Features:
You can print, email, and save articles from databases.
Cite:
Many of the library databases include MLA citations. If you use an article from a database, you can simply copy the MLA citation into your Works Cited page.
You can use literature databases to find criticism, biographies, and journal articles.
When accessing the databases from off campus, you will be asked to input your MyPima user name and password.
Literature Databases:
Mostly scholarly articles and book chapters
Literary criticism and author biographies
In order to find biographical materials on your author, go to one of the databases suggested above. Select one of the databases to search. Then select the Advanced Search and type in the author's name in the first box and then type biography after "AND" in the second box. Select "Search".
A screen shot of the search box is shown below...(you will need to go to the actual database to find your materials--this is not an interactive search box)