Introduction |
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1 Starting the Research Process |
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Understanding Your Research Paper Assignment |
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Developing a Search Strategy |
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The Research Process: Five Common Pitfalls and How to Avoid Them |
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2 Searching Your Library Discovery System or Catalog |
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Is This like Google? Your Library's Discovery System |
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The Library's Special Language: Library of Congress Subject Headings |
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Using Materials from Other Libraries |
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Choosing the Right Library Sources for Your Assignment |
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3 Searching Subject-Specific Databases |
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How to Select the Right Database |
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Subject-Specific Databases |
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Advanced Searching in the MLA International Bibliography |
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Interdisciplinary Databases |
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Finding Scholarship on the Internet |
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Accessing Scholarship Online |
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Searching Smarter: Search Engine Advanced Tools |
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Evaluating Internet Sources |
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Evaluating Library Sources |
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6 Using Contextual Primary Sources |
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What Is a Primary Source? |
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Periodicals as Primary Sources |
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Using Primary Sources in Literary Research |
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Finding Primary Sources through a Library Database or Catalog |
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Finding Primary Sources through the Internet |
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7 Finding Background Information |
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Library Sources for Biographical and Historical Information |
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Internet Sources for Biographical and Historical Information |
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Finding a Definition or the Source of a Quotation |
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8 Managing Sources and Creating Your Bibliography |
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Creating In-Text Citations and a Works-Cited List |
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9 Guides to Research in English and American Literature |
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Harner's Literary Research Guide |
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Series on Literary Research from Scarecrow Press |
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Appendix. Selective Bibliography of Sources for English and American Literature |
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Glossary |
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