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American Literature

Where do I find articles?

Recommended Journal for Early American Literature

In Humanities Full Text (EBSCOhost), select the Advanced Search option. In the first search field, enter Early American Literature. Select SO Journal Name from the corresponding dropdown menu. In the second search field, enter the name of your author (Last Name, First Name). Select TX All Text Fields from that dropdown menu. Execute your search. 

How do I find articles?

Advanced Search

Customize your search with more limiting options to target relevant results. You can combine search fields to create a complex search for specific results.

• Select Keyword to search “hot spots” of articles, including citations, subject headings, abstracts, and the beginning of each article. This is a good general option to start your search.

• Pick Entire Document to search within the entire text of documents for any mention of your terms. Find precise phrases within results, or locate articles that touch on specific concepts. 

• Pick Name of Work to find results that discuss a particular poem, essay, novel, or other written piece. Ex. Little Women

• Select Person - About to locate results that analyze or discuss a particular writer. 

Using Boolean Operators

You can combine search fields to create a complex search for more precise results.

• Select drop-down search operators to connect your search terms. AND ensures your results mention both terms. OR broadens your search to results mentioning either term. NOT excludes a term.

Filtering Results

Use More Options in combination with search terms, or on their own for a broad view of available content.

• Click to limit results to Full Text Documents and/or Peer-Reviewed Journals.

• Select Content Type(s) to specify broad categories of results, like literature criticism or biographies. 

As the search functionality works the same in all EBSCO databases, once you know how to search one database, you can search them all with confidence. 

To search for literature criticism in JSTOR

  • Enter your author's name in quotation marks in the first search box
  • Enter the title of the work you are analyzing in quotation marks in the second search box
  • Be sure the Access Type is set to Content I can access
  • Narrow your results to Item Type: Articles
  • Select English from the Language drop down menu
  • Hit search

NOTE: On the Dashboard of the Salem Press Reference Desk website look for "View Subject Index". Click on it to view the different authors and topics available under Literature.

NOTE: You may be prompted to log on when you are off campus. Use your CougarNet ID and Password. 

Reminder: When you are off campus sign into the Library Website from the CougarNet.Library link. Then select "S" from the Database A-Z List to find the Salem Press Reference Desk Database.
Critical Insights: for O'Connor, Flannery can be seen in the following list.

Table of Contents: Flannery O’Connor