Skip to Main Content

ENW 791: Background

Guides to Research & Writing Methods

The Craft of Research by Wayne C. Booth
Call Number: Ref Q180.55 .M4 B66 2003
ISBN: 0226065685
They Say, I Say by Gerald Graff
Call Number: Reserve Textbooks PE1431 .G73 2021b
ISBN: 039393361X
Publication Date: 2021

Background Information on Authors and Subjects

CUNY+, The Library Catalog
Do a guided search for books in our reference collection. Search across all of CUNY for background books and reference materials at other CUNY libraries.

Gale Ebooks
Source for biographies, information from encyclopedias and dictionaries.

Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy

Literary Index
Directs you to volumes in Gale's various series on literature criticism. Useful for becoming acquainted with many "conversations."

Some Interesting Websites

Voice of the Shuttle - Literature in English