Reference PS 129 R44 2000
  
  Cambridge History of American Literature
  Suzzallo reference- PS 88 C3 1931
  
  American History through Literature 1820-1870
  Suzzallo reference - PS217.H57 A84 2006  
  
  
• American History through Literature 1870-1920
  Suzzallo reference PS 217.H57 A843 2006
  
  
• American Literary Scholarship
  Suzzallo Reference- PS 3 A47 1999
  
  
• American Women Writers
  Suzzallo Reference- PS 147 A4
  
  
• Twentieth Century American Literature
  Suzzallo Reference- PS 221 T 834 1985
  
  
• Modern American Literature
  Suzzallo reference- PS 221 C8 1969
  

Please go to http://www.lib.washington.edu/subject/English/ for more subject specific research resources.