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ENG-243: Survey of British Literature l

This guide presents library resources covering British texts from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 18th century.

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Library databases to try:

Gale Literature Tutorial

MLA International Bibliography Tutorial

If you select the EBSCOhost Choose Databases menu, you have the option to search several databases at the same time including: Academic Search Complete, Humanities International Complete, MasterFILE Premier and MLA International Bibliography with Full Text.

To find articles that critique a specific author's works or to find articles on an author's life:

  1. Go to the JSTOR Advanced Search screen.
  2. Type the author's first and last name in the 1st search box.
  3. From the Item Type menu, checkmark articles.
  4. From the Narrow by Discipline and/or Journal menu, checkmark Language & Literature.

To find articles that critique a specific work:

  1. Go to the JSTOR Advanced Search screen.
  2. Type the author's first and last name in the 1st search box.
  3. Type the title of the work in the 2nd search box.
  4. From the Item Type menu, checkmark articles.
  5. From the Narrow by Discipline and/or Journal menu, checkmark Language & Literature.

 

If you click on any Reynolds Library database link from off-campus, you will get a Virginia's Community Colleges login screen first. Use your My Reynolds username & password to access library databases from off-campus. 

  1. From the Virginia's Community Colleges login screen, enter your username first then click on the Go button.
  2. Next, enter your password then click on the Go button.

If you are a student currently enrolled in a Reynolds course, and cannot login from off campus, email Will Weaver (Web Services Librarian) dweaver@reynolds.edu or call 804.523.5323.