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	Senior Expo Plan your search using the Search Planning Worksheet Send Mrs. Konefal comments or suggestions about the Jack London pathfinder Send Ms. Hickson comments or suggestions about the James Thurber pathfinder
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Jack London's "War" Dewey numbers Books Electronic databases Web sites Jack London War Post-traumatic stress Plagiarism		James Thurber's "... Walter Mitty" Suggested search terms Books Electronic databases Best Bet Biographical sources Literature sources General sources Web sites James Thurber Modernism History Literary criticism information
Jack London's "War" Dewey numbers The following ranges of call numbers show the areas where you can browse for books in the library: 940.3 (World War I) 616.85 (Post-traumatic stress syndrome) Return to table of contents
Books Books about Jack London and American literature have been reserved under your teacher's name. They are shelved on a cart for your use in the Media Center. See the list (click on Categories and Jack London). Return to table of contents
Electronic databases Historical perspective on the Russo-Japanese War and World War I can be found in the following Media Center electronic databases, accessible from the NHHS Media Center home page: ABC CLIO Facts on File Grolier Online JSTOR Return to table of contents Web sites JACK LONDON American Literary Criticism http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?au=lon-107 Jack London Collection http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/London/ Jack London International http://www.jack-london.org/main_e.htm Who Was Jack London? http://www.getyourwordsworth.com/WORDSWORTH-JackLondon.html Return to table of contents WAR Jack London on the Great War http://www.worldwar1.com/sflondon.htm Author is a member and website editor for the Great War Society. Impossibility of War by Jack London http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/b/bib/bibperm?q1=ahj1472-1402over-67 Return to table of content POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS SYNDROME National Institutes of Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/publicat/nimhptsd.cfm MedLine Plus http://search.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/query?DISAMBIGUATION=true&FUNCTION=search&SERVER2=server2&SERVER1=server1&PARAMETER=post-traumatic+stress&x=30&y=12 Re turn to table of contents
James Thurber's "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" Suggested search terms These terms – used alone or in combination – may be helpful for performing keyword searches in the NHHS media center catalog or electronic databases.
Thurber, James Walter Mitty Character Gender Return to table of contents		Modernism Nineteen thirties Psychology Society
Books Books about James Thurber and American literature have been reserved under your teacher's name. They are shelved on a cart for your use in the Media Center. See the list (click on Categories and James Thurber). Return to table of contents
Electronic databases Using the suggested search terms, look for articles about James Thurber and "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" in the following Media Center electronic databases, accessible from the NHHS Media Center home page: BEST BETS InfoTrac-Literature Resource Center Do an Advanced Search on "Thurber and Mitty"; includes essays and articles on historical influences, gender roles and relationships, influences from the author’s life, character studies JSTOR BIOGRAPHICAL SOURCES Biography Resource Center Contemporary Authors LITERATURE SOURCES Facts on File-Literary Reference Online GENERAL SOURCES EBSCOhost Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost MasterFile Premier Return to table of contents
Web sites JAMES THURBER Columbia Companion to the 20th Century Short Story http://www.williams.edu/English/faculty/rbell/HersheysThurber.html An analysis of Thurber’s work and style by Robert Bell, English professor at Williams College James Thurber: Local writer and more http://columbusoh.about.com/od/famouscentralohioans/a/thurber.htm?terms=james+thurber Biography from about.com James Thurber: His life and times http://classiclit.about.com/od/thurberjames/ First chapter of Thurber’s biography. LitWeb.net http://www.biblion.com/litweb/biogs/thurber_james.html Biography of James Thurber. Mitty’s Man http://www.bostonphoenix.com/alt1/archive/books/reviews/12-95/JAMES_THURBER.html A 1995 Boston Phoenix book review with good background info on Thurber. Pegasos http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/thurber.htm A literature-related resource site with an overview of Thurber’s life and works. St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201213 A description of Thurber's life and career highlights. Thurber House http://www.thurberhouse.org/james/james.html Biographical resources. Return to table of contents MODERNISM Cultural Forces Driving Literary Modernism http://www.brocku.ca/english/courses/2F55/forces.html An analysis by Prof. John Lye of Canada’s Brock University. Definition http://www.english.uga.edu/~232/voc/modernism.voc.html A brief definition of modernism. Literary Modernism http://www.millikin.edu/aci/crow/basics/modernism.html A thumbnail sketch of modernism by Dr. Michael O’Conner of Millikin University. Modernism and the Modern Novel http://www3.iath.virginia.edu/elab/hfl0255.html An essay on modernism from the Electronic Labyrinth, a project of the Canada Council of the Arts. Perspectives in American Literature http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap7/7intro.html An outline of modernism’s key characteristics. Return to table of contents HISTORY 1930’s http://kclibrary.nhmccd.edu/decade30.html A guide to American cultural history in the 1930’s from Kingwood College in Texas. 20^th century timeline http://history1900s.about.com/library/weekly/aa110900a.htm Click on a decade for a year-by-year timeline of events. America in the 1930’s http://xroads.virginia.edu/~1930s/front.html Historical context from the University of Virginia. American Memory http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?timePeriod=1930-1949 Browse the collections related to the time period 1930-1949 from the Library of Congress. Return to table of contents LITERARY CRITICISM INFORMATION Critical Reading: A Guide http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html Tips for analyzing literature from a professor at Canada's Brock University Pathfinder on Literary Criticism http://www.ipl.org/div/pf/entry/48496 A definition of literary criticism and suggestions for finding it in the library and online. Compiled by the Internet Public Library. Return to table of contents
Plagiarism policy Plagiarism demonstrates lack of integrity and character. It is inconsistent with the goals and values of NHHS. Review the plagiarism policy to learn about strategies that will help you succeed with honor. NHHS policy on cheating and plagiarism http://www.nhvweb.net/NHHS/English/cheatingplagiarismpolicy.htm You can help prevent plagiarism by taking good notes, which include the source of your information. Try using this note-taking grid, which uses Word's table feature, to record your information. After your have completed this grid, save it to your own disk or directory. You can sort it by the Section column to organize your notes by the categories in your paper's outline. You can also sort it by the Source column to create a rough draft of your bibliography. Note-taking grid http://www.nhvweb.net/nhhs/MediaCenter/notegrid.doc Properly cite your sources by using NoodleBib, an online citation maker from Noodle Tools: NoodleBib6 (stop by the Media Center for password and log-in information) http://www.noodletools.com/login.php Return to table of contents
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