ENGLISH 241 - LIBRARY RESOURCES
Literature and Science

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Course Material

Click on the pull down arrow next to the Course search box and highlight the course name, ENGLISH 241. Click search.

Voyager Searches

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The following searches are Subject Heading searches.

science in literature literature and science science in popular culture science and civilization scientists in literature science philosophy technology social aspects medicine in literature medicine and literature evolution biology in literature cyberpunk cyborgs

Author's names can also be used as Subject Heading searches to find booksl about them and their work. Look for the sub-division "criticism and interpretation" abbott edwin dawkins richard dick philip k frayn michael levi primo mcewan ian nabokov vladimir Use one of the databases to find articles, or reference books for background information and further guidance on resources if the above searches retrieve insufficient material.

Reference Books

For more information about reference books, and a more extensive list, see Reference Resources for English

Barron, Neil, ed. Anatomy of wonder : a critical guide to science fiction. Wesport, Conn.: Libraries Unlimited, 2004.

Seed, David. A companion to science fiction. Malden, MA.: Blackwell, 2005.

Cambridge Companions
The Cambridge Companions series has several titles of relevance to this course. All titles are available in print, but also online via the Cambridge Collections Online database. The links below take you to the print edition in Voyager. Within the database, you can either search for an individual title, or enter a topic or name to search across titles within the Literature and Classics Collection.

Connolly, Julian W., ed. The Cambridge companion to Nabokov. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.

Connor, Steven, ed. The Cambridge companion to postmodernism. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.

Gordon, Robert S. C., ed. The Cambridge companion to Primo Levi. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Herman, David, ed. The Cambridge companion to narrative. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

James, Edward, and Farah Mendlesohn. The Cambridge companion to science fiction. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2003.

Database Searches

For help with using databases, please contact the Subject Librarian

The following databases will provide references to material on all authors and topics covered in this course. You must be logged on with NetID and Password to access these databases.

MLA International Bibliography - use the Author as Subject search box to type the author's name, e.g. Levi Primo, or the Author's Work search box to type in the name of a text, e.g. The Periodic Table. Use the thesaurus list to check names and book titles. They may not be represented in the form you are most familiar with.
Use the Subjects All search box for abstract terms. Match your search term in the thesaurus list, and click Select to post into the search box. Add other limits [Language of Publication, Publication Dates, Publication types] as necessary.
Some articles are provided in full text. Where full text is not available, use the to check Voyager for Library holdings.

Internet Resources

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British Society for Literature and Science

Journal of Literature and Science - from the University of Glamorgan, Wales.

An interview with Michael Frayn, and discussion of Copenhagen, from PBS.

Ian McEwan's homepage.