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You would like to find the number of occurrences of the term "serpent" in Literature Online.

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2. Author Search

You would like to locate information about the author Geoffrey Chaucer, including links to available texts, criticism and reference material.

On the Basic Search box, select Author Pages.

Enter Geoffrey Chaucer and then click Search.

On the Author Page for Geoffrey Chaucer, you will get a biography and links to most viewed primary texts, recent criticism, relevant reference works and related videos.

 

3. Primary Text Search

You are searching for texts related to war and death that were published between WW1 and WW2.

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For Publication Date, select Specific date Range. Enter 1914 as start year, enter 1945 as end year.

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You are looking for occurrences of the word "jealousy" including old spellings.

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Click Result Page Options on the bottom part of the advanced search page, select Show additional terms included in the search.

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On top of the result list of will see a list of the variant spellings and variant forms of jealousy that was included in your search.

 

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You are looking for texts about the author Jack Kerouac.

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You are searching for Reference material on the works of Samuel Beckett.

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The results list will display all relevant materials and web sites including Knowledge Notes, Biography, and Bibliography.

 

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You would like to hear Jayne Cortez reading her own works.

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You would like to browse full text scholarly journals.

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Select the check box Full text Only. Click Go.

Select for example: "African Studies Review". Then browse or search for an issue or article.

 

9. Browse

You are interested in learning more about authors in the Harlem Renaissance movement.

Under the Browse tab, click Browse by Literary Movement.

Browse down to Harlem Renaissance, ca 1920-1939. Click the View # Author pages button.

Select one of the authors, for example Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967, to see all information om the Author page.