Ceremony

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Contents 1 Gain an Overview 2 Delve Deeper via Library Catalog Search 3 Find Articles in Electronic Databases 4 Recommended Internet Resources 5 Citation and Plagiarism 6 Your Instructional Librarian

Gain an Overview

Reference sources give you an overview of your topic. They help you identify key words that will aid you in searching the online catalog and various electronic databases. Also, reference sources often give suggestions for further reading, which can include books, articles or websites. All of the reference sources listed below can be found in the Garver Room (silent study room).

REF 810.9 AM3 SUPPL. 4 American writers : a collection of literary biographies 
REF 810.9 H25O 1995 The Oxford companion to American literature 
REF 810.3 Ox21 V.4 The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature
REF 810.3 B43 Benét's reader's encyclopedia of American literature
REF 810.3 C14 The Cambridge handbook of American literature 
REF 970 L55C A concise dictionary of Indian tribes of North America
REF 970.3 N212 Native America in the twentieth century : an encyclopedia
REF 978.004 EN32 Encyclopedia of the Great Plains Indians

Also remember to use cross references, indexes, and tables of contents to help you locate information.

Delve Deeper via Library Catalog Search

After getting an overview with reference sources, it is time to start searching the online catalog for books or other materials that focus more specifically on the topic you have chosen. You may try with the following keywords, or subject headings.

• American poetry -- Indian authors.
• Laguna Indians
• Laguna Indians -- Fiction.
• Laguna Indians in literature.
• Pueblo Indians.
• Pueblo Indians -- Social life and customs.
• Silko, Leslie, 1948- -- Criticism and interpretation

Click on the links below to see a few sample of books available at OWH Library.

At home on this earth : two centuries of U.S. women's nature writing
Handbook of North American Indians. Volume 9. Southwest
Genocide of the mind : new Native American writing

To find more, please start your own search via NOBLE Online Catalog or ask a librarian for help!!

Find Articles in Electronic Databases

Articles from electronic databases can help you fill in holes in areas of your research where book information is not sufficient. Often times, articles will give very specific information rather than a general overview. You can access these databases both on campus and off. If you're off campus, you may be prompted for your "library card number". This is simply your PA ID number, which is on your ID card. The chart below includes databases that will be particularly useful when doing research on your topic. To see a chart of all the databases the OWHL subscribes to, visit the Databases A-Z Page.

Biography Resource Center	Almost a million biographies including full text of the complete Marquis Who's Who(R). Has the full content of Contemporary Authors. Source citation is at the end of each article.
Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature	The Cambridge Companion to Native American Literature provides Introduction and timeline; Historical and cultural contexts; Genre contexts, Individual authors as well as Selected bi-bibliographies and further reading list.
Historical Newspapers	Searches the Christian Science Monitor (1908-1991), New York Times (1851-2001), Wall Street Journal (1889-1987), and the Washington Post (1877-1988).
JSTOR	The JSTOR Archive holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, some dating as far back as the 1600s. New titles and disciplines are being added regularly.
The Literary Encyclopedia	Learn more about how and why to use The Literary Encyclopedia.
Literary Reference Center	Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive literary reference database, which includes a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals. It also contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works.
Literature Online (LION)	A databases containing 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources.
Project Muse	Project MUSE provides full-text, user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers.
New York Times Archive	Full text of ALL New York Times articles from 1851 to the present.

Recommended Internet Resources

Below you will find links to sites that are recommended by Ms. Pei.

Dr. Fajardo-Acosta's World Literature
CNN on Native American Writers
Pueblos
Pueblos, Tribes, & Reservations
Ceremony Summary
Internet Public Library Literary Criticism Site

Citation and Plagiarism

For this assignment, you will be required to use the MLA Citation Style. For help with this, see the Citing Sources page in the wiki, pick up an MLA Style sheet from the reference desk, or ask a librarian for further help!

Remember, you not only have to cite direct quotes, but also text that you paraphrase. Anything you write that is not an original thought must be properly cited!

Your Instructional Librarian

Having trouble finding that perfect source? Having trouble finding ANY sources? Please come in to see me! I am in the library every day from 9am to 5pm during the week except Tuesday from 2-10pm.

Or, email me at spei@andover.edu to ask a question or set up a meeting. You can also call me at x4228 or simply stop by!