Great Gatsby

Print Sources:

Selected books on cart (please note that many of the print books contain multiple essays by different authors)

Databases:

• Blooms Literary Reference Online Do a simple search of the title of your work (or author) and skim results

• Literature Resource Center (New!) Do a basic search of the title of your work (or author) and skim results. Add additional keywords if necessary.

• Gale Student Resources in Context - Here you will find some general information on the origins of the "American Dream."

• Ebsco Literary Reference Center Do a basic search of the title of your work (or author) and skim results. Add additional keywords if necessary.

EBooks:

• Novels for Students: Great Gatsby (contains background theme and critic essays)

• Critical Insights: The American Dream

• Critical Insights: F. Scott Fitzgerald

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