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Blooms Database: http://www.fofweb.com/Lit/default.asp 
Username: west-high  Password: warrior

Annotated Bibliography -- Here are some references provided to you by Mrs. Puccio:  


Bachman, Lindsay Alaine. The Threats of the Present: Reading William Faulkner 's Light in August and Absalom, Absalom! As Representations of American Issues in the 1920s and 1930s. Thesis. The College at Brockport: State University of New York, 2007. English at Digital Commons @Brockport, 1 Dec. 2007. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.

<http://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&context=eng_theses>.

This looks like a pretty straightforward, readable, and well cited thesis. While she addresses racism is the focus for a majority of the literary analysis and criticism, she wants to shift the interpretation to look at issues that were affecting the United States at the time that Faulkner was writing and to look at the story through the lens of the "historical present."



Center for Faulkner Studies -. Southeast Missouri State University, 2015. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.

<http://www.semo.edu/cfs/>.

The Center for Faulkner studies is devoted to studying everything Faulkner. Created in response to the amazing Faulkner collection of poet Louis Daniel Brodsky. You will find links to several discussions and studies of Faulkner's Light in August.




Dimock, Wai Chee. "Lecture 22 - Faulkner's Light in August." Open Yale Courses. Yale University, 15 Nov. 2011. Web. 28 Sept. 2015.

<http://oyc.yale.edu/american-studies/amst-246/lecture-22>.

Part of an open course series through Yale University. An interesting option because you will see to the right that there are a total of eight lectures. Instead of watching them, you can read the transcripts (look for the link below in .html)






To access MackinVia, click here.  Use this link to find literary analysis of Black Boy.  
  School name: West High School / Username: Researcher / Password: Research
RESEARCH
From what I have heard, PUBLIC LIBRARIES HAVE MUCH TO OFFER RESEARCHERS THAT A SCHOOL SOMETIMES IS UNABLE TO AFFORD IN THE WAY OF RESOURCES AND SEARCH ENGINES.  The Torrance Librarian I spoke with explained that even the city of Torrance libraries have little in the way of literary analysis.  He recommended that all researchers in this discipline obtain cards at the four libraries listed below.  I am holding off judgment on this until I have had time to use these libraries for my own research.   

You must be a resident of Torrance to get a card to a Torrance library but this is not true of the three other recommended libraries -- yes, even including Palos Verdes -- much to my surprised delight!  

If you are under 18 years of age, your parents will probably have to go with you or for you to get your card.  You might want to call ahead to make sure that the facility you want to go to is open.  I recall that one of the libraries I tried to go to was under construction.  

Los Angeles Public Library:
Harbor City - Harbor Gateway Branch Library
24000 S. Western
Harbor City, CA 90710
(310) 534-9520
www.lapl.org 

The County of Los Angeles Library: 
I obtained my library card at this location; there are many other branches.  
Carson Library 151 East Carson Street Carson, Ca 90745
310 830 0901
Colapublib.org

Palos Verdes Library District:
I obtained my library card at this location; there are other branches.  
Peninsula Center Library
701 Silver Spur Road, RHS
310 377 9584
www.pvld.org

Torrance Public Library: 
I obtained my library card at this location; there are many other branches.  
3301 Torrance Boulevard Torrance, CA 90503
310 618 5959
www.Library.TorranceCA.Gov




To access the West High Library, click here.   The enrollment key is "warrior" all lowercase

Mrs. Puccio has added new resource from Salem Press, specifically connected to literature concerning short fiction, long fiction, poetry, and novel specific literary analysis.  

If you are not already enrolled in the WHS library course, please find it on eTUSD in "all courses" - High School - WHS - Electives - Library Resources-Puccio.  The enrollment key is "warrior" (all lowercase).  
Use the link above to get to the library site.  

Once you are in the library (Mrs. Pucchio's) course, go to "Passwords and Links to Online Databases and Subscriptions," and scroll down to the Salem Resources.  You will see the username and password listed below the link to the database.  Once you have logged in to the database, you will see title lists underneath each discipline of study.  

When you click on any of the Critical Survey Titles, you will see the Table of Contents. At first glance, it appears that it is just a list of names, but if you scroll through you will see that there are also topical essays on regions as well as time periods.  Furthermore, at the bottom of the table of contents you see other subject based essays.  
Register for Easy Bib -- Click here.

New Users: Please click here to a registration page. 
Once you have filled in the form and created an account, you can access it from anywhere with Internet by going to www.easybib.com.

Existing Users: 
1) Login to your EasyBib account. 
2) Click the "Hi, " drop-down menu and select "Settings." 
3) Click on "Coupon Codes." 
4) Enter the code "westhighlibrary" (all lowercase and one word). 


A video tutorial on this is linked here.


Here are the services available via Easy Bib:
  • MLA, APA and Chicago citation styles 
  • Digital notebook to organize your research 
  • Interactive outline to get your thoughts in order 
  • Website evaluation to identify what’s appropriate to cite 
  • Google Docs integration to seamlessly build your paper 
  • Annotations, parenthetical citations and footnotes