ITALIAN 5B: You Are What You Eat: Cannibalism in Western Literature from Ovid to Calvino

1.  Find the appropriate article database by subject (academic discipline or department).

Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject

2.  Searching: 

Use Advanced Search if available

one word or phrase per horizontal row of search boxes

when appropriate, use truncation symbol for variant word endings (child* = child, childs, children, childish, childhood...)

use alternative terms when necessary (film or movie* or cinema*)

Examples:

Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject > Literature > MLA Bibliography (also good for film)

cannibal*
colonial*

cannibal*
horror
film* or movie* or cinema*

cannibal*
montaigne

select checkbox for "English only" if appropriate

MLA: The Movie!  (1:18 min)

Library home > Articles > Article Databases by Subject > Film > Film and Television Literature Index

cannibal*
horror

3.  Find the locations of articles - online or on the shelf

Some article databases include the full text of all or some of their articles. 

If not, click on the UC e-links icon, which will lead to links to full text if available, or else a link to the Next Generation MELVYL catalog.  Click on the MELVYL link to search for the library location of the journal.

Watch the UC e-links movie!  (2 minutes)