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English 11 (Things of Darkness) Resources

Contents:

For Background Information
Britannica Online Britannica supports the use of Boolean Operators, but they must be in CAPITAL letters. It also supports truncation using the asterisk (*). A useful search might be the following: greenland* AND (denmark OR danish OR danes)
Embassy of Denmark Gives useful information about the history and culture of Denmark


For Biographical Information about Hoeg and other Important Danish Writers
Biography Resource Center Search by author or do a custom search for nationality and occupation.
Gale Literary Index Like the Biography Resource Center, but more focused on literary information.
Dictionary of Literary Biography See volume 214: Twentieth Century Danish Writers


Electronic Indexes for Journal and Newspaper Articles
Expanded Academic Index
Lexis-Nexis
Humanities Abstracts Fulltext


Web Searching
Northern Light Power Search
YAHOO Subject Hierarchy
Evaluating What You Find


Books Available for Checkout
To find books on your topic, you will probably want to do a keyword search in ALCUIN, the Library's online catalog. ALCUIN supports most of the standard searching techniques we discussed in class, including Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT), Nesting (using parentheses), and Truncation (using the asterisk {*})


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