READ 176 - Woodman
Winesburg, Ohio and Our Town: FLITE Resources
Databases and Books in the Reference Section
Databases
Literature Resources from Gale
Use the Literature Resources from Gale to find information on specific authors, like Wilder or Anderson, and specific works, like Our Town and Winesburg, Ohio. Use a Person search to find biographies. Use a Works search with the name of the work as an Exact Title to find articles about Winesburg, Ohio and Our Town.
Web Sites
ClassicNotes: Sherwood Anderson
Biographical information on Anderson is found at this site. This page also contains links to a summary and analysis of various sections of Winesburg, Ohio.
Sherwood Anderson: A Brief Biography
This page, part of the Sherwood Anderson Foundation site, provides biographical information on Anderson.
The Thornton Wilder Society
The official Web site for the Thornton Wilder Society contains a biography and an Our Town study guide.
Winesburg, Ohio
Read the entire novel online at Bartelby.com.
Weird Encyclopedia
Un-authoritative but fun and fairly comprehensive source.
Citing Sources
Citation Style Guide: APA (PDF)
An online version of FLITE's APA Quick Reference handout which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.
Son of Citation Machine
Online tool for creating citations. Be sure to check the results for correctness.
APA Format
More examples of how cite different types of sources using the APA format.
Copies of the full-length APA Handbook (APA handbook for writers of research papers) can be found in the Ready Reference section on Floor 1 of the library near the Oval Information Desk.
Citations - a FLITE guide
A guide to understanding citations, and a link to different online citation management tools that can help you input your sources and create your bibliographies.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism tutorials and self-help guides, plus a link to step-by-step citation assistance.
General Information
Internet Evaluation
Internet Examples
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- Internet Resources Evaluation
- Web Page Evaluation Checklist from University of California at Berkeley
Snopes.com
Check out urban legends, hoaxes, and misinformation.
Search Tips
Web Search Help Center
How to perform an effective search.
Books in the Reference Section (First Floor)
Remember that books in the Reference section cannot be checked out. Because of this, they should always be able available to you when you need them.
Information on Sherwood Anderson
American National Biography - Call Number: CT 213 .A68 1999
Volume 1, pages 483-485
American Writers - Call Number: PS 129 .A55
Volume 1, pages 97-120
Critical Survey of Long Fiction - Call Number: PN 3451 .C7
Volume 1, pages 71-80
Critical Survey of Short Fiction - Call Number: PN 3321 .C7
Volume 3, pages 867-874
Contemporary Authors, New Revision Series - PN 451 .C62
Volume 61, pages 14-24
Dictionary of Literary Biography - Call Number: PN 441 .D53
Volume 9, pages 19-35; Volume 86, pages 3-30
Reference Guide to Short Fiction - Call Number: PN 3373 .R36 1994
Pages 30-32
Twentieth Century Authors - Call Number: PN 771 .K86
Volume 1, pages 24-26
Information on Winesburg, Ohio:
Masterplots, Revised 2nd edition - Call Number: PN 44 .M33 1996
Volume 12, pages 7197-7201
Short Story Criticism - Call Number: PN 3373 .S56
Volume 1, pages 24-35, 38-46; Volume 46, pages 16-21
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism - Call Number: PN 771 .G27
Volume 1, pages 43-48, 50-61; Volume 10, pages 40-45, 54-57; Volume 24, pages 16-21, 23-29, 31-40, 46-59; Volume 123, pages 75-78, 103-107
Information on Thornton Wilder
American National Biography - Call Number: CT 213 .A68 1999
Volume 23, pages 382-384
Dictionary of Literary Biography - Call Number: PN 441 .D53
Volume 7, part 2, pages 304-319
International Dictionary of Theatre: Playwrights - Call Number: PN 2035 .I49 v.2
Pages 1043-1046
Information on Our Town
Contemporary Literary Criticism - Call Number: PN 771 .C59
Volume 15, pages 569-573
International Dictionary of Theatre: Plays - Call Number: PN 2035 .I49 v.1
Page 581
Reference Guide to American Literature - Call Number: PS 129 .R44 2000
Page 1036
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