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Use the following to help find resources for Literature Criticism
GMC Print Source
GMC Print Source
Use the Destiny Discover, to search for a book on your author.
Log in with your student id number and birthday password: ddmonyy! Ex: Sept. 08, 2006 is 08sep06!
Type the author’s name in the search box.
Select a book on the author and place the book on hold for pick up
Gale Index
Gale Index
Use the Gale index located here: https://go.gale.com/ps/start.do?p=LITN&u=deep
Conduct an author or title search.
Click on the author’s name.
Select either View All or click on a specific work by the author.
The Gale index will provide you with a list of resources on the author; however, we do not have ALL of these resources.
We have the following print sources:
We have the following print sources:
· British Writers- Volumes 1-7 and Supplements 1-4
· Contemporary Authors Autobiography Series- Volumes 1-30
· Contemporary Authors First Revision Series- Volumes 1-100
· Contemporary Authors New Revision Series- Volumes 1-156
· Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature
· Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of World Literature
· Great American Writers- Supplement II part 1; Supplement XVI & XVII
· Great World Writers
· Literature and Its Times
· Magill’s Survey of American Literature
· Poetry Criticism - Volumes 1-90
· Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism - Volumes 1-180
· World Literature and it’s Times - Volume 3 & 4
Once you determine if the GMC has the book, conduct a search in Destiny Discover to place the book on hold for pick up.
Once you determine if the GMC has the book, conduct a search in Destiny Discover to place the book on hold for pick up.
GMC Gale Databases
GMC Gale Databases
To find biographical information on the author, use Gale In Context: Biography: https://www.galepages.com/va_s_136_0001/secondary
To find general information and critical essays, use Gale In Context: High School:
Literature CRITICISM online - CPL Access
Literature CRITICISM online - CPL Access
To find literary criticisms on the author’s works, use the Chesapeake Public Library to access the Literary Criticism Online.
Conduct an author or title search and click either Show more or See all criticisms.
You must use your student id number as the library card number and your birthday as a PIN number (example: Sept. 23= 0923)
Online Sites
Online Sites
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