Literary Criticism

What is literacy criticism ? click here

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Key challenge in finding literacy criticisms

Most newer books (less than 15 years old) are more difficult to find Literacy Criticisms

• newer books (less than 15 years old) are more difficult to find Literacy Criticisms
• generally only serious fiction have literacy criticisms (i.e you will find literacy criticisms for Margaret Atwood but not Tom Clancy)
• literacy criticisms is NOT the same as a book review. A literacy criticism evaluates and interpretes the work and is more indepth than a review. The criticism is written by an establish critic of literature
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Find Literacy Criticisms from Reference Books (Call Number 920 in Reveference)

• Use Literacy Criticism reference books ether Contempory Authors  (CA) or Contempory Literacy Criticism (CLC)
• Find the index Volume # 126 in Contempory Authors  and find the authors name in the index
• Look for either CA or CLC and see if we have that volume
• Find the volume and look up the authors name
• You cannot take Literacy Criticism reference books out of the library

Use on-Line Data Base (from home you will need a password - get it from the teacher-librarian)

• go to EBSCO Research Resources
  • click on EBSCOhost Web - Academic Research & Reference
  • click on  Canadian Literary Centre
• go to EBSCO Research Resources
  • click on Literary Reference Center - Literary Resources
  • click Advanced Search
  • Click on literacy criticism TAB  - email the criticism to yourself  be green do not print