ENGL 2700.103: The Reading of Fiction (Spring 2009)  Tags: literature fiction short_stories  

Tip 1: Your first seach should be a very general keyword search.

Tip 2: •Never use a, an, or the when searching for a title.

Tip 3: Always use the long view to review subject headings.

Tip 4: If a record says "networked resource" it is usually available online.

Tip 5: Always pay attention to the call numbers and note whether the material is shelved in the regular, oversized (+), or double oversized (++) sections.

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The Library Catalog contains records for holdings in all campus libraries: books, journals, visual media, maps, music scores, archival material, etc.  It does NOT contain records for individual articles in journals (use periodical databases to find those). Material is cataloged by subject using Library of Congress Classification, and records contain LC Subject Headings to describe content.  You can use the Subject Search in the Catalog for particular headings.  Some useful subject headings for this class include:

FICTION
FICTION--HISTORY AND CRITICISM
SHORT STORY
SHORT STORIES, ENGLISH--HISTORY AND CRITICISM
SHORT STORIES, AMERICAN--HISTORY AND CRITICISM
WOMEN AND LITERATURE

Also, material about specific writers can be found by searching their names as Subjects, for example:

COETZEE, J M
KAFKA, FRANZ

Look for the CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION sub-heading after the writer's name.

You can also find books on a particular subject by browsing the library stacks in the area in which the Library of Congress Classification number for that subject is shelved. English literature is found in the PR class, American literature in PS.