Library Resources for English Composition
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES HOMEPAGE
- This web site gives access to all the print and electronic holdings purchased by the Rutgers University Libraries, plus resource lists and pathfinders constructed by information professionals across the system. You need to obtain a barcode and a PIN number from a circulation desk in order to borrow or request any materials from the Rutgers system. In order to find out what you need to reach these resources from your home or office, please read How do I ... connect from home. .
- The online catalog of the Rutgers University Libraries, IRIS gives students and faculty ready access to over 3 million print volumes in 22 libraries across the state, plus multimedia and many full-text electronic journals. You may limit searches to DANA or use the
button to intralibrary loan books or use the 
to obtain articles from other Rutgers libraries. - Ibsen and house --
(This is a keyword search.) - Blake William --
(Note that this is the author's name as a subject. That way you find items about the author.) - American Literature --
BOOKS AND MORE
LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER
- The Literature Resource Center contains full text articles about literary classics from many countries plus Web links to even more information.
- Go to the Rutgers University Libraries Web page and click on Indexes & Databases. Go to indexes by title. Click on LITERATURE RESOURCE CENTER.
PERIODICAL ARTICLES
- Finding periodical articles is traditionally a two-step process. First, you identify existing articles on your subject. Second, you locate the periodicals themselves.
- Step one: Identify articles on your subject.
- Go to the Rutgers University Libraries Web page (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu).
- Click on Indexes & Databases.
- Find scholarly periodical articles in literary criticism and humanities using Humanities Abstracts, MLA International Bibliography, or other appropriate index.
- Find scholarly periodical articles in social sciences using the Social Science Abstracts, Sociofile, Public Affairs Information Service (PAIS), PsycINFO, or other appropriate index.
- Find scholarly periodical articles in history using the Humanities Abstracts (all times, all places, including ancient Greece and Rome), America: History and Life (United States and Canada), or Historical Abstracts (rest of the world after 1450).
- Find articles on business using ABI/INFORM, Business and Industry Database, or other appropriate index.
- Find recent articles in major metropolitan newspapers in Factiva, or LexisNexis Academic. For items you cannot locate in full text from these sources, we own the following newspapers on microfilm on the Lower Level:
- New York Times
- Wall Street Journal
- Christian Science Monitor
- Los Angeles Times
- Washington Post
- Newark Star Ledger
- Times of London
- ProQuest Historical Newspapers: the New York Times provides the full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 until two years ago.
- For other newspapers available online, including international titles, consult Newspapers Research Guide, a Rutgers guide to newspapers on the Internet. No restrictions to access.
- For older scholarly items, try Humanities Index or Social Science Index (formerly called Poole's Index or The International Index to Periodicals) in print. All are located in Reference, call number "AI" section.
- Find articles in scholarly and general interest periodicals online using Academic Search Premier (EbscoHost), or other appropriate index.
- How can you tell whether what you found is popular or scholarly? Try this page: Popular Literature Versus Scholarly Literature
- Step two: Locate the periodicals themselves.
- Go to the Rutgers University Libraries Web page (http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu)
- Click on IRIS to find the periodicals owned by the Rutgers Libraries using our online catalog.
- Look at the periodical record.
- First, examine the holdings lines to see if Dana or another Rutgers library has paper or microfilm copies of the periodical. Identify the holdings by year or volume number.
- Second, see if there is electronic access. Click on the blue underlined link to find out if you can access your article electronically. This often works best with items newer than 1997.
WEB RESOURCES
For information on citing print and electronic resources, please see our page on Style Manuals.
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Roberta L. Tipton
8 October 2003
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For questions and comments, send email to tipton@andromeda.rutgers.edu