Theme-Based Inquiry Seminars
The Appeal of Fantasy
Diane Crotty


Print Resources
Electronic Resources
Internet Resources
Library Services
Web Evaluation Exercise

Print Resources

General
Contemporary Authors PN453.C63
Contemporary Literacy Criticism PN771.T8
Twentieth Century Literacy Criticism PN771.T8
Book Review Index Z1035.A1 B6
Specialized
The New Tolkien Companion PR6039.O32 Z842 1979
A Guide to Middle-Earth PR6039.O32 Z49 1971
Fantasy and Horror: A critical and Historical Guide to Literature, Illustration, Film, TV, Radio and the Internet PN56.F54 F33 1999
Electronic Resources

Database containing some full text articles

  • Polk Catalog -The online catalog contains the holding of Polk Library, including the main collection, government documents and the EMC.

  • Academic Search (EBSCO) -Academic Search is a general index which includes articles on a wide range of subject, indexing both popular and scholarly journals. Academic Search is a useful place to start your research. Academic Search indexes over 3,400periodicals many available full-text

  • Humanities Full-text (Wilson Journal indexes)-Index of scholarly journals in a wide range of fields in the area of the humanities, including Literature, History and Religion. Some full-text available.

  • Contemporary Authors-A biographical guide to current weiters in fiction, general nonfiction, poetry. journalsism, drama motion pictures , television and other fields. Provide complete biographical and bibliograpical references for more than 100,000 authors in the U.S. and around the world

  • JSTOR-Provides ekectronic access to back issues of core journals in the humnaities, social sciences and science. currenly there are 117 titles accessible in the JSTOR collection
  • Science Fiction and Fantasy Research Database This database contains bibliographic access to over 60,000 "articles, books, news reports, obituaries, motion picture reviews and other material about science fiction and fantasy. Some coverage of horror, gothic and utopian literature is included." Searchable by author, title, imprint, and subject. From Hal W. Hall, a librarian at the Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University.
  • Oxford Reference Online-Online versions of over 100 dictionaries, encyclopedias and reference books. Coverage of a broad range of subjects: from General Reference, Language and Quotations to Science and Medicine, and from Humanities and Social Sciences to Business and Professional.
Internet Resources
Library Services