Objectives
- that you can identify credible sources
- that you can create and correctly format a works cited page
- that you can read and annotate critically
- that you can synthesize information to create an original argument
- that you can use proper MLA internal citations
Databases
- Gale U.S. History in Context This link opens in a new windowInformation on people, places, events, and topics in U.S. History
- Gale eBooks This link opens in a new windowCollection of encyclopedias and reference materials (ebooks)
- Gale Literary Sources This link opens in a new windowOne cross-searchable database for the following individual literary databases: Literature Resource Center, Twayne's Author's Online, Literature Criticism Online (Contemporary Literary Criticism, Short Story Criticism)
- Gale in Context This link opens in a new windowInformation on a broad range of topics, people, places, and events
Helpful Website Articles
- The Great Gatsby and the American DreamAn article from The Guardian
- The Great Gatsby DelusionAn article from The Telegraph
- The Road to West EggVanity Fair Article
Areas of Focus
Possible Topics:
Consumerism/advertising
The American frontier/Manifest Destiny
Social class
Hedonism
Moral corruption
The American identity
Race
Gender roles
Immigration issues
Ask a Librarian
Books
The Jazz Age by Call Number: 9736.91 JAZISBN: 0783555091Publication Date: 1999-09-01
Bootleg by Call Number: 363.4 BLUISBN: 9781596434493Publication Date: 2011-05-24
Understanding the Great Gatsby by Call Number: 813.52 FITISBN: 0313300976Publication Date: 1998-10-30
Class Conflict in F. Scott Fitzgerald's the Great Gatsby by ISBN: 0737738995Publication Date: 2007-12-13
