LibGuides: Behold the Dreamers (Common Text 2018-2019): Additional Research Methods

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CQ Researcher This link opens in a new window
Comprehensive reporting and analysis on issues in the news.
Newsday This link opens in a new window
Local and regional news from 1985-present.
Newspaper Source Plus This link opens in a new window
Full-text coverage for national and international newspapers, television and radio news transcripts, videos and podcasts.
Opposing Viewpoints This link opens in a new window
Covers social issues, such as Gun Control, Genetic Engineering, Censorship, Endangered Species, Terrorism and more.
Points of View Reference Source This link opens in a new window
A full-text database designed to provide students with a series of essays that present multiple sides of a current issue, such as: cloning, immigration, aids.

Looking for Literary Resources?

Bloom's Literary Reference This link opens in a new window
This resource contains more than 20,000 critical essays from over 500 literary journals and 2,300 scholarly and critical books, including 700 titles published by Bloom's Literary Criticism and Facts On File. Also included in the database: hundreds of streaming videos and more than 13,000 biographies, 45,000 character entries, and 5,000 synopses of literary works.
Dictionary of Literary Biography This link opens in a new window
Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online provides more than 16,000 biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres.
Gale Literature (formerly Literary Sources) This link opens in a new window
Search Literature Resource Center, Literature Criticism Online and Twayne's Author Series, Scribner Writer Series and Lit Finder through this one interface.
Literature Criticism (formerly Literature Criticism Online) This link opens in a new window
These online literature criticism reference books will provide criticism of books, poetry and short stories. These criticisms have been gathered from broadsheets, pamphlets, encyclopedias, books and periodicals.
Literature Resource Center This link opens in a new window
Includes criticism, biographies, bibliographies, work overviews and explications, Web sites, periodical articles, compare and contrast pages, full-text author's works, and reading lists.
MagillOnLiterature Plus This link opens in a new window
Definitive online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses, brief plot summaries and information on over 1,500 notable authors.

ILLiad

Getting Books & Articles From Other Libraries

If our Library does not have a book or article you need, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan. We will borrow the item for you from another library, and notify you when it has arrived. Articles will be sent electronically to your ILLiad account. You are responsible for bringing all ILL books back to the NCC Library on or before the due date. To request an item online, create an ILLiad account and follow the instructions on the ILLiad Login page.

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