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Finding Books and Articles
Bibliographies
Bibliographies
will save you a lot of time and effort. Consult
these first! (Check the "bibliographies" link to the
left.)
Online
Indexes
The following
databases should prove useful when you're looking
for scholarly material about the Arthurian legend
(click here
to go to the library's links to these databases --
access restricted to Hanover College):
- MLA Bibliography (Standard database
to articles about literature and folklore)
- Arts and Humanities Search
(Articles and reviews in the arts and humanities, some
full text)
- Book Review Abstracts (Abstracts of
book reviews)
- Historical Abstracts (Articles and
reviews for history, with abstracts)
- Humanities Abstracts (Articles and
reviews, with abstracts; some full text)
- Art Abstracts (Abstracts for
materials pertaining to all kinds of art, including
movies)
- WorldCat (Search for books in
libraries worldwide; a quick way to find information
about books not held by Duggan Library)
You can also try MetaLib,
which serves several resources all at once!
Full Text
Databases and Journals
- J-Stor (Several leading journals of
history and literature; time-lag of 4 years)
- Project Muse (No time lag, but
older issues not online; Still in progress)
- Academic Search Elite (Again, no
time lag but older issues not online)
Other Useful Tools
Google
Books
If it's not in copyright,
you'll probably find it here. If it's in
copyright, you'll probably find excerpts.
The
Heroic Age
An on-line journal with
articles that cover the time period relevant to
Arthur's historical origin.
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