Your search for information on Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale can include books, journal articles, online databases, and authoritative Internet resources.

Use the Library Catalog to find books on your subject. T0 find books by Margaret Atwood, do an author search and type the last name first; to find books about Atwood and her writings, do a subject search on Atwood. The following books may be useful in your research.

Journals and magazines usually provide the most current information on a topic. Journal articles are more scholarly or professional while magazine articles tend to be shorter and more general. Newspaper articles, while not usually scholarly or professional, can give you the most current news and some additional facts on your topic. There are print indexes and Internet resources that will help you find articles. The print indexes include:

Readers’ Guide to Periodical Literature

Humanities Index

The Library Internet resources listed below can also assist you to find articles and reference material. They are available at http://www.cerritos.edu/library/http://www.cerritos.edu/library/e-resources.html. Use subject headings and key words similar to those used to search for books. You may also enter the title of an artwork, an artist, a stylistic period, or medium. The Library also has print indexes that must be used to find older articles, generally anything published before 1985.

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Project Muse

Galenet: Literature Resource Center
 

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