LibGuides: National Poetry Month: Databases and more

Tips for Searching Poetry Ebooks

Databases require specific prompts and subject keywords.

Title of work
Author (lastname and firstname, ex: Frost, Robert OR Robert Frost)
non-fiction poetry OR prose poetry OR poem

EBSCO eBook Collection
EBSCO provides access to your librarys e-book collection.eContentis the digital version of books you can access 24 hours a days, seven days a week.

Tiger Girl by Pascale Petit
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781780375267
Publication Date: 2020-11-03
Pascale Petit's Tiger Girl marks a shift from the Amazonian rainforests of her previous work to explore her grandmother's Indian heritage and the fauna and flora of subcontinental jungles. Tiger girl is the grandmother, with her tales of wild tigers, but she's also the endangered predators Petit encountered in Central India.
How to Live by Helen Rickerby
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781869409050
Publication Date: 2020-01-16
`Women who speak have always been monstrous. That twisty sphinx, those tempting sirens; better plug your ears with wax, boys.' Where are the female philosophers? Why are women silenced? Who can tell us how to live? In her fourth collection of poetry, Helen Rickerby takes readers on a journey into women's writing, a quest for philosophical answers, and an investigation of poetic form. The poems in How to Live engage in a conversation with `the unsilent women' - Hipparchia and George Eliot, Ban Zhao and Mary Shelley.
Imaginary Vessels by Paisley Rekdal; Andrea Modica (Photographer)
Call Number: ebook
ISBN: 9781556594977
Publication Date: 2016-11-08
Paisley Rekdal questions how identity and being inhabit metaphorical and personified "vessels," from blown glass and soap bubbles to skulls unearthed at the Colorado State Mental Institution.

Searching Tips for Databases

Similar to the catalog, searching within databases requires correct spelling and an idea of who you are looking for. Databases will build your knowledge about an author or work through work/topic overviews, literary criticism, author interviews, journal articles that analyze scholarly impact of the work, and more.

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Use single keywords and concepts and connect with boolean operators AND, OR, NOT (ex: Sylvia Plath AND feminist poets)

Literature Resource Center (GALE)
Coverage includes all genres and disciplines, all time periods, and all regions of the world; full-text scholarly articles from more than 360 academic journals and literary magazines the majority peer-reviewed scholarly monographs, literary correspondence and diaries, reviews children's literature to adult fiction
JSTOR Essential (ITHAKA)
JSTOR is a digital library of academic content in many formats and disciplines. The collections include top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and primary sources. JSTOR is part of ITHAKA, a not-for-profit organization that also includes Ithaka S+R and Portico.
digital library, interdisciplinary, full-text, scholarly, peer-reviewed (for most journal and ebook content)
New York Times (NYT)
With NYTimes.com Passes, you have full access to the extensive breaking news, world news, and multimedia of The New York Times without needing your own subscription. Enjoy full access to NYTimes.com, INYT.com and NYT mobile apps from any device. Once activated from within your participating institution’s network, NYTimes.com Passes can be used from any location until expiration.
First time users will need to create a login using their student email and credentials. Once created you may access the NYTimes content for one year before renewing the Pass.
Salem Press (Grey House)
Salem E-books are electronic versions of print reference books held in the Merced College Library.