LibGuides: WRITING 230K: Writing Performance across Cultures: Getting Started

Finding Articles

The "Articles" search on the DKU Library homepage, is a good place to begin a search.

In addition, these databases can be used to search for articles on your topic:

Academic Search Complete
General database with good coverage of scholarly and popular articles on a wide range of topics.
Google Scholar
Unlike the general Google search engine, Google Scholar searches across scholarly publications (articles, books, and other materials).
JSTOR
Full-text database of major scholarly journals from their earliest issues to within a few years of current publication.
LexisNexis Academic
Full text access to U.S. and international newspapers, radio and television transcripts; 1970s-present.

China Academic Journals (中国知网期刊库)
Search journals, dissertations, conference proceedings, newspapers, and yearbooks published in China. Updated daily.

Other Library Resources

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Call Number Range

Books on literature and creative writing can be found in the following call number sections:

PE: English Language and Philology
PN: General Literature (including books on creative writing)
PR: British and Commonwealth Literature
PS: American Literature
PZ: Children's Literature

Some subject headings that may help you are:

Creative Writing
Creative Nonfiction -- Authorship
Prose Literature -- Authorship
Reportage Literature -- Authorship
Poetry -- Authorship
Poetics Poetry -- Publishing

Tip: Most works by and about an author will be found in the same section. Check to see where to find them using the library catalog!