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Citing Articles
MLA Style Examples: - Malmgren, Carl D., "Texts, Primers, and Voices in Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye."
- Critique: Studies in Contemporary Fiction 41.3 (Spring 2000): 251-62.
- Reproduced in Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select. Infotrac.
- Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 8 July 2004 <http://infotrac.gale.com>.
For additional MLA examples, visit the MLA site. |
Basic Steps
There are four ways to search: - Author (default) - searches for author by name
- Subject - searches for authors by subject
- Title - searches for authors by titles of writings
- Advanced - allows you to use index fields (examples below in Advanced Search Tips)
Check out the online user guide. |
Advanced Search TipsSearch Syntax Search Type | Format | Example | Boolean Searching
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( ) to group synomyns or similar terms | ghost* or horror* | | Proximity - Same order | w# | shared w3 values | | Proximity - Any order | n# | memory n5 repressed | | Wildcard (any number of letters) | * | manag* | | Wildcard (only one letter) | ? (question mark) | wom?n |
Segment or Field Searching Databases use different codes to allow you to search by specific field. This can help to narrow your search to a specific publication, author, or date. |
Search Indexes | Labels | Content (some examples included) | | Author | au | Names of books authors
au nelan bruce w | | Critic Name | cn | Name of literary critic (essay writers) | | Essay Title | ce | Words in the titles of biographical and critical essays | | Ethnicity | et | Ethnic group of authors (browse using ethnicity list)
et asian american | | Gender | gd | "Female" or "male"
gd female | | Keyword | ke | Words in titles, authors, and Gale Group-assigned index terms | | Nationality | nt | Nationality of authors | | Source publication | pt | Sources for critical essays | | Subject | su | Words from indexed subjects | | Text word | tx | Words in text of the article | | Work title | ti | Titles of books and other authored works |
Viewing, Printing & Saving OptionsMark the items you wish to see and then click on Marked List in the left hand column. You can then chose to email or send to printer (be sure to select Full Article if available).
You can print or download at anytime. Scroll to the bottom when viewing an article, and you will see viewing, printing and e-mail options.
To print, go the bottom of the article and select either Browser Print or Acrobat Reader.
To save to disk, click File . . . Save Frame As or copy & paste the text into Word. If Acrobat is available, open and save as a PDF file. Make sure you save to A:\ for floppy disk or C:\ for your own hard drive, change the extension to .txt, and change the file type to "Plain Text". |
Scope Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select is an extensive collection of critical essays on contemporary authors. Each entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, listing of principal works and sources for further study. |
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