Consider these steps to get started...
1. What quote interests you or reminds you of a story/character you've read about?
2. Choose a story to analyze. (Go to Literature databases to help you find themes).
3. What psychological or sociological themes interest you? (Go to the Academic Databases to learn more about these themes).
4. If you have trouble finding sources for your theme, trying search for Databases by Subject or using the Discover Search Bar.
Try these databases to research the short stories you are using and to explore ideas for themes. Type the story title, for example "The Necklace" in the search box.
Gales most current, comprehensive and reliable online literature database offering the broadest and most representative range of authors and their works.
A source for literary research on writers and their works throughout history and the world. Content is obtained from Facts On Files print literature collection, Harold Blooms essays, and critical articles published by noted scholars under the Blooms Literary Criticism imprints.
These databases do not contain literary criticism. Use these databases to research related themes (psychological, sociological, historical) from the short stories. For example, social status or class conflict.
APA PsycInfo is unmatched as a resource for locating scholarly research findings in psychology and related fields across a host of academic disciplines.
