Literature Resource Center best searched by author, great source of biographical and critical info
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory & Criticism literary and theoretical terms
A Companion to Asian American Studies
Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender
Here are some examples of e-books the Library owns that might be useful for your topics. Find one, look at the subject headings, limit the format to Books and then Online Books and your searching will take off from there!
Literature Criticism Online a compendium of critical essays from classical to contemporary periods, good coverage of "canonical" works
MLA International Bibliography core literature database, indexes articles and books
Bibliography of Asian Studies interdisciplinary, good coverage of literature and film
GenderWatch journal articles from women's and gender studies
ProQuest click tab at top of results list to limit to scholarly sources
Subject headings you might try in this course:
Asian Americans in literature
Asian American authors
Asians in the performing arts
Asians in literature
Imperialism in literature
Orientalism in literature
East and West in literature
Orient; Oriental influences
The MLA Bibliography and ABELL include listings for book-length critical works. Use the 
button to search our catalog for these titles; limit to format Book and then Online Book. When searching in the online catalog for books, first do a general search and limit the format to "books," then further limit the format to "eBook."
