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Of Mice and Men – Literary Criticism

Destiny Quest: Library Catalog

• For a list of specific books selected by your teacher, please see assignment attached at the bottom of the page
• To locate websites or other print resources, try these searches:
  • Search by title and the term “literary criticism” (ie. Of Mice and Men literary criticism).
  • Search terms “Steinbeck” and “Of Mice and Men”
  • Search “Studying of Mice and Men”
  • Search “Readings on John Steinbeck”
• • Note: To identify the theme of a particular work, try searching by the title of the work and the term “literary theme” (ie. Of Mice and Men literary theme).

Reference Books:  In addition to the books in the non-fiction area, you may wish to search the Literary Criticism Books in the REFERENCE area.

• Literary Criticism Series – look up the author or title of work in the index to find correct volume
• Masterplots – organized by title of work

Databases – pw: FHS Family

Use the following databases to find more literary criticisms as well as information on various literary devices (plot, point of view, tone, etc).

• Gale – Academic One File
• Gale – Literature Resource Center
• Gale – Student Resources in Context
• Gale – Literature Criticism Online
• Gale – Twayne Author Series

Citing Sources/EasyBib

• Comprehensive, centralized information on citing sources and paranthetical documentation using MLA 7
• Link to EasyBib via this page or through your school email account
• Check other links at the top of the page for more detailed, in-depth information on citing sources
• If you are using Easy Bib for the first time, you will need to register using your school email account.

Page Last Updated on February 5, 2018