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ENGL:2010 Foundations of the English Major

The resources on this guides serves as a starting point for students in the Foundations of the English Major course. You are encouraged to explore other resources beyond those listed here. 

The box below offers tips to for conducting more efficient research. 

Research Tips

Finding more information:

  • When you find a helpful book on the shelf, have a look at those shelved around it. The way we organize materials means most of the things on Shakespeare or Morrison will be together. At the bottom of InfoHawk+ records for physical books you will also find a 'virtual browse' feature.
  • While in InfoHawk+ or a database, look to see if there are links to other recommended or relevant readings.
  • Use linked subject headings or descriptors to find materials with that same heading or descriptor in the database you are using
  • Do some citation chasing. If you find a good book or article, review the bibliography and the end/footnotes. Those are the sources that formed that author's argument. You can just plug the title into InfoHawk+.  

    But what if it isn't in InfoHawk+? If the UI Libraries doesn't have something you need, particularly articles and books, we can request it on your behalf from another library. This is called Interlibrary Loan.