Literature Resource Center, available to Chemeketa students and staff, consists of literary criticism, biographies, and periodical articles.
Access: http://newterra.chemeketa.edu/library/information/database.htm. To access databases from off campus you will need your My Chemeketa user name and six-digit password.
The Author Search is the default search.
The Biographies Tab is the default display when viewing results.
Other Tabs include:
There are many reference books in the library that have biographical and critical information about authors. Although reference books do not check out, you can make photocopies in the Copy Room.
Here are some other books you might try for information about authors:
| REF 809 C99 2004 | Cyclopedia of world authors, 4th rev. ed. |
| REF 810.9928703 Ox2 | The Oxford companion to women's writing in the United States |
The library catalog is used to help you find materials in the library. The catalog can be used to find information about an author or books by an author.
When searching for information about an author, start with a Subject search. An example of a Subject search is given below. Notice that the name should be typed in the order surname, comma, first name:
When searching for books written by an author, use an Author search. An example of an Author search is given below:
Note: If you are using the "generic" CCRLS catalog, click on the Author or Subject tabs to do the same search:
The library has many indexes to magazines available in paper or electronically from our catalog page (Click "Article Indexes and Databases" to reach the database page.)
If you are accessing these databases from off campus, you will need a username and password, or you may use the number from your ID card if you are using the appropriate link on the Off-campus database page.
A good databases to start with is MasterFile Premier. Start with a Subjects search. An example of a Subjects search using MasterFile Premier is given below:
When you click the Search button, a list of articles will appear. The newest articles will be at the beginning of a list. To see more information about an article, click on the highlighted title.
Many articles have links to full text, where you can read or print the article online. If an article has full text, you can also e-mail it to yourself. More information on printing, saving, and e-mailing articles is at the EBSCOhost instructions page.
If the magazine is one the library has ("Chemeketa subscribes..."), you will need the name of the magazine and the date to find it on the shelf.
You will find some basic measures for deciding how reliable a source is at Evaluating Internet Sites. In general, published magazines and newspapers are more reliable than Internet sites. Some Web sites, however, such as government statistics sites, are considered quite reliable.
For further help, ask for assistance at the Reference Desk