This video shows you how to access and use eBooks. The video shows you how to access them from the library homepage but you do not have to do that as there is a direct link above to the eBook collection database and you have access to the OneSearch box above right. The rest of the video will show you how to search for eBooks and how to use them.
Use the box below to search library catalogs from around the country (including MPC, CSUMB, Cabrillo, Hartnell, and area public libraries).
Remember: if MPC doesn't have the book you need, you can ask at the Reference Desk about Interlibrary Loan.
Literary Criticism
(“Brown Books” –Located on the Main Floor of the MPC Library by the bay windows)
We have a collection of literary criticism books that are excellent resources for finding multiple criticisms of authors and their works. You can use the indexes in the back of these books to search for content (always go to the highest numbered volume to see the comprehensive listings) or you can use the Online Searchable Index for these books that is listed below. If you have any questions on how to use or search these books you can ask for help at the reference desk.
Twentieth Century Literary Criticism (TCLC) REF PN 94 .G2 Volumes 1-169 |
Contemporary Literary Criticism (CLC) REF PN 771 .C59 Volumes 1-122 |
Short Story Criticism (SSC) REF PN 3373 .S56 Volumes 1-85 |
Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism (NCLC) REF PN 761 .N5 Volumes 1-22 |
Online Searchable Index for the Literary Criticism Series
www.galenet.com/servlet/LitIndex
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