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MLA International Bibliography
Search for scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations. Covers international literature, linguistics, and folklore research. Contains some full text. Includes links to titles from JSTOR language and literature collection.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

USearch
Search for items on your topic, many of which are owned or subscribed to by the library. Includes books, journal articles, reviews, and more.
USask Department of English Requirements for Essays
Details how to create in-text citations and works cited for English essays, including for poetry, drama, and works in anthologies.
MLA Citation Style Guide
Assignment Planner
A tool to help you with every step of the research and writing process, including setting realistic timelines.

Best Bets for Literature

MLA International Bibliography
Search for scholarly journal articles, books, and dissertations. Covers international literature, linguistics, and folklore research. Contains some full text. Includes links to titles from JSTOR language and literature collection.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
JSTOR
Includes full- text scholarly journal articles on literature topics as well as the arts, humanities, social sciences, and sciences.
License Information: This license was negotiated by the Canadian Research Knowledge Network. There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, alumni patrons, and "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content, including the downloading of a full issue, is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
Proquest One Literature
[Replaces LION] Contains multiple reference materials such as author pages, book reviews,and historic literary criticism as well as journal articles, ebooks, primary texts and more.
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.
Artemis Literary Sources
[From Gale] Provides access to biographies, summaries, and overviews. It also contains full text literary works, journal articles, criticism, and reviews. [Databases searched include Gale Virtual Reference Library, Literature Criticism Online, Literature Resource Center, Scribner Writers, and Twayne's Authors Series.]
License Information: There are no restrictions to the number of simultaneous users. Access is restricted to current students, faculty, and staff of the University of Saskatchewan, and to "walk-in" users of the University of Saskatchewan Library for educational, research, and non-commercial personal use. It is accessible in the library, on campus, and remotely. Systematic copying or downloading of electronic resource content is not permitted by Canadian and International Copyright law.

USearch
Search for items on your topic, many of which are owned or subscribed to by the library. Includes books, journal articles, reviews, and more.

Cite it! MLA Citation Help

Department of English Requirements for Essays
The USask English Department's guide to MLA Style based on the ninth edition of the MLA Handbook.
MLA 9th edition (basic guide)
Contains citing and formatting information based on MLA 9th edition.
MLA Style Center
Provides writing resources directly from the Modern Language Association including: a quick guide to the creation of the Works Cited list; plus sample research papers demonstrating the use of MLA style.
Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL): MLA Style
Offers examples for the general format of MLA research papers, in-text citations, and the Works Cited page.

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