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Freshman
English: Research and Composition
Prepared
by Karilyn Jaap
Databases
& Indexes
Provides
access to various databases, some with full texts of articles.
Contains
citations and many full-text articles on current events,
general sciences, social sciences, and humanities. Designed
primarily to support undergraduate-level research, the database
is useful to anyone seeking information on these topics.
Journal coverage is from 1994 to the present, and backfiles
(1980-1993) are available for some journals. Includes indexing,
abstracts, full-text, and images. Newspaper indexing is
available for the current 6 months; full-text journal articles
from 1997 to the present.
Literature
Resource Center
Includes
the indexes Contemporary Authors , Contemporary Literary
Criticism , and the Dictionary of Literary Biography.
Wilson
OmniFile Full Text, Mega Edition is a multi-disciplinary
database providing the complete content - indexing, abstracts,
and full text - from six of Wilson's full-text databases:
Education Full Text, General Science Full Text, Humanities
Full Text, Readers' Guide Full Text, Social Sciences Full
Text, and Wilson Business Full Text.
Research
| Craft of Research
|
Wayne C. Booth
|
Q180.55 .M4B66
1995 |
An
overall guide to planning and executing a research project.
| Elements of Style
|
William Strunk,
Jr. |
REF PE1408 .S772
1979 |
A
classic style manual, this little book outlines the rules
of usage and composition that form the basic of good writing.
| Holt Handbook |
Laurie G. Kirszner
|
REF PE1408 .K675
1995 |
A
researcher's reference guide and a writer's companion, this
book outlines the elements of reference and composition.
| MLA Handbook For
Writers of Research Papers * |
Ready Reference
|
REF LB2369 .G53
1995 |
Created
by the Modern Language Association, this book provides "a
comprehensive picture of how research papers are created,"
especially in Humanities subject areas. Extremely
useful for its detailed explanation on using and citing
footnotes and bibliographic documentation.
| Publication Manual
of the American Psychological Association* |
Ready Reference
|
REF BF76.7 .P82
1994 |
Gives
the rules for preparing manuscripts and citing notes and
bibliographies. Used especially in psychology, anthropology,
and business, as well as Social Sciences subject areas generally.
| Where To Go For
What: How To Research, Organize, and Present Your Ideas
|
Mara Miller |
Q180.55 .M4M54
|
A
guide through the process of research.
*Note:
Since both the MLA and APA manuals were written before the
widespread use of electronic full-text databases, Poynter
Library has created handouts showing how to cite electronic
format. These materials are available on the bibliography
rack beside the Reference Desk.
Writing
| Academic Writing:
Working With Sources Across the Curriculum |
Mary Lynch Kennedy
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E1478 .K39 1986
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| The Art of Readable Writing
|
Rudolf Flesch |
PE1408 .F4773 1962 |
| The Contemporary Writer: A
Practical Rhetoric |
W. Ross Winterowd |
PE1408 .W622 1989 |
| Conventions and Choices: A
Brief Book of Style and Usage |
Stephen M. Foley |
PE1408 .F5147 1986 |
| Form and Surprise in Composition:
Writing and Thinking Across the Curriculum |
John C. Bean |
PE1408 .B468 1986 |
| Guide to Concise Writing: The
Source for Clear, Effective Writing |
Robert H. Fiske |
PE1460 .F47 1990 |
| The Handbook of Good English
|
Edward D. Johnson |
PE1112 .J54 1991b |
| Prentice Hall Handbook For
Writers |
Glenn Leggett |
PE1408 .L39 1991 |
| The St. Martin 's Guide to
Writing |
Rise B. Axelrod |
PE1408 .A94 1988b |
| The St. Martin 's Handbook
|
Andrea Lunsford |
PE1112 .L86 1989 |
| Simple and Direct: A Rhetoric
For Writers |
Jacques Barzun |
PE1408 .B436 1994 |
| The Wordwatcher's Guide To
Good Writing and Grammar |
Morton S. Freeman |
PE1460 .F654 1990 |
Mystery
Fiction
| Catalogue of Crime
|
Jacques Barzum
|
REF PN3448 .D4B37
1989 |
Annotated
bibliography of crime novels, short stories, anthologies,
and plays; includes critical comments on each work and biographical
notes about each author.
| Critical Survey
of Mystery and Detective Fiction: Authors |
4 v. |
REF PN3448 .D4C75
1988 |
Covers
270 mystery writers. Signed entries give biographical
details, outline principal characters, discuss the author's
importance to the genre, and analyze the works.
| Detectionary |
|
REF PN3448 .D4D4
1977 |
Short
biographical sketches of famous characters in mystery and
detective fiction plus sections on memorable crimes and
puzzles from the literature and fiction made into motion
pictures.
| Encyclopedia of
Mystery and Detection |
|
REF PN3488 .D4E5
|
Lengthy
biographical and critical essays on mystery writers, famous
detectives, and well-known villains. Entries include
checklists of titles and, where applicable, films.
| Twentieth-Century
Crime and Mystery Writers |
|
REF PN3448 .D4T87
1991 |
Signed
biobibliographical entries give critical analyses on English-language
authors living within the last one hundred years.
Suggested
Further Readings
| Aesthetics of Murder:
A Study in Romantic Literature and Contemporary Culture
|
Joel Black |
PN56 .M85B57 1991
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| Crime Fiction and Film in the
Sunshine State : Florida Noir |
Steve Glassman, ed. |
PS374 .D4C74 1997 |
| The Crime Novel: A Deviant
Genre |
Tony Hilfer |
PN3448 .D4H55 1990 |
| Detective Fiction and Literature:
The Figure on the Carpet |
Martin Priestman |
PN3448 .D4P75 1991 |
| Heroes and Humanities: Detective
Fiction and Culture |
Ray B. Browne |
PN3448 .D4B76 1986 |
| An Introduction to the Detective
Story |
LeRoy L. Panek |
PN3448 .D4P36 1987 |
| The Literature of Crime and
Detection: An Illustrated History from Antiquity to the
Present |
Waltraud Woeller |
PN3448 .D4W6413 1988 |
| The Murder Mystique: Crime
Writers on Their Art |
Lucy Freeman, ed. |
PN3448 .D4M83 1982 |
| 'Murder Will Out': The Detective
in Fiction |
T. J. Binyon |
PS374 .D4B56 1989 |
| 1001 Midnights : The Aficionado's
Guide to Mystery and Detective Fiction |
Bill Pronzini |
PN3448 .D4P76 1986 |
| The Perfect Murder: A Study
in Detection |
David Lehman |
PS374 .D4L44 1989 |
| Probable Cause: Crime Fiction
in America |
LeRoy L. Panek |
PS374 .D4P35 1990 |
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