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ENGL 01B Epstein-Corbin: Finding Literary Criticism in Books

Introduction to Literature

Catalog & Databases

OneSearch
Use the catalog to find print and eBooks from the Merced College Libraries. The libraries in Merced and Los Baños have nonfiction, fiction, young adult, children's, and reference books. The catalog also links to Open Access content and article from many of the library's databases. To access electronic content, you will need to input your MC Portal username and password.

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.

OneSearch Tutorials

Using OneSearch Tutorial
Quick Instructions for Narrowing to Books

Using OneSearch Tutorial
Take the Using OneSearch tutorial independently to learn how to use various aspects of OneSearch.

Type your search terms.
As you type, you will see options for Everything, Library Catalog, Articles, and Course Reserves.
Select "Library Catalog" to run your search.

Screenshot of social media as a catalog search

When results load, select "books" under the Resource Type limiter on the left.

Screenshot of Book limiter

How to Read a Book for Research

"How to Read a Book for Research" (2:29) is by RIT Libraries.