A few helpful reference books:

The Arthurian Annals: The Tradition in English from 1250 to 2000 [RR DA152.5.A7 N37 2004]

The New Arthurian Encyclopedia [RR DA152.5.A7 N48 1991]

The Arthurian Name Dictionary [RR DA152.5.A7 B78 1999]

Bridge catalogs resources available at St. Olaf and Carleton libraries. Use Bridge to search for books and periodicals, but not chapters within books or articles within periodicals.

• Use a Keyword search if you do not know the subject or you wish to combine more than one idea, e.g.[Shakespeare* AND sonnet*] Use asterisk (*) to search various endings (e.g. "Shakespeare* will retrieve "Shakespeare," "Shakespearean," "Shakespeare's," etc.)
• Once you have found a key reference, explore the subject by clicking on the link in the catalog.

You may request materials housed at Carleton directly from Bridge by clicking on the button.

WorldCat A union catalog for libraries around the world. Incorporates our local catalog, Bridge.

Finding Journal Articles:

Interdisciplinary (all below, although generalist in nature, contain literary, art, and music journals)

Academic Search Premier
A multidisciplinary database with access to over 8040 scholarly and popular publications, many in full-text. Covers 1975 to present.

JSTOR --An index to and full text of select, academic journals.

Project Muse -- An index to and full text of journals published by Johns Hopkins University Press and other scholarly publishers.

Disciplinary:

Literature:

MLA International Bibliography -- The major index to literature journals. Also covers dissertations, proceedings, and articles in books. Subjects include literature, folklore, languages, and linguistics. Covers 1923-present.

BHI: British Humanities Index -- "An international abstracting and indexing tool for research in the humanities, including art, music, cinema, and literature. BHI indexes over 370 internationally respected humanities journals published in the UK and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the UK."

Literature Criticism Online -- Online versions of Classical and Medieval Literature Criticism, Contemporary Literary Criticism, Literature Criticism from 1400 to 1800, Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, Poetry Criticism, Shakespearean Criticism, Short Story Criticism, and Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism.

Dictionary of Literary Biography -- Biographical and bibliographical information on literary authors.

Film:

International Index to the Performing Arts Indexes approximately 140 periodicals in the field of performing arts.

Film and Television Literature Index in Full Text -- Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text is the definitive online tool for film and television research. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Film Literature Index -- Provides the most comprehensive survey available of the entire spectrum of current periodical writing on film.

International Index to Film Periodicals [RR PN1993.I5 1979-]

Art:

Art Index -- Indexes English-language art periodicals, museum bulletins, bibliographies, film reviews, and conference reports.  Covers 1984 to the present.

Art Index Retrospective -- Covers 1929-1984.

ARTbibliographies Modern -- Modern and contemporary art. Covers 1974-present.

 

How to Cite:

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Sixth Edition [RR LB2369 .G53 2003]

For on-line guides, see:
Citation Guide from Purdue University

Assembling a List of Works Cited in Your Paper

For the revised MLA format, see an online guide from Olson Library at Northern Michigan University:

http://library.nmu.edu/guides/userguides/style_mla_scholar.htm

Or check MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers Seventh Edition [RR LB2369 .G53 2009]