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DCP Summer Writing Students: Exercise 2: My Favorite Book

My Favorite Book

            

Looking Up Articles on Your Favorite Book

 

  • What ‘s the best book you read in class or for your own pleasure last year? [If you cannot think of any, or if you did not like any book you read (that happens), just use:  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone or another one of the titles listed on this page.

  • To find good information on novels and other literary works, you need to use a database that includes articles from literary journals and magazines. 

  • Click on the link and do a search using the title of the book you selected. 

                           

  • Look closely at some of the results you get.  One the right side of the screen, you can limit your search by “Content Types”.  Check what you are getting when you click on LITERATURE CRITICISM or BIOGRAPHIES or REVIEWS & NEWS.  How are the results different in each of these categories?