FRS 137: Literature and Film in the Arab World |
Books, Videos & CDs
Selected Books – for your class and available in our library.
Use these library catalogs to find materials in our library and in other libraries:
MCLN Catalog – books, videos, and CDs in our library and other MCLN (Mountain College Library Network) colleges.
Borrow books yourself with a Cooperative Borrower card available at the Reference Desk.
NetLibrary and other WWC E-Books – online collections include over 50,000 electronic titles.
WNCLN (Western North Carolina Library Network) Catalog – books at UNC-A's library.
Borrow UNC-A books yourself with a Cooperative Borrower card available at the Reference Desk.
Asheville Buncombe Library System Catalog – books and videos in the local public libraries.
Borrow materials yourself
with a public library card available at Pack Library or any branch libraries.
WorldCat – books in libraries worldwide, often available through Interlibrary Loan (ILL) requests.
Articles & Databases
Try these interdisciplinary, full-text databases with over 10,000 full-text magazine and journal titles and articles on most subjects:
Academic Search Premier
Ethnic NewsWatch – newpapers, magazines, and journals "to provide the other side of the story."
JSTOR--The Scholarly Journal Archive – complete backfiles of key journals in many subject areas.
MasterFILE Premier
ProQuest Research Library
Try these specialized databases for more scholarly or academic coverage of a subject:
Arts and Humanities Search (AHSearch) – citations from the world's leading arts and humanities journals.
Contemporary Women's Issues (CWI) – full text coverage of issues with a global perspective.
CountryWatch – provides current information and news on the countries of the world.
Humanities Index – indexes periodicals covering world literature and film as well as other subjects.
Literature Online – contains literature and criticism including biographies and reference resources.
Literature Resource Center – full-text bibliographies, biographies, and critical analysis of authors.
MLA (Modern Language Association) International Bibliography – comprehensive indexing of periodicals, books, book chapters, dissertations, and essay collections.
Wilson Select – indexed and abstracted articles from periodicals covering humanities and other areas.
Magazines & Journals
WWC Periodical Holdings (aka Journal Finder) – to see if the library has access to a journal title or specific article; check journal title, issue date of the article, and format - paper, microform, or online.
Use ILL (Interlibrary Loan) – to obtain articles not available in our library but allow time for delivery.
Web Sites
Selected Web Sites – for your class.
Web Resources – library's collection arranged by subject such as Foreign Countries or Literature.
Search the Net – search engines such as Google or Google Scholar to find your own web sites.
Painless Library Research is a great refresher on using library resources including Documenting Sources (MLA Style), Scholarly Journals, and Getting Materials from Other Libraries.
If you have any questions or suggestions for other books or web sites, email, call (x3062), or stop by my office on the main level of the library.
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