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ENGL 126 Research Writing: Humanities (Moreno)

Literary Cities and Spaces

Find Books on Literature and Theory (print & ebooks)

Books

Use the library's One Search to look for relevant books and book chapters in print and online in Holman Library.

Search by author, title, and/or relevant keyword or subject. 

Limit to BOOKS.

The image below shows a search with the keywords: heterotopia AND literature OR fiction.

Other searches I could try is with the keywords: 

  • east west AND literature OR fiction
  • "leila aboulela"
  • "leila aboulela" AND (identity OR place)

Click on a title that looks relevant:

  • read the description to determine if it looks useful to you.
  • look for useful Subject Terms. Click on subject terms to find sources the library has on that subject. You can mix and match subject terms and keywords and subject terms. 
Step 1: Search

Heterotopia AND literature OR fiction 

Step 2: Review Results

results

Step 3: Click on a Title to Learn More

Read the Description. Find Subject Terms for your Search.

Book Record

 

eBooks

You may search directly in Holman Library eBook collections:

Using Google Books

Google Books allows you to search within the text of thousands of books. 

  • Sometimes you will be able to see the entire book.
  • Sometimes you will be able to see only the cover of the book
  • Sometimes you will only be able to see portions of a book (but these "previews" are often great for research!) 

Use InterLibrary Loan to borrow books unavailable in Holman Library.

Google Book Search
Want help?

How Do You Know If a Book is Scholarly?

We can't check a peer reviewed box for books to find scholarly books, so how do we distinguish between scholarly works and more popular or introductory works?

Scholarly books share many features with scholarly journal articles. And, if you're looking at an eBook, you can look through the book online to assess.

Look for:

  • Academic author(s)
  • Perhaps an academic publisher (university press)
  • Sophisticated, in-depth analysis
  • Engagement with other texts and analysis
  • Extensive citations
And finally:

Remember that you do not need to read a book from cover to cover. Just read and cite the chapters that are useful to you and that play a role in your own discussion.