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Comparative Literature
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- Books & eBooks
- Film Resources & Streaming Video
- Citing Sources & Organizing Your Research
InterLibrary Loan
InterLibrary Loan : BU doesn't own it? No problem, we'll get it for you! Books and articles can be obtained via BU Libraries' automated InterLibrary Loan Service (ILL)! Click here for more information and to begin requesting items!
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More Information on Finding Books
For more information on how to find books at Binghamton University Libraries, including how to locate books on the shelves, please visit our "Finding Books" guide here.
Comparative Literature Books & eBooks
Searching for books in Find It!
When you search in Find It!, you're searching in the Library Catalog, Local Digital Collections (Special Collections' Digital Materials and Binghamton University-created materials), and a mega-index of scholarly e-resources including articles, book reviews, ebooks, and more. After you search, you can refine the results with the limiters on the left side of the search results page. These include such limiters as date ranges, location, subject headings, and languages.
There are a couple ways to search for books in Find It!
The easiest, most direct way, is to use the simple search on the Libraries' front page and select 'books.'
For more advanced searching, follow these steps:
- On the Libraries’ website, click Advanced Search on the Find It! tab.
- For material type, select Books.
- Enter your search terms.
- Click Search.
Searching for ebooks
There are several ebooks also available in our library collection! If you are interested in searching for ebooks, you can find more information about how to find and download them on our "Finding and Using ebooks" page here.
Full-Text Book Databases and Digital Collections
- Literature Online (LION)Over a third of a million full-text works of poetry, prose and drama in English, together with the definitive online criticism and reference library.
- LitFinder
Covering world literature and authors throughout history, LitFinder contains a wealth of literary works including over 150,000 full-text poems and 800,000+ poetry citations, as well as short stories, speeches, and plays.
LitFinder also includes secondary materials like biographies, images, and more.
- Project MuseHumanities, social sciences, and mathematics journals from several university presses.Coverage: Varies by title; earliest from 1990.
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