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= **Recommended Resources for Salinger's //The Catcher in the Rye// Literary Criticism** =


 * //[|ASHS Library Catalog] Login (upper right) with your network username and password// **


 * Databases **


 * [|Gale Literary Sources] **

[|Student Resource Center]

[|Literature Resource Center]

[|Gale Virtual Reference Library]

[|Proquest Databases] (Remember to select Full Text and Peer-Reviewed before you enter your search terms)


 * Web Resources **

[|Google] Search

Limit your results. ..

The Google command for domain limitation is ** site: ** followed by the domain you wish to limit results to,

such as:


 * government agencies (**.gov**),
 * universities (**.edu**),
 * not-for-profit organizations (**.org**)

By typing ** site:.edu **, you are telling the search engine to return only those sites that come from universities.

The Google command for a phrase search is enclosing the phrase within quotes -


 * "The Catcher in the Rye" ** This tells the search engine not to return sites with the word **Catcher** in them,

unless that word is immediately followed by the words "in the rye."

[|Google Books]

Sample citation for an eBook accessed through Google Book Search:

Glen, Wendy J. // Laurie Halse Anderson: Speaking in Tongues //. Plymouth, UK: Scarecrow Press, 2010.

// Google Book Search //. Web. 27 April 2013.

// Writing the Research Paper // // **[|Introduction to Writing a Literary Analysis RP]** //
 * Generating a Thesis - Web Resources ** Below are links to several web sites to assist you in developing a thesis statement:
 * Dartmouth University: Developing Your ThesisAn overview of writing a thesis statements with guided questions for evaluating the quality of your statement.
 * Indiana University: How to Write a Thesis StatementEmphasizes the characteristics of a well-developed thesis statement.
 * The OWL at Purdue: Creating a Thesis StatementProvide helpful suggestions and examples for writing thesis statements
 * Rutgers: The ThesisAssociate English Professor at Rutgers University, Jack Lynch offers an overview of the characteristics of a thesis statement, samples of good and bad thesis statements, and links to other reliable sources that also discuss thesis statements.
 * University of North Carolina: Thesis StatementsThis web site "describes what a thesis statement is, how thesis statements work in your writing, and how you can discover or refine one..."
 * University of Toronto: Using Thesis StatementsProvides examples of well-defined thesis statements.
 * [|In-text Citations: The Basics] **
 * Citation Tools ** Noodle Tools Modern Language Association (MLA) (Provides links to helpful resources -- MLA formatting)
 * Citation Tools ** Noodle Tools Modern Language Association (MLA) (Provides links to helpful resources -- MLA formatting)