Contents:
- Selected Reference Resources
- Books
- Journal Databases
- Book Reviews and Literary Criticism
- Websites
- Videos
- Return to English Resources
| Selected Reference Resources | |
| Historical Sources | |
| Dictionary of American communal and utopian history | Ref HX653 .F65 |
| Biographical Dictionary of the American Left | Ref HX84 .A2 B56 1986 |
| American Communes, 1860-1960: A Bibliography | Ref HX653 .M54 1990 |
| Communities directory : a guide to cooperative living | Ref HX654 .C65 1999 |
| Literary Sources | |
| Literature and Its Time (volume 5) | Ref PN50 .L574 1997 |
| Science Fiction: the Illustrated Encyclopedia | Ref PN3433.4 .C57 1995 |
| Utopian/dystopian literature : a bibliography of literary criticism | Ref PN56.U8 H38 1994 |
| Utopian literature : a bibliography with a supplementary listing of works influential in utopian thought | Ref Z7164.U8 N43 |
| Film Studies Sources | |
| The Motion Picture Guide | Ref PN 1993 .M4334 |
| Halliwell's Film Guide | Ref PN 1993.45 .H27 1989b |
| The Complete Film Dictionary | Ref PN 1993.45 .K66 1989 |
| Chronicle of the Cinema | Ref PN 1993.5 .A1 C5 1995 |
| New York Times Directory of the Film | Ref PN 1995 .N42 1971 |
| The Encyclopedia of Novels Into Film | Ref PN 1997.85 .1998 |
| Biographical Sources | |
| Books |
| To find books on your topic, use ALCUIN, the Library's online catalog. ALCUIN supports standard database search techniques, including Boolean Operators (AND, OR), Nesting (using parentheses), and Truncation (using the asterisk *). You might, for example, might want to do a keyword search such as the following: (utopia* or dystopia*) and (america* or united states) |
| To do an in-depth search for essays in collections in the library, you can use Essay and General Literature Index. The Furman Library has most of the books indexed in this database, and it will search Alcuin automatically. |
| To search for books at other libraries, you can use WorldCat, which includes books from all of the major libraries in the United States and Canada. You can order books from other libraries via Interlibrary Loan. Interlibrary Loan books usually arrive in about 10 days. |
| Book Reviews and Literary Criticism | |
| Book Review Digest | Online Version 1983-present |
| Book Review Digest | Print Version 1905-1984 |
| Literary Index | in reference collections. |
| Web Sites |
| Utopia/Dystopia Course Website |
| Search Engines |
| Evaluating Websites |
| Videos | |
| Blade Runner Video PN1997 .B522 1993 | A "cyberpunk" classic, this film is set in a dystopian future Los Angeles. Deckard, an expert "blade runner," must identify and execute four replicants (genetically engineered beings virtually identical to humans) which have illegally returned to earth from their off-world slave duty. Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah. Original release date 1982. |
| A Clockwork Orange Video PN1997 .C655 1991 | Depicts a harrowing journey through a near-future London of murderous adolescents and nightmarish technologies of punishment and crime. Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee. Original release date 1971. |
| Metropolis Video PN1997 .M47 1989 | A dystopian saga set in a large city autocratically run by a "Super Trustee" and his collaborators who live in a paradise-like garden. Workers are enslaved by machines and condemned to live underground. In the midst of the misery, a young woman attempts to inspire the workers to throw off their oppressors. One of the first films to introduce the concept of robots. Original release date 1927. |
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