GE Cluster 21C: History of Modern Thought
Spring Seminar 2004 - M. Gregory Kendrick
The Heroic Ideal in Western Culture

Encyclopaedia Britannica Online (UCLA only)
General encyclopedia licensed for use by the UCLA students, staff & faculty. Some articles include links to other web sites.

www.biography.com Commercial site that features search access to "25,000 of the greatest lives, past & present." Some biographies are much more detailed than others.

Selected Print Encyclopedias and Resources

Encyclopedia of Literary Epics
College Ref. Wall: PN56.E.65J33 1996b

Encyclopedia of Traditional Epics
College Ref. Wall: PN56.E.65E64 1994

The Encyclopedia of Superheroes
College Ref. Wall: P96 .H46R68 1985

The Encyclopedia of Super Villains
College Ref. Wall: P96 .V48R68 1987

Magill's Cinema Annual
College Ref. Wall: 1995

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Useful Article Databases

American Humanities Index

CineFiles-Berkeley's Pacific Film Archives

Expanded Academic ASAP 1980 - present

Film and Television

Gale Literary Index

International Index to the Performing Arts

Lion: Literature Online

Literature Resource Center

MLA International Bibliography

PCI : Periodicals Contents Index

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Finding Books, Movies and Journal Titles at UCLA

Link to UCLA Library Catalog.

Learn how to use it .  
More information on finding books

Useful Subject Headings:

Antigone (Greek mythology) — Drama

Archetype (Psychology) in motion pictures

Comic books, strips, etc.

Epic Literature

Epic poetry

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832.

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832. Faust.

Homer. Odyssey

Hero worship

Heroes

Heroes in literature

Heroines in literature

Literary epics

Myths in literature

Outsiders in literature

Sophocles

Tragic, The

Tragic The, in literature

Tragicomedy

Women heroes

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10 Ways to Polish Your Paper

How to Write a Bibliography: The Basics

How to Write a Research Paper

Before you begin that paper (UCLA Dean of Students)

Scholarly vs. Popular Articles

How to evaluate journal articles

Plagiarism

How Not to Plagiarize

How to cite

Dictionaries & Thesauri

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