A Separate Peace
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Understand the Research Process
Begin your research with an understanding of the process Or, look to the menu on the left hand side of this wiki page.
Make sure you read and understand your assignment since your teacher has specific requirements
for the assignment. Also, know the due date and start now!
Get an Overview with Reference Sources
Reference sources give you an overview of your topic. They help you identify keywords that will aid you in searching the online catalog and various electronic databases. Also, reference sources often give suggestions for further reading, which can include books, articles or websites. Additionally, check the bibliographies for further information.
Also, remember to use tables of contents, indexes,
and cross references to help you locate information.
All of the reference sources listed below can be found in the Garver Room (silent study room).
REF 307.76 C45 Cities of the Middle East and North Africa : a historical encyclopedia REF 363.3 B22D Literature suppressed on social grounds REF 803 C89D 1998 A dictionary of literary terms and literary theory REF 803 M95B The Bedford glossary of critical and literary terms REF 809 C761 2004 v.1 1-186 Contemporary literary criticism : annual cumulative title index. REF 809.04 M95AM Multicultural writers since 1945 : an A-to-Z guide REF 809.3 B96NO The novel 100 : a ranking of the greatest novels of all time REF 809.31 C861 2001 V.1 Critical survey of short fiction REF 810.9 AM3 SUPPL. 4 American writers : a collection of literary biographies REF 810.9 H25O 1995 The Oxford companion to American literature REF 810.3 Ox21 V.4 The Oxford encyclopedia of American literature REF 810.3 B43 Benét's reader's encyclopedia of American literature REF 810.3 C14 The Cambridge handbook of American literature REF 813.09 C71 The Columbia companion to the twentieth-century American short story REF 823.09 C86 2000 V.1 Critical survey of long fiction. Ebook The concise Oxford dictionary of literary terms
Delve Deeper via Library Catalog Search
After getting an overview with reference sources, it is time to start searching the online catalog for books or other materials that focus more specifically on the topic you have chosen. You may try with the following keywords, or subject headings. The computer will look for the keywords or subject headings in the bibliographic record, which contains an item's title, author, subject, and table of contents or item summary.
- Authors, American -- Biography.
- American fiction -- 20th century -- Dictionaries.
- American literature -- History and criticism.
- Boys -- Fiction.
- Fiction -- History and criticism.
- New Hampshire -- Fiction.
- Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Biography
- Preparatory schools -- Fiction.
- Social problems in literature.
- Teenagers -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
- Teenagers -- United States -- Social conditions.
- World War, 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, American.
Hint: Subjects can be found at the bottom of an item's record. Simply click on the subject to execute the search.
See a few samples of books available at OWH Library
Peace breaks out
A stolen past
The mammoth book of eyewitness World War II
Twentieth-century teen culture by the decades : a reference guide
Start your own search to find more
NOBLE Online Catalog and ask a librarian for help when needed!!
Get Materials from Other Libraries
You may also acquire items from other Library Catalogs when needed. If you have questions on how to use it, please contact one of our instructional librarians at the Help Desk for this service.
Note: When you need to request materials from other libraries via online catalog above, you will need a library card with a PIN.
If you don't have one yet, the librarians at the Circulation Desk will help you set it up.
Find Articles in Electronic Databases
| Biography Resource Center | Almost a million biographies including full text of the complete Marquis Who's Who(R). It has the full content of Contemporary Authors. Source citation is at the end of each article. |
| Contemporary Literary Criticism Select(CLC--Select) | CLC--Select is an extensive collection of more than 11,000 critical essays on contemporary authors. Each CLC--Select entry contains a biographical/critical introduction, a list of principal works, critical essays, and sources for further study. Updated monthly, Contemporary Literary Criticism--Select allows users to search by author name, title of work, nationality, subject/genre, ethnicity, critic name, and more. Content is provided in both HTML and PDF formats. |
| The Literary Encyclopedia | The Literary Encyclopedia is an expanding global literary reference work written by over 1800 specialists from universities around the world, and currently provides more than 4800 authoritative profiles of authors, works and literary and historical topics and grows by over 60 articles per month. We also list more than 21,000 works by date, country and genre. |
| Literary Reference Center | Literary Reference Center is a comprehensive literary reference database, which includes a broad spectrum of reference information from antiquity to the present day. It is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books and monographs, major literary encyclopedias and reference works, and hundreds of literary journals. It also contains detailed information on the most studied authors and their works. |
| Literature Online (LION) | A databases containing 350,000 works of English and American poetry, drama and prose, 168 full-text literature journals, and other key criticism and reference resources. |
| American History Online | American History Online is an easy to use resource center that includes background information on all American History from the Colonial Era to the present. Includes biographies, events and topics, primary sources, timelines, images and video, etc. |
| Daily Life Online | Daily Life is a database of full text books in the Daily Life through History series. To browse a list of all available books, click on the title list. Books that might be useful to you: Encyclopedia of Daily Life: 20th Century: Work: United States, 1940-59 via Daily Life: 20th Century |
| Europa World | Europa World Plus is first published in 1926. The year book is renowned as one of the world's leading reference works, covering updated country information in more than 250 countries and territories. |
| Gale Virtual Reference Library | Gale Virtual Reference Library takes research to the next level by delivering great reference print titles in a database format. The databases offer a combined 37,878 documents covering various topics and is updated frequently. |
| Lexis-Nexis | Lexis-Nexis provides today's news around the world as well as archived news in past ten years. |
| Project Muse | Project MUSE provides full-text, user-friendly online access to over 300 high quality humanities, arts, and social sciences journals from 60 scholarly publishers. |
| JSTOR | The JSTOR Archive holds the complete digitized back runs of core scholarly journals, starting with the very first issues, some dating as far back as the 1600s. New titles and disciplines are being added regularly. |
| World Book Advanced | This database offers you Atlas, Dictionaries, Encyclopedia and Explore the World. Additionally, you will find information on Research skills, Electronic reference materials,, as well as taking notes and preparing source cards, etc. |
View Selected Internet Resources
Below you will find links to sites that are recommended by Ms. Pei.
NNDBThe Notable Names Database: Tracking the entire world
Annual National and State Winners in Letters About Literature Program from Library of Congress or State Winners> Main
Rested in 'Peace' John Knowles '45
A Special Time, A Special School An article by John Knowles from Phillips Exeter Academy Library's Special Collection.
"A Conversation with Tom Hassan" from The Exeter Bulletin, Winter 2009
John Knowles's Study Guide and other resources Literature notes from eNotes.com
IPL's Literary Criticism Site from Internet Public Library
Learn Citation and Avoid Plagiarism
What is Plagiarism?
Plagiarismis the use of the words or ideas of others as though they were the writer's own. Wrongful appropriation or purloining is theft. Plagiarism is stealing. Plagiarism is academic dishonesty, and as such is considered a serious affront to academic integrity.
To know more about Plagiarism, please visit OWHL's Plagiarism Resource page.
For this assignment, you will be required to use the MLA Citation Style. For help with this, see the Citing Sources page in the wiki, or pick up an MLA Style sheet from the Help Desks or click Citation Styles. However, you can always ask a librarian for further help when needed.
Remember, you not only have to cite direct quotes, but also text that you paraphrase. Anything you write that is not an original thought must be properly cited!
To keep track of your research, you may use Sheets for recording bibliographic information
. These sheets will help you organize the sources for your bibliography.
Your Instructional Librarian
Or, email me at spei@andover.edu to ask a question or set up a meeting. You can also call me at x4228 or simply stop by!
Created by Sharon on 3/11/09 Last Revised by Sharon on 5/1/09
