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=Sources for Literary Criticism= toc Magill OnLiterature is a definitive online source for editorially reviewed critical analyses. It also includes brief plot summaries of the most studied works in the history of literature.

Literature Criticism Online is a digitized collection of ten Gale series solely comprised of literary criticism. These series include the following topics: contemporary literature, 20th century lit., 19th century lit., Shakespeare, literature from 1400-1800, classical and medieval lit., poetry, short stories, drama, and children's literature. Entries are viewed in a reader embedded in the browser (akin to reading the print version) or can be downloaded as PDF files.

Literature Resource Center identifies biographies, bibliographies, and critical analyses of authors from every age and literary discipline. Coverage of more than 120,000 novelists, poets, essayists, journalists, and other writers, with in-depth coverage of 2,500 of the most-studied authors. This database only allows 4 simultaneous users.

The MLA (Modern Language Association) Bibliography indexes literary criticism from 1963 to the present. Note that it contains both full-text and **non-full-text** resources. When you find a promising citation that doesn't have the full text, search for the journal title in the list of UIUC Online Journals and Newspapers. If the title isn't available through another database, click on the link that will take you to a search in the [|online catalog].

JSTOR searches **full-text** for backfile articles and reviews in over 130 multi-disciplinary journals. See [|Project Muse] (see below) for more recent articles.

Project Muse searches **full-text** in over 150 journals supplied by 10 university presses. Click on the //search// button to start your search. Muse works well for more recent periodical issues, while JSTOR (see above) reproduces older volumes. = = =Native American History and Culture=

General
Native American Studies Library Resources The University of Illinois has an extensive collection of resources for the study of Native Americans, including books, newspaper articles and videos. To make those resources more available, this page acts as a starting point for research. This website is sponsored by the Native American Studies Bibliography Committee of the Library.

Try Google Scholar, which searches “open-to-the-free-web” peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts, and articles from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations.

Native Resources through UIUC
Ethnic NewsWatch Identifies full text access for 200 newspapers and journals of the ethnic, minority, and native press.

Native American Times Full text coverage: Feb 29, 2000 (Volume VI, Issue 2) - current

General Resources through UIUC
Consider the general periodical databases that are linked to from the Library's home page. Your best bets are Ebsco's Academic Search Premier and Infotrac's Academic OneFile.

LexisNexis Full-text access to hundreds of recent (and even not-so-recent) newspaper and magazine articles. Type in your search terms in the center search box, using **//and//** to narrow and **//or//** to broaden; put quotation marks around unique phrases. The default search is set to **Major U.S. and World Publications** for the **Previous 2 years**, which can be changed to suit your needs. After you click search, notice that you can narrow your search by clicking on the categories in the left toolbar. Click on the plus sign to expand your options and click on the blue link to narrow your search.

Library PressDisplay Today's papers from around the world in their original full-page layout and design (advertisements and images intact). Over 250 titles from over 50 countries available online.

Newsbank Full-text articles from major metropolitan newspapers, international papers, and smalltown U.S. papers. Articles from the Chicago Tribune date back to 1985. Click on Illinois. Or, click on United States or The World.

Proquest Historical Newspapers Scroll to the bottom of the database menu to access these papers:
 * Historical New York Times (1851-2003)
 * Historical Chicago Tribune (1860-1872, 1963-Present)
 * Historical Chicago Defender (1912-1975)
 * Historical Wall Street Journal (1923-1993)

Websites
[|AIROS Native Network] All Indian Internet radio.

[|American Indian Center of Chicago] Our Mission: To promote the fellowship among Indian people of all Tribes living in metropolitan Chicago, and to create bonds of understanding and communication between Indians and non-Indians in this city. To advance the general welfare of American Indians into the metropolitan community life; to foster the economic and educational advancement of Indian people; to sustain cultural, artistic and avocational pursuits; and to perpetuate Indian cultural values.

[|American Indians in Children's Literature]A blog maintained by Debbie Reese, American Indian Studies professor at UIUC. Critical discussion of American Indians in children's books, the school curriculum, popular culture, and society-at-large.

[|Bunky Echo-Hawk] This is the website for Bunky Echo-Hawk.As a Pawnee/Yakama Indian, Bunky has learned to express himself through various artistic avenues. On this site you can peruse through his work and find out how to contact him.

Indian Country Today An important resource for time-sensitive news special features. It is also home to the most definitive archive of national American Indian news and perspective.

Sweet Search SweetSearch is a Google -powered custom search engine that only searches 35,000 Web sites that a staff of research experts deems credible. The first few hits bring together sources on a single subject and include overview articles. Each hit displays from 100-400 words of context around search terms.

ipl2 ipl2 is the result of a merger of the Internet Public Library (IPL) and the Librarians' Internet Index (LII). It is a directory for useful websites on the Internet. "We have over 20,000 entries, also maintained by our librarians and organized into 14 main topics and nearly 300 related topics."

[|National Museum of the American Indian] The National Museum of the American Indian is the sixteenth museum of the Smithsonian Institution. It is the first national museum dedicated to the preservation, study, and exhibition of the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of Native Americans. Established by an act of Congress in 1989, the museum works in collaboration with the Native peoples of the Western Hemisphere to protect and foster their cultures by reaffirming traditions and beliefs, encouraging contemporary artistic expression, and empowering the Indian voice.

[|Native America Calling] Native America Calling is a live call-in program, linking public radio stations, the Internet and listeners together into a thought-provoking national conversation about issues specific to Native communities. Each program engages noted guests and experts with callers throughout the United States and is designed to improve the quality of life for Native Americans. Native America Calling is heard on 52 stations in the United States and in Canada by approximately 500,000 listeners each week.

Native American House The Native American House and American Indian Studies are interdisciplinary programs of teaching, research, and student support providing University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign students an opportunity to understand the experiences and values of American Indian communities and nations.

[|The Native Voice] Now the nation's largest native-owned independent newspaper, The Native Voice maintains its commitment to the ancient traditional form of storytelling that it embraced from its first publishing.

Resources Listed on the Assignment
[|Indian Country Today] A weekly U.S. newspaper which describes itself as “The Nations' Leading American Indian News Source.” Focusing on news of interest to the Native American community, the newspaper is owned and operated by the Oneida Nation of New York.

Native American author Sherman Alexie’s website []

Interview with Sherman Alexie from The Guardian []

Article from the Daily Illini about Native American artwork on campus []

Article from Block by Block Cooperation about “Respect Native Hosts” yard signs []

Index of Native American Resources on the Internet from WWW Virtual Library []

Native American Resources on the Center for Multilingual, Multicultural Research website [|http://www-bcf.usc.edu/~cmmr/Native_American.html]

Native American History on the University of Washington University Libraries website @http://guides.lib.washington.edu/content.php?pid=87308&sid=649463

Native American History from Osaka University [|http://www2005.lang.osaka-u.ac.jp/~krkvls/history.html]