Oxford Reference Online includes many dictionaries, thesaurii, companions and encyclopedias. Some relevant titles are The Oxford Companion to English Literature, The Oxford Companion to Australian Literature, The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms, and The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English.

Some websites also offer guides to literary terms. They are:

http://www.virtualsalt.com/litterms.htm
Virtual Salt: A Glossary of Literary Terms, by Robert Harris. This offers a clear and concise list of literary terms and their meanings, with examples of literature that uses them.
Harris also offers A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices on rhetorical devices, which may help you in your analysis of poetry, or language of novel or film. It can be found at:
http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm
Gale, which publishes many literary dictionaries and journal indexes, also offers A Glossary of Terms
http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/glossary/
Cambridge University's 'Virtual Classroom of the Cambridge English Faculty' offers a site specifically for literary terms used in the analysis of poetry:
http://www.english.cam.ac.uk/vclass/terms.htm

Finding books

The first place to look for books is the catalogue, because it tells you what is held here at UNE. To find books by a particular person use a Browse Author search. Examples are harwood gwen and conrad j. To find books about an author or criticisms of their work, use a Browse Subject search and type their names the same as for an Author search i.e. welles orson.

Some relevant Subject headings for ENGL 102 include:

Australian literature	feminist literary criticism	film criticism
English literature - periodicals	English literature - 20th century	English literature - history and criticism
poetry modern	literary form	literature -terminology
Australian poetry -20th century	African literature	Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924

eSKILLS UNE has good advice on how to search the catalogue.

Finding journal articles

If you want to find references to articles you need to use a journal index. These databases tell you the titles of articles, authors, and (most importantly) the source — journal title, year, volume number, issue number and pages. The databases provide either an abstract (a short summary of the topics covered) or subject descriptors so that you can judge if an article is going to be useful to you. Increasingly indexes are also providing the article itself, online in full-text.

If you use a database to find out about what articles have been published about your topic and the article itself is not available online in full-text, then try a Journal Title search in the catalogue to see if UNE holds the journal you want in print or online in another database. More details about how to find journals in the catalogue are here.

Try the Research guide for English & Literature to see a list of the Recommended and Useful databases.

Your assignment

Try the following examples to search databases to find articles for your assignment.

JSTOR

This database contains hundreds of journals in full-text back to their first issue (but does not contain the most recent volumes).

Choose JSTOR from the list of Recommended databases and click on the 'Advanced search' link.
In the first search box type joseph conrad and in the second type "heart of darkness". The quotes will find the phrase.
If you wish to be more specific you can add marlow in the third search box.
Take the tick off the box next to 'Search for links to articles outside of JSTOR'.
You can also limit your search 'Type' by ticking the box next to 'Article' and further down the screen limit the Discipline to 'Language and Literature'.
When you click the 'Search' button you will see the results of your search.
You can use similar searches for yeats AND "second coming" or welles AND "citizen kane"
JSTOR contains some Australian material but there aren't any articles on Gwen Harwood or her poetry.
You can print or save each article or mark several citations and email the list. Check JSTOR Help if you want to know more.

MLA Bibliography

This database is a major tool for finding references to articles about literature and criticisms of works. It does not have links to full-text articles.

Choose MLA Bibliography from the list of Recommended databases.
You may have to enter your UNE username and password.
Click on the link 'MLA International Bibliography' and then on 'Search'.
In the 'Author as Subject' box type yeats
and in the 'Author's Work' section type second coming and click on the blue 'Search' button.
Try a similar search for conrad joseph AND heart of darkness. To get fewer results add marlow in the 'Keyword(s)' box at the top of the search form.
welles as 'Author as Subject' and citizen kane as 'Author's Work' also works well.
There are references in MLA Bibliography about Gwen Harwood's writing but not about 'Suburban Sonnet: Boxing Day'.
To see more details about an article in your results list click on the title of the article.
Use the boxes in your results list to tick the references you would like to keep and then click on 'Marked List' at the top of your results.
You can email, print or save your list of references.
If you want to read a particular article look in the catalogue for the title of the journal.
If the journal is in print then you will be able to write down the Call Number (starting with P) and find it in Dixson Library.
If you are an external student you can request an article by using the photocopy request forms on the left hand side of Library Services for External Students.
If the journal is online in another database use the URL (web address) provided in the catalogue to go to the right database and then search for the particular article you want.

Gale databases

Gale databases (powered by Infotrac) are multidisciplinary and contain a large number of full-text journals so you will be able to read, print or save articles.

Choose Gale Databases from the list of Recommended databases and click on the 'Continue' button.
In the first search box type heart of darkness and in the second search box type conrad
You can tick the box to limit your results to 'peer-reviewed publications' if you wish, then click 'Search'.
Look at the 'Academic Journals' tab to see the references suitable to use for your assignment.
Other searches to try are:
yeats AND second coming
welles AND citizen kane
harwood gwen AND suburban
You can mark records and print/save/email your results. Help with the databases is here.

Proquest

Proquest is similar to Gale, containing multidisciplinary databases with a lot of full-text magazines and journals.

Choose Proquest from the list of Recommended databases.
In the first search box type heart of darkness. In the second one type conrad and in the third marlow
yeats AND second coming
welles AND citizen kane
Tick the box to limit your search to 'Scholarly journals, including peer-reviewed' and click the 'Search' button.
You will see your results listed and whether or not they are available online.
You can mark your records so you can then print/save/email the list.

Australian material

AustLit

AustLit is mostly an index (there is little full-text). There are some links to web articles, usually provided by the Australian National Library.

Choose AustLit from the list of Recommended databases.
Use the Quick Search, but change the radio button from 'Keyword' to 'Author'.
In the search box type harwood gwen and click 'Go'.
At the top of the screen you will see biographical information and awards won by Gwen Harwood.
Look at the bottom part of the screen. Place a tick in the box next to 'Criticism' in the 'WORKS ABOUT' column and click on the grey 'SHOW MARKED' button.
In your results, the icon showing two heads indicates the journal cited is peer-reviewed.
The small world with a red arrow indicates the article is available on the web.
If you want more information about an article click on its title.
You can mark records of interest and save or email your list of references.

APA (Australian Public Affairs) Full-Text and the Humanities & Social Sciences Collection

APA-FT and the Humanities & Social Sciences Collection contain a large amount of full-text so you can read the articles straight away.

Choose APA-FT from the list of Useful databases and click on 'Change databases' underneath the bright green toolbar.
Put a tick in the box next to 'Humanities & Social Sciences Collection' and click on the blue 'continue' button.
In the first search box type harwood gwen
Use the pull-down menu to change 'any field' to 'SUBJECT - All Subject fields' and click on 'Search'.
Your results list shows brief information. To see more details so you can judge if an article is worthwhile, click on 'Complete' on the bright green toolbar at the top of the screen.
If an article is available online you will see a link to the full-text at the bottom of its record.
You can mark the boxes next to any articles you wish to keep.
When you have finished making your choices click on 'View selected' at the top of your results list.
You can print, email or save your reference list, which includes links to any full-text articles you have selected.

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