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The Courtly World: Sei Shōnagon and Lady Murasaki: Research Resources

This is a research guide for Anna Maria Hong's course The Courtly World: Sei Shōnagon and Lady Murasaki (LIT2379.01)

Finding books and more at Crossett Library and beyond

Search the library's resources using a single, comprehensive search box. This tool searches across our physical collections at Crossett and Jennings Music Libraries, as well as journals, articles, and other materials available through our databases. To narrow your results, you can use filters to limit by material type (e.g., ebooks or musical scores), language, date range, full-text and peer-reviewed items, and more.

Search the library catalog, databases, journals & articles.

 

Find Resources at Other Libraries

If you find a title in Worldcat that is not held by Bennington College, you can request it through Interlibrary Loan by clicking on the "Request Item" button. Your book will be shipped from the lending library to Crossett Library, and you will receive an e-mail when it is ready for pickup.

Interlibrary loan access is included in your library account, and can be accessed here.

Databases

You can find a list of all the databases here. The databases below might be of particular help for your research in this course.

Peer Writing Tutors

What happens during a meeting with a peer writing tutor? 

You and a peer writing tutor work together to develop writing at any stage of the draft process. The tutor will assist you to evaluate the draft's strengths and the areas for improvement, and then teach various writing concepts to encourage a more critical, thorough, and realized work. Through conversation and example, the tutor will focus on the following aspects of any assignment: clarifying your thesis, finding persuasive evidence, structuring the essay, and basic instruction in grammar and style. Ownership of the essay's ideas and rhetoric remains with you, as the tutor serves as a guide to help you understand the many available writing choices and resources.

Schedule an appointment

To sign up for an appointment with a Peer Writing Tutor, click here: Peer Writing Tutors Calendar