The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

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Contents 1 Read about the author Robert Louis Stevenson 2 Get Organized! 3 Gather Information 3.1 Use Reference Sources to Get an Overview of your topic 3.2 Find out more by using Circulating Books 3.3 Find additional and specific information using electronic access to full-text materials from Scholarly Journals and Literary Resource Centers 3.4 Try these Reference Sources in the Garver Room for Literary Criticism 4 Preparing your Bibliography 4.1 Your Instructional Librarian

Read about the author Robert Louis Stevenson

Get Organized!

Gather Information

Use Reference Sources to Get an Overview of your topic

TIP: Use Reference Universe to search our collection for reference sources for your topic.

Reference sources 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. These sources, which may be helpful for some topics, are located in the Garver Room.

• British Writers (Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 5
• British Writers: The Classics (Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 1
• British Writers Retrospective Supplement (Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 1
• Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume(s) 1890-1914
• Dictionary of Literary Biography, volume(s) 18, 57, 141, 156, 174
• Gothic Literature: A Gale Critical Companion, edition(s) 3
• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, volume(s) 5, 14, 63
• Reference Guide to English Literature (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale), edition(s) 2
• Reference Guide to Short Fiction (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale), edition(s) 2
• Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writers (UXL, an imprint of Gale)
• Short Story Criticism, volume(s) 11, 51
• St. James Guide to Horror, Ghost & Gothic Writers (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale)
• Supernatural Fiction Writers (Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Gale)

Find out more by using Circulating Books

Search the OWHL Catalog Use the key words that you have developed as your search terms, then pay attention to the SUBJECTS associated with useful books. You can re-run the search by clicking on a subject.

Find additional and specific information using electronic access to full-text materials from Scholarly Journals and Literary Resource Centers

Title of e-Resource	About the e-Resource
American National Biography	Learn more about how and why to use American National Biography.
Biography Resource Center	Learn more about what Biography Resource Center offers. A great resource for biographical information as well as magazine and journal articles and web sites about a specific person (make sure to click on the various tabs above the main information area after you do your search).
Cambridge Collections Online	Learn more about how and why to use Cambridge Collections Online.
Contemporary Literary Criticism Select	Learn more about how and why to use Contemporary Literary Criticism Select.
Dictionary of National Biography	Learn more about how and why to use Dictionary of National Biography.
The Literary Encyclopedia	Learn more about how and why to use The Literary Encyclopedia.
Literary Reference Center	Learn more about how and why to use Literary Reference Center.
Literature Online (LION)	Learn more about how and why to use Literature Online.

If you are trying to access these databases from off-campus, you will be prompted to enter your Library Card Number. This is your PA ID Number. There are many more resources available through OWHL subscriptions. Depending on your topic, you may need a different kind of source. Use the A to Z listfor a complete set of available databases.

Try these Reference Sources in the Garver Room for Literary Criticism

• Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, volume(s) 5:398, 400, 402-05, 408, 413, 415, 418, 421, 427, 429, 433-37; 14:311-40; 63:261, 269
• World Literature Criticism, volume(s) 5:3446-49, 3451, 3459
• Short Story Criticism, volume(s) 11:262, 264, 276, 279, 290-92, 301-02; 51: 230, 232, 236, 239, 242, 245-46, 248
• Reference Guide to English Literature (St. James Press, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 2:1549-50
• Literature and Its Times, volume(s) 3:377-82
• Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction: Analyses, volume(s) 7:4055-58
• British Writers: The Classics (Charles Scribner's Sons, an imprint of Gale), volume(s) 1:311-28
• Children's Literature Review, volume(s) 107:123, 139-44, 146, 148

Preparing your Bibliography

For this assignment, you will be required to use the MLA Citation Style. 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!

TIP: Use the MLA style guides located at both help desks, or use this online guide to MLA Style.
       
TIP: Use RefWorks to keep all of your sources organized

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. Just ask for me at the circulation desk, or email me at etully@andover.edu to ask a question or set up a meeting.