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ENGL 399: Senior Conference (HC)

English 399: Senior Conference (McGrane) Fall 2020-Spring 2021

Identifying Relevant Books

Use the Tripod catalog for your home institution  Icon    Icon     to look for relevant titles in the tricolleges. 

The following subject searches are a sampling of possibilities. To find materials on a topic, try doing a keyword search in the Tripod Catalog to find relevant materials and then use the subject headings assigned to those titles to find more books.

        "powers richard"  [Subject Search]   Icon    Icon   

       "richard powers"  [Keyword]  NOT "powers richard" [Author]   Icon    Icon     Catches books that devote a chapter to Powers

utopias in literature [Subject] AND (race OR racial OR "african american*" OR black) [Keywords]  Icon    Icon   

(literature OR literary OR poet*) AND (women* OR gender*)  [Subjects]  AND ("mental health" OR memory OR memories)  AND ("united states" OR american)  [Keywords]  Icon    Icon   

memory in literature [Subject] Sorted by the newest titles first   Icon    Icon   

 

Tripod - For people studying on campus, use the "Request"  button to have titles delivered within the Trico.  They will usually usually arrive in one or two days.  For people studying remotely, use these request links: Articles or Book Chapters  and   Books or DVDsThese links can also be found on the Support during Covid-19 page.

Worldcat - An important place to look for many materials not owned by the Tricollege Libraries. This combined library catalog contains more than 1 billion titles owned by libraries around the world. Many of these items are available to you though interlibrary loan.  Use the  button to place requests.

Interlibrary Loan - For people studying on campus, request items that are not available in Tripod on this page. Note that E-Z Borrow provides books in 3 to 5 days.  For books not in E-Z Borrow, request though Interlibrary Loan (ILL).  Again materials may arrive in as little as 3 days.   For journal articles not in Tripod, request through Article Delivery.  They will be sent to you by email.

For people studying remotely, use these request links: Articles or Book Chapters  and  Books or DVDsThese links can also be found on the Support during Covid-19 page.