Literature Liaison & Reference Librarian
Melissa Jones
Contact:
Research Consultations are available in person and via Zoom. Click Schedule Appointment to reserve a time. Email me if you need an alternate time.
202-687-7595
Online Reference Sources and Biographies
- Credo Reference This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text online versions of general and subject dictionaries and encyclopedias.
- Gale Literature This link opens in a new windowProvides full-text literary content for researching authors and their works, literary movements, and genres. Search to find full text of literary works, journal articles, literature criticism, reviews, biographical information, and overviews. Includes the Literature Resource Center and Scribner Writers.
- Oxford Art Online This link opens in a new windowLimited to 8 concurrent users.A comprehensive online reference resource for all aspects of the visual arts worldwide, from prehistory to the 1990s. Formerly known as Grove Dictionary of Art.
5 Tips for Searching Google Effectively
Google's Advanced Search screen provides a number of ways to limit and refine your search. You can also use the following advanced search techniques in the basic Google search:
- Use quotation marks to get exact wording: "health inequities"
- Use a minus sign or hyphen to omit words from your search: vaccines -influenza
- Use OR to add options: healthcare OR medical care
- Use site: to limit to specific domains: health inequities site: twitter.com
- Use site: plus a country code to search by geographic area: refugee site: FR
