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Databases

Below are a list of Recommended Databases to search for and find relevant biographies, work overviews and literature criticisms for your research paper:

Biography in Context
Biography in Context provides biographical overview of prominent and celebrated people -- both current and historic from all eras and occupations -- in society. You can use Person Search to combine different criteria (for example, ethnicity and occupation) to create a highly-focused search. In this database, you will find biographies, newspaper articles, magazine articles, scholarly journal articles and media.
Literary Reference Center
Literary Reference Center provides a broad spectrum of information on thousands of authors and their works across literary disciplines and time frames. It features an expansive collection of author biographies, plot summaries and full-text essays from leading publishers.
Academic Search Complete
Academic Search Complete is a robust multidisciplinary database that can be used to find information on research paper topics for any of your classes at EVC. This database includes newspaper, magazine and scholarly (peer review) journal articles.

Books

The following books are on reserve for one week check out. To check out the book, ask for the book by call number (e.g. WW4000) at the library's front desk and present your student ID card. Please be aware that you are only able to check out one book at a time.

The Canterbury Tales: A Literary Pilgrimage by David Williams
Call Number: WW4004
ISBN: 0805780041
Publication Date: 1987-03-01
Chaucer and the Canterbury tales by Lawrence, William Witherle
Call Number: WW4000
Geoffrey Chaucer by Harold Bloom (Introduction by)
Call Number: WW4007
ISBN: 0877546061
Publication Date: 1985-01-01
The Life of Geoffrey Chaucer by Derek Albert Pearsall
Call Number: WW4006
ISBN: 1557862052
Publication Date: 1992-10-01
Pilgrimage and storytelling in the Canterbury tales : the dialectic of "ernest" and "game" by Owen, Charles A.
Call Number: WW4001
Geoffrey Chaucer by Harold Bloom (Editor)
Call Number: WW4005
ISBN: 0791061817
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
Readings on The Canterbury Tales by Thomas Siebold (Editor)
Call Number: WW4003
ISBN: 1565105869
Publication Date: 1996-08-01
The Structure of the Canterbury Tales by Helen S. Cooper
Call Number: WW4002
ISBN: 0820306959
Publication Date: 1984-01-01

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