Exploring a Center of Gravity in The Great Gatsby Resource Guide
The following databases can be accessed from school OR from home. MAKE SURE YOU WRITE DOWN THE USERNAMES & PASSWORDS!!!
You can access them directly using the link listed on the handout. You can also access them by going to the library website
(http://www.udhslibrary.com) and clicking on the “Online Database” link in the upper RIGHT corner of the screen.
Lit Resource Center: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/fort87272
LIBRARY ID: _________________
The world’s most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database, Literature Resource Center is
uniquely relevant to today’s researcher. Its rich critical, biographical and contextual content supports interdisciplinary
approaches, information literacy and the development of critical-thinking skills. **This should be your FIRST stop. It
is the BEST resource for literary analysis and criticism.**
EBSCOhost: http://search.ebscohost.com/
USERNAME: ________________
PASSWORD: ________________
EBSCOhost is a multi-disciplinary reference system that offers a wide range of full text databases. From this portal,
you can access HUMANITIES FULL-TEXT to find literary criticism. You can search by AUTHOR or TITLE.
You can also look at the following print resources (books) for additional information. (These books will be in the
classroom on the day you are in the media center, but afterwards will be back on the shelves.)
813 CLA
Class conflict in F. Scott
Fitzgerald's The great
Gatsby.
813 F
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great
Gatsby.
813 FIT
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great
Gatsby : edited and with an
introduction by Harold
Bloom.
813 FIT
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The great
Gatsby / edited & with an
introduction by Harold
Bloom.
813 FIT c
New essays on The great
Gatsby.
813 FIT c
Critical essays on F. Scott
Fitzgerald's The great
Gatsby.
813 FIT c
Piper, Henry Dan. Fitzgerald's
The great Gatsby : the
novel, the critics, the
background.
813 LEH
Lehan, Richard Daniel, 1930-.
The great Gatsby : the
limits of wonder.
813.09 STE c
The American novel : from
James Fenimore Cooper to
William Faulkner.
Exploring a Center of Gravity in The Great Gatsby Resource Guide
Finding MLA Citations in Databases
EBSCOhost
- Click on the “Cite” link on the right hand side of the screen while looking at the article.
- Select and copy the MLA Citation.
Literature
Research
Center
- Scroll to the bottom of the article and copy and paste the MLA Citation
Copying MLA Citations into NoodleTools
To create a new entry in your
bibliography, first you must
“Select a citation type” and
choose “Database”
NoodleTools will then ask
what kind of resource you are
using. To make things simple,
just choose “Journal"
When you get to the “Citing”
page, click the link under the
word “Article” that says “Copy
& paste a citation”
When you click on the “Copy
& paste a citation” link, it will
open a new window. Scroll
down a little until you see a
box that says “Manuallyedited citation” above it.
Paste the citation you copied
from your source into this
box.