Resource Guide ENGLISH

Books

The Library has many books, encyclopedias, atlases and dictionaries pertaining to English studies. The Library's books are classified according to subject by the Dewey Decimal System and browsing the shelves for books can be a good way to find books on similar topics.  The 800 range is the  section in Dewey for literature. Our library also has Fiction, Series Fiction, Story Collection, and Paperback sections which contain much of use in your study of English. Access the library catalog here. Looking for a great book recommendation - check out this page on California Dept of Ed site.

Remember that Googling is not researching. If you need a reminder on how to use our databases, look at this presentation.

Carondelet Databases and Online Encyclopedias:

• • A-Z list of databases

These databases and encyclopedias may be especially useful for English:

• • Encyclopedia Britannica Academic

  • Gale Student Resources in Context

  • Gale Literature: Litfinder

  • Daily Life Through History

Online journals (online fulltext) that pertain to English can be found at:

• • Expanded Academic ASAP

  • Google Scholar

e-Reference Books that may be of particular use  for English studies:

• • American Decades: Primary Sources

  • Countries and Their Cultures

  • Dictionary of American History

  • Encyclopedia of Greco-Roman Mythology

  • Encyclopedia of Science, Technology, and Ethics.

  • New Dictionary of the History of Ideas

  • Propaganda and Mass Persuasion: A Historical Encyclopedia, 1500 to the Present

  • Renaissance: An Encyclopedia for Students

  • UXL American Decades

  • Women of Classical Mythology A Biographical Dictionary

Credible News Sources:

• • NewsBank: World News Research Collection 

  • New York Times All Carondelet Students & Faculty/Staff can redeem their annual subscription here.

  • LA Times

  • Chicago Tribune

  • Wall Street Journal

  • Washington Post

  • The Guardian

  • The Atlantic

  • The New Yorker

  • The Economist

  • BBC News

  • The Christian Science Monitor

  • Federal Times

  • Media Bias Fact Check **Not a news source, but a good site to use to help evaluate news sources.**

Helpful Internet Sites (Including some great tools for improving your reading & writing):

• • Bartlett's Familiar Quotations

  • Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable

  • EasyBib

  • Encyclopedia Mythica

  • The Writing Lab at Purdue (OWL)

  • PBS: American Experience

  • Poetry 180 (Library of Congress)

  • Poets.org

Class Research Project Resources:

• 1920s Research Resources (The Great Gatsby)

• A Lesson Before Dying

• Great Depression Research (Of Mice and Men)

• Mythology: Greco-Roman

• Refugees (Samurai's Garden)

• Victorian Research Resources (Jane Eyre)