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FYS157: Literature and Science
Fall 2008 - L. Gilleman
reference contact: Bruce Sajdak x2967

Background | Books | Articles | Reviews | Cite Sources | Give Feedback

FINDING BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Reference Source Reference Call Number
Dictionary of Literary Biography
ref PN 451 .D53
Encyclopedia of Literature and Science ref PN 55 .E53 2002
Companion to Science Fiction click here
Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction click here

Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography

click here
Oxford Companion to the History of Modern Science click here

American National Biography

click here
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography click here
Biography Resource Center
click here

FINDING BOOKS: USING THE FIVE COLLEGE LIBRARY CATALOG

Be sure to search the Five College Library Catalog using the SUBJECT BEGINS WITH search to find books on your author. You can also search for broader topics such as: Literature and Science.

FINDING SCHOLARLY ARTICLES

Humanities Abstracts 1984+

History of Science, Technology, and Medicine 1975+

J-STOR - back issues excluding the most recent 2-5 years

MLA Bibliography 1963+

Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database (Texas A&M University)

FINDING PLAY REVIEWS
Reference Source Reference Call Number

Guide to Critical Reviews
          Part I: American Drama 1909-1982
          Part III: Foreign Drama 1909-1977

 
ref Z 5781 .S16 1984 v.1
ref Z 5782 .S342 v.3

New York Times Historical - 1851-2005

click here
LexisNexis Academic - coverage varies by title
click here
International Index to the Performing Arts - 1997+ click here
International Bibliography of Theater and Dance - 1982+ click here
Academic Search Premier - 1965+ click here

CITE YOUR SOURCES

For guidance on citing sources correctly visit the Libraries' Citation Guides & Style Manuals page. See especially links to MLA (Modern Language Association of America) style.

WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LIBRARY CLASS?

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CONTACT THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN

Contact Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu

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