John+Steinbeck+-+Literary+Analysis

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=Biography=


 * [[image:Gale_powersearch.jpg link="@http://galesites.com/menu/index.php?loc=s0940"]] || Use this Gale Group search engine to cross-search ICONN and Gale databases as well as ICONN and NHS ebooks

// Look for citation tools in each article. EasyBib tip: Use the "58 Options" tab to access the Write/Paste screen // // Password needed to access from home. See p. 41 of your student planner for password. // || Use the tabs of each database to locate different kinds of information - especially books. ||
 * __**Recommended databases:**__
 * **BIOGRAPHIES IN CONTEXT**
 * **DISCOVERING COLLECTION** || * In POWER SEARCH: Look for the //Biographies in Context// OR //DisCovering Collection// widget on the right
 * To search all databases, use the main //Power Search// search box
 * To search eBooks || Search in the //GVRL (Gale Virtual Reference Library)// widget on the right to access biographies of John Steinbeck from eBooks ||

Search by name of author - John Steinbeck - select //subject// - you want information ABOUT Steinbeck, not BY Steinbeck: Suggested title: //Readings on Of Mice and Men// LITCRIT 813.09 REA || (lower level) || Browse the **REF 920s** for biographical articles in larger works Browse the **REF 800s** for literary biographical works in larger works
 * [[image:nhslitcrit:NHSLibrary2.jpg width="92" height="69" link="@http://lms.npsct.org/common/welcome.jsp?site=100"]] || // EasyBib tip for articles in books and reference works" Click on the "58 Options" tab and select "Chapter/Anthology" and fill in the template // ||
 * Individual titles || Open the NHS Catalog and click on //Catalog// tab to search for books.
 * **92** is the number for biographies
 * LITCRIT books contain biographical information in the introduction
 * Reference Books

__**Suggested John Steinbeck reference sources:**__ //REF 810.9 MAG Magill's Survey of American Literature// //REF 813 HAY John Steinbeck: His Fictional Characters (introduction)// //REF 820.9 GRE Great Writers of the English Language// ||

=Literary Analysis=


 * [[image:Gale_powersearch.jpg link="@http://galesites.com/menu/index.php?loc=s0940"]] || Power Search also contains articles of literary analysis and criticism. These can be found in academic journals and eReference books. See the recommended databases below to access these resources FROM POWER SEARCH

// Look for citation tools in each article. EasyBib tip: Use the "58 Options" tab to access the Write/Paste screen // // Password needed to access from home. See p. 41 of your student planner for password. // || OR Select //Literature// from the list of eBooks on the left and click on //Novels for Students -// search by title of work || Enter the title of your work and look for articles marked "criticism" ||
 * **NOVELS FOR STUDENTS** || Search //GVRL// //(Gale Virtual Reference Library)// widget on the right for articles from Novels for Students
 * **DISCOVERING COLLECTION** || In POWER SEARCH: Look for the **//DisCovering Collection//** widget on the right


 * [[image:nhslitcrit:NHSLibrary2.jpg width="92" height="69" link="@http://lms.npsct.org/common/welcome.jsp?site=100"]] || __**Suggested print resources for literary analysis on John Steinbeck:**__

//REF 810.9 MAG Magill's Survey of American Literature// //LITCRIT 813.09 REA// //Readings on Of Mice and Men// ||
 * || // EasyBib tip for articles in books and reference works" Click on the "58 Options" tab and select "Chapter/Anthology" and fill in the template // ||