Skip to Main Content

LIT 206 & 358

A helpful guide for upper level literature courses.

Welcome!

Tools and Key Resources

Start your research with these different tools

Finding Books:

  • WorldCat Discovery
    • Provides information about books, serials, videos, and other items cataloged by libraries around the world, including Utica University.
  • Interlibrary Loan

    • It is a free service offered by the Utica University Library to provide books and articles that are not available at our library and need to be loaned from other libraries.

Find General Literary Criticism: 

Find Background Information and Terminology:

Find Cultural Context:

  • CIA World Factbook 
    • Political, geographic, economic, and sociological summaries organized by country.
  • Country Profiles
    • Guides to history, politics and economic background of countries and territories, and background on key institutions.
  • Country Reports from the Economist
    • Reports include recent news articles, country profiles, forecasts, fact sheets, and economic data.
  • Encyclopaedia Brittanica
    • Entries on countries detail their geography, people, economy, government, society, cultural life, and history. Provides a list of best websites on the country.
  • World Bank
    • Retrieve background information and up to date reports on all countries in the world.

Critical Research