SJSU Resources

• The Writing Center
• King Library
• King Library Citation Resources
• Special Research Collections at King Library
• Arts & Humanities Databases in King Library
• Our Department's Library Resources (including MLA Database)
• Academic Success Center

MLA Style, Dictionaries & Handbooks

• What is MLA Style?
• Writer's Web, U. Richmond
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• Common Errors in English
• Purdue's Research & Reference

Avoiding Plagiarism

• Avoiding Plagiarism (The Owl at Purdue)
• More on Avoiding Identifiying and Avoiding Plagiarism
• Take the Plagiarism Tutorial (King Library)

Writing About Literature

• Poetry Explication
• Writing an Annotated Bibliography (U. Toronto)
• More on Annotated Bibliographies (UNC)
• Writing a Literature Paper (U. Michigan)

Digital Literary Resources

• Arts & Humanities Databases in King Library
• NYPL Digital Gallery (images)
• British Library Full-Text Treasures
• British Library Turning the Pages
• Library of Congress American Newspapers 1690-present
• University of Virginia Open-Access Databases

Text Recommendations

(Purchase through Amazon, Powells or Barnes & Noble )

• Lemire, Tim. I'm an English Major, Now What? Writers Digest Books, 2006.
• Semenza, Gregory Colon. Graduate Study for the Twenty-First Century: How to Build an Academic Career in the Humanities.Palgrave, 2005.
• Altick, Richard. The Art of Literary Research. 4th ed. Norton, 1992.
• Appleman, Deborah. Critical Encounters in High School English: Teaching Literary Theory to Adolescents. NY: TCP, 2000.
• Carey-Webb, Allen. Literature & Lives: A Response-Based, Cultural Studies Approach to Teaching English. Urbana: NCTE, 2001.

Research Resources

• Research Competency Guidelines (suggested! what you should know prior to graduate school)
• English Short Title Catalog (bibliography of publications 1473-1800)

Professional Writing & Presentations

• Calls for Papers for Conferences (full listing of all academic conferences)
• Conference Paper Guide (Claremont College)
• Writing the Conference Paper
• Tips for Delivering the Conference Paper
• Literary Critical/Theory Websites
• Publishing Academic Work (Durham Univ. PostGraduate Journal)
• see also Semenza & Altick chapters on seminar, conference and publishable papers

Careers

• See our Careers section for Undergraduates
• CEO of a major PR firm in NYC discusses why obtaining a graduate degree in literature suited her career.
• Help with Research from King Library (SJSU)
• Various Careers after the MA & Graduate School Application Guide (UCSB English)
• Advice to Graduate Students: From Application to Career (MLA)
• Tips for Grad School Applications (UCSB)
• Guide to Graduate Programs
• Research programs: www.gradschools.com or http://www.petersons.com/
• Ph.D. in Textual Studies, Univ. of Washington
• M.A. & Ph.D. in Literary Editing, Boston University
• NYU Programs in Publishing (Trade)