Locating Print Resources in the library
Title Call Number Twentieth-Century Criticism by Willa Cather
REF 809 TWE V. 5 The Awakening and Selected Short Stories by Kate Chopin
FIC CHO “Kate Chopin (1851-1904)” by Sara DeSaussure Davis. American Realists and Naturalists
REF 810.9 AME V. 12 “Kate Chopin (1850-1904.” by Wai-chee Dimock. Modern American Women Writers
REF 810.9 MOD “Chopin, Kate [O’Flaherty]” Barbara C. Ewel Encyclopedia of American Literature
REF 810 ENC Characters in 20th-Century LiteratureHarris, Laurie Lanzen REF 809.927 HAR Kate Chopin by Peggy Skaggs 813 SKA
Databases - free printing
Pick up a copy of "Biblioteca Las Americas Digital Resources" at the reference desk for home access codes and passwords.
Search the databases and you will retrieve many documents pertaining to The Awakening . Do not use capital letters. Some suggested keywords to be used alone or in combination with one another:
- edna pontellier...any of the characters' names (robert legrun)
- the awakening
- kate chopin
- women writer(s)
Try Expanded Academic ASAP, InfoTrac OneFile, and Literature Resource Center -- all accessed via GALE INFOTRAC. The subject guide search is helpful; enter "kate chopin" and you will be taken to subject headings with links attached to each one. The Literature Resource Center also has biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses.
Websites
Documenting the American South: Kate Chopin, 1851-1904
Literary Traveler: Explore Your Literary Imagination: Sunset Grand Isle, LA
A Visit to the Setting of The Awakening“Kate Chopin’s The Awakening: A Critical Reception.” Russ Sprinkle, Bowling Green State University
Citation Guides
http://www.noodletools.com - Passwords are available at the library.
Handouts on APA and MLA format are located on the shelf by the computers.
Reference books - Check them out - REF 808.