Useful Reserve and Reference Books with Literary Criticism on Kazuo Ishiguro

There are three books currently on Reserve for your use. You may not check these out, but you may use them in the library. Go to the GCC Library Circulation Desk and ask for, “the books on Kazuo Ishiguro that are on reserve for Professor Kartalian’s ENG 101 class.”  The specific titles are:

Title of Books on Reserve for Ishiguro Assignment	Author
Conversations with Kazuo Ishiguro	Cynthia Wong
Kazuo Ishiguro	Barry Lewis
Understanding Kazuo Ishiguro	Brian Shaffer

Although you may not check out reference books, the print reference collection contains many excellent articles on Kazuo Ishiguro and his works.  You may make photocopies of these articles. Remember to write down the citation information for each of your sources so that you will be able to compile your bibliography. These will always be available in the library, so you may refer to the list below if you want to return to the library to find more sources. Below is the list of these reference titles.

Call Numbers	Title of Source	Volume and Page Numbers
REF 809.04 C761 v.27	Contemporary Literary Criticism	Vol. 27; pages 202-04
REF 809.04 C761 v.56	Contemporary Literary Criticism	Vol. 56; pages 158-61
REF 809.04 C761 v.59	Contemporary Literary Criticism	Vol. 59; pages 158-169
REF 809.04 C761 v.110	Contemporary Literary Criticism	Vol. 110; pages 220-62
REF 809.04 C761 v.219	Contemporary Literary Criticism	Vol. 219; pages 24-157
REF 810.9 D554 v.194	Dictionary of Literary Biography	Vol. 194; pages 145-153
REF 823.91409 C761 ed.7	Contemporary Novelists	Vol.7; pages 504-06
REF 810.90052 C761 v.120	Contemporary Authors	Vol. 120; pages 184-85
REF 810.90052 C761, Rev.2 v.133	Contemporary Authors New Revision Series	Vol. 133; pages 285-90
REF 810.90052 C761, Rev.2 v.49	Contemporary Authors New Revision Series	Vol. 49; pages 194-197
REF 810.90052 C761, Rev.2 v.95	Contemporary Authors New Revision Series	Vol. 95; pages 230-235

 

1. Select ProQuest from the alphabetical list under the Articles Tab.

Try using some other keywords related to your topic, such as memory, alienation, deception, or guilt.

Play around with different kinds of searches!

2. Another way to obtain good results is by conducting a Topics search. Click on the tab for Topics, and type in Kazuo Ishiguro.  Select either “Ishiguro, Kazuo (person) AND Novels” or “Ishiguro, Kazuo (person) AND Literary Criticism,” which are the most relevant.

Reference Librarians are available to answer questions and offer further assistance.  Visit us at the reference desk or call us at ext 5577

Good luck and remember to have fun researching!

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