Ron Samul - EL 101 and 102 - Thames Academy - Spring 2009

EL 101 - Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center

Opposing Viewpoints
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Opposing Viewpoints Resource Center is a full-text resource covering contemporary social issues. It is designed to bring together the many different types of information needed to achieve comprehensive understanding. It includes pro and con viewpoint articles, reference articles that provide context, full-text magazines, academic journals, newspapers, primary source documents, government and organizational statistics, and multimedia (including images and podcasts), and links to web sites.

EL 102 - Article Databases

The Boolean Machine
This visual representation highlights the logical relationships you may create between your search terms using the words AND, OR, NOT.

Library Catalog

The Mitchell College Library belongs to a consortium named LION (Libraries Online, Inc.), consisting of over 20 other libraries within the state of CT. If you choose to use the search bar above, your results will be based on a search of all LION libraries. However, if you go to the catalog through the link Library Catalog Mainpage above, your search by default will limit results to the Mitchell College collection. You can change that at any time to include all LION libraries. When you find a book that belongs to another library, you may place a request for that book directly within the catalog, using your library barcode as identification, and the book will automatically be sent to Mitchell for you. We receive daily deliveries through a statewide libary delivery service.

News Resources

The Day
New London's Local Newspaper
iConn Newspapers
Christian Science Monitor
Hartford Courant
Historical Newspapers of CT
London Times
New York Times
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
LexisNexis Academic Universe
Full-text news, business, legal, medical and reference information.

EL 102 - Library Literary Criticism Resources

Poetry criticism: excerpts from criticism of the works of the most significant and widely studied poets of world literature. by Gale Research, Inc., 1991-
Call Number: Mitchell College Reference: PN1010 .P499
From the Preface to Volume 92, 2009:
"Poetry Criticism (PC) presents significant criticism of the world's greatest poets and provides supplementary biographical and bibliographical material to guide the interested reader to a great understanding of the genre and its creators ... Students, teachers, librarians, and researchers will find that the generous excerpts and supplementary material provided by PC supply them with the vital information needed to write a term paper on poetic technique, to examine a poet's most prominent themes, or to lead a poetry discussion group."
Short Story Criticism: criticism of the works of short fiction writers by Gale Research Co., c1988-
Call Number: Mitchell College Reference: PN3373 .S386
From the Preface of Volume 116, 2009:
Short Story Criticism (SSC) presents significant criticism of the world's greatest short-story writers and provides supplementary biographical and bibliographical materials to guide the interested reader to a greater understanding of the authors of short fictions."

EL 102 - Literary Reference Center Database

This comprehensive subscription database will provide you with information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and timeframes.

Literary Reference Center

EL 102 - Literary Criticism on the Web

Internet Public Library - Online Literary Criticism Guide
Maintaining that finding good literary criticism on the web can be quite challenging, IPL provides links to and describes the best starting places for internet research. IPL was founded at the University of Michigan School of Information.
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Mission Statement of the Internet Public Library:

The Internet Public Library is a global information community that provides in-service learning and volunteer opportunities for library and information science students and professionals, offers a collaborative research forum, and supports and enhances library services through the provision of authoritative collections, information assistance, and information instruction for the public.