Dictionaries and Handbooks
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A Glossary of Literary Terms, M.H. Abrams and G.G. Harpham, tenth edition, Reference PN41 .A184 2012. A Handbook to Literature, W. Harmon, twelfth edition, Reference PN 41 .H355 2012.
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Tyger searches for literary caticism.Databases
- MLA International Bibliography
Produced by the Modern Language Association, this international resource contains bibliographic references (without abstracts) to articles in more than 4,000 journals as well as books, book chapters, proceedings, and dissertations in the fields of literature, modern languages, folklore, and linguistics. - American Literary Scholarship Contains bibliographic essays surveying the years's literary criticism of major American authors and time periods. Covers books, essay collections, festschriften and journal articles. The online version contains years 1998 through the most recent. Printed volumes for earlier years can be found in our Reference Collection at PS3 .A47.
- Literary Research Guide (MLA)
A selective, annotated guide to reference sources essential to the study of British literature, literatures of the United States, other literatures in English, and related topics, compiled by James L. Harner. - Oxford English Dictionary (OED) The OED Online traces word usage from first recorded appearance to the present, offering examples from recognizable sources, presenting etymological analysis, variant spellings, and pronunciations in International Phonetic Alphabet, and providing authoritative definitions for more than 500,000 words.
- IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog)Search IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog), to find books or library materials such as music CDs, electronic resources, and videos. Materials at the Fort Wayne Helmke Library are designated by the library location FORTWAYNE. To search all IU libraries, choose ALL from the Select Library pull-down menu on the search screen.When you search all IU libraries you can place a hold on a book at another library and have it sent to IPFW as part of the Request Delivery system.
Recommended Style Guides
The most frequently recommended style guides for this course are the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers and the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Puslishing, both published by the Modern Language Association. The most recent printed editions of these guides are located at the the Service Desk in the Library. Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL) has created helpful online guides to these MLA publications:
When a Resource is Not Available in the Library
Request Delivery is an IUCAT feature that allows IPFW faculty, students, and staff to request materials needed for research that are held by other Indiana University Libraries and to have them delivered to Helmke Library (see the IUCAT Request Delivery Fact Sheet).
You may also request items needed for your research that are not available at Helmke Library through Document Delivery Services (DDS). DDS provides books and electronic copies of journal and other periodical articles from other library collections.
And Finally, Ask Your Subject Librarian
. You are welcome to make an appointment with Your Subject Librarian if you need more in-depth assistance.
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