Finding sources

Instructions:  Select three complete or full-text articles of literary criticism relative to the character you have analyzed in your essay by perusing sources on the Web or in library databases.  If you determine that the content of the three articles you select supports the ideas cited in your paper, review each of the articles carefully to be sure the articles will be beneficial to you in documenting your paper (e.g., they provide good background information, provide evidence for or support your argument or your ideas, lend authority to your argument of ideas, or help to illuminate or explain your ideas).    

After making a final selection of your three articles, upload a copy of these complete or full-text articles, along with the bibliographical data, to be used to document (to support) the ideas in your essay.  Also, you are required to submit a copy of the story itself (considered the primary source), along with the bibliographical data.  Type in Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and upload the 1st entry on the web page.

Print these articles and read them thoroughly to familiarize yourself with the content of each article, highlighting the key information that supports the ideas in your essay.  Also, you will need to print the actual primary source (a copy of the story) that you submitted from the website above, along with the bibliographical data, for review and for use in documenting your essay.

CHECK TO MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR INSTRUCTOR CAN ACCESS THE ARTICLES YOU UPLOAD!!!

SEE THE BEDFORD HANDBOOK, CHAPTER 50, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION ON GATHERING SOURCES (Web site:  b_ok.cc.)