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EN 101-07/11: College Composition

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Welcome! This guide will help you find resources for Prof. Gold's Fall 2024 College Composition classes.

Research Skills Tutorials & Assistance

Databases for Background Information

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Reference

Use these specialized encyclopedias and reference texts to get an overview of the subject, or to familiarize yourself with terminology and key concepts.

Gale Contextual Encyclopedia of American Literature by Project editors, Anne Marie Hacht and Dwayne D. Hayes
Call Number: REF PS21 .G36 2009
ISBN: 9781414431307
The Literacy Dictionary by Theodore L. Harris (Editor); Richard E. Hodges (Editor); Frank Greene (Editor); Dianne Monson (Editor)
Call Number: REF LB 1049.98 L58 1995
ISBN: 0872071383
A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations by Kate L. Turabian; Wayne C. Booth (Revised by); Gregory G. Colomb (Revised by); Joseph M. Williams (Revised by); University of Chicago Press Staff (Revised by)
Call Number: REF PN171.F56 T8 2007
ISBN: 9780226823362
Roget's 21ST Century Thesaurus by Barbara Ann Kipfer; Princeton Language Institute Staff (Editor); Princeton Lang Inst
Call Number: REF PE 1591 K54 1992
ISBN: 0440503868