Finding Books

For books at OU: use Kresge Library's Online Catalog.

For books at other MI libraries: use
(This statewide catalog of many of Michigan's libraries allows you to request books from other libraries).

For books at other libraries: use WorldCat to locate items held by libraries outside of MI, then use to request them.

Finding Articles

MLA Bibliography

A subject index for books, articles and websites published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. It is produced by the Modern Language Association (MLA), an organization dedicated to the study and teaching of language and literature.

JSTOR

A database of hundreds of full-image journals in a variety of subject areas, including literature. Coverage of most journals extends back to the journal's first issue (sometimes in the 1800s) up to, but not including the last few years.

Project Muse

A collection of over 100 full-text journals in the humanities and social sciences. Coverage extends back to the last few years.

Humanities Abstracts

Selective collection of high-impact humanities journals, some of which are full-text.

Historical Abstracts

The main source for the history of countries outside North America. Useful for social and historical events or people related to literary works.

To find the text of articles that are not directly available online in the database you are using, be sure to click the link to determine if the article is available in another database or in print in the library.

Citation Searching

A very effective research strategy is to consult the bibliographies of books and journal articles that you find; these bibliographies should help you identify other valuable materials on your topic. Your next step is to determine whether KL owns that book or journal article.

e.g.: Suppose you find the following citation in the bibliography of a book or article you're reading:

Sangster, Minnie B. "Envisioning Le Miracle De Théophile in France: Stained Glass, Sculpture and Stage."
Medieval Perspectives 14 (1999): 191-201.

Check to see if KL owns this journal by using the Get It @ Kresge citation linker. If Kresge Library does not have this article, you can order a copy through ILLiad.

General Library Information

Interlibrary Loans via ILLiad

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email: daniel@oakland.edu
phone: (248) 370-2478

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Reference Resources

Cambridge Companions

A number of volumes focus on French medieval literature:

• Cambridge Companion to Medieval Romance
• Cambridge Companion to Medieval French Literature
• Cambridge Companion to Medieval Women's Writing

Some of these Companions are also available in print.

Dictionary of Literary Bibliography

An extensive scholarly reference book covering authors, books and various topics in literature. Each chapter provides a bibliography.

Web resources

Gallica

The digital library of the French Bibliothèque Nationale provides online access to several editions of La vie de Saint Alexis and to Le miracle de Théophile. It also has critical studies on these as well as on Le roman d'Eneas, Tristan et Yseut, Merlin and Le chemin de longue étude. The documents are all in French but the Gallica interface is in English.

Persée

An online database of French language scholarly journals in the humanities, it includes numerous materials on French medieval literature.

English translations

• Erec et Enide ( Project Gutenberg)
• Erec et Enide (Online Classical and Medieval Library)
• Le roman d'Eneas (excerpts)

Arthur: de l'histoire à la littérature

A wonderful online exhibit of the Bibliothèque Nationale de France, it contains in-depth information and beautiful illustrations, including pages on Merlin and Chrétien de Troyes, and digital versions of Histoire de Merlin and other volumes.

Citation and Writing Resources

RefWorks

An online citation management tool to help you organize and format your citations.

MLA style guide

The tutorial of the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

OU Student Writing Resources

Find in-depth information about the mechanics of writing and grammar, writing MLA and other formats, citations, avoiding plagiarism & more.