English & Literature: English 489 Senior Thesis Workshop

Please make sure you have your Interlibrary Loan Account set up for this course.  If you are not familiar with this service or need directions on how to set up your account, please visit the Interlibrary Loan Research Guide or make an appointment with a librarian for help.

1. Start by researching both your selected text and its author in the MLA database.  
2. Use bibliographies of the MLA sources to find noted researchers on your text or author,
3. Move to other interdisciplinary databases to find other sources. (JSTOR has wonderful interdisciplinary scholarly articles).

The MLA website has several videos providing tips on how to use the database.  You can find these at: www.MLA.org >Publications>MLA International Bibliography>Tutorial Videos