HILL COLLEGE
MISSION STATEMENT
Hill College accepts as its
mission the task of providing
high quality comprehensive
educational programs and
services. The college strives to
enhance the educational,
cultural, and economic
development of its service area
and to assist both individuals
and the community to prepare
for a more productive life.
HILL COLLEGE
CORE VALUES
Integrity
Educational Excellence
Student Success
Respect
Enthusiasm
Collaboration
“Respect” includes respecting
differences, caring, and being
“grounded in tradition.”
“Enthusiasm” includes intellectual
spirit.
“Collaboration” includes civic
responsibility, communications,
responsiveness, and innovation
through creativity.
HILL
COLLEGE
LIBRARY
Hill College Library
http://www.hillcollege.edu/library
Hill College Library
Cleburne Campus
Johnson County
2108 Mayfield Parkway
Cleburne, TX. 76033
(817) 760-5830
GUIDE TO
LIBRARY
RESOURCES
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L I T E R AT U R E /
WRITING
Hill College Library
Hillsboro Campus
Hill County
112 Lamar Dr.
Hillsboro, TX. 76645
(254) 659-7830
Email a Question
JOHNSON CO. CAMPUS
(817) 760-5830
[email protected]
HILL CO. CAMPUS
(254) 659-7830
HOW TO SEARCH
LIBRARY RESOURCES
BOOKS
Search the library OPAC (Online Public
Access Catalog).
Go to: http://www.hillcollege.edu/library
Choose your location from the drop down
menu and then click on “Card Catalog” and
type your query into the search box.
JOURNALS and
Ebooks on EBSCOhost
Search the library databases:
Go to: http://www.hillcollege.edu/library
Choose your location from the drop down
menu and then click on “Databases”.
Students: Your user name is your
firstname.lastname. Your password is your last
name (using the correct capitalization) and the
last 4 digits of your student ID number.
Faculty/Staff: Your username is the first
section of your email address. Your password
is the same as the one used for your Hill
College email account.
If your login information does not work,
contact one of the campus libraries.
After login, choose the desired database and
type your query into the search box. Use
additional options (full-text articles, peer
reviewed, date ranges and options for
searching specific journals to
narrow your results).
Need Help?
Contact your campus librarian.
DATABASES
BLOOM’S LITERARY REFERENCE
Examines great writers, works, characters,
movements and events in world literature.
Ebooks on EBSCOhost
Access to thousands of electronic books covering
many topics.
EBSCO GROUP
Multi-disciplinary databases with sections on
literature.
EBRARY
Access to over 30,000 electronic books covering
numerous topics. Titles may be downloaded.
GALE GROUP
Sources for Literature, sections on contemporary
authors, literary criticisms, Twayne Author’s
Series, Scribner Writers Series and the Literature
Research Center.
SALEM PRESS LITERATURE
Literature resources, critical insights on works
and authors, critical surveys on long fiction
SIRS RENIASSANCE
Literature section including sources for
biographies, drama, fiction, literary classics,
poetry, publishing, world literature, writing and
more.
ONLINE RESOURCES
Blue Book of Grammar
http://www.grammarbook.com
Complete Shakespeare Reader (Download)
All 38 Shakespeare Plays
http://download.cnet.com/The-Complete-Shakespeare-Reader/300018495_4-10908984.html
Complete Works of William Shakespeare
http://shakespeare.mit.edu
Encyclopedia of Western Signs and Ideograms
http://www.symbols.com
Library of Congress
Sources for literature, poetry, journalism.
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
The Literary Encyclopedia
http://www.litencyc.com
Lost Titles, Forgotten Rhymes (Library of Congress)
Find novels, short stories, poems without knowing the title or
author.
http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/lost
Luminarium (Anthology of English Literature)
http://www.luminarium.org/lumina.htm
Merriam-Webster Dictionary/Thesaurus
http://www.merriam-webster.com
Perspectives in American Literature (PAL)
http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/TABLE.HTML
Perseus Digital Library (Ancient Texts)
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper
Purdue OWL
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl
STUDENT RESEARCH CENTER (EBSCO)
Features an English and Language Arts section
offering resources for Authors, Children’s
Literature, English Literature, Folklore and
Myths, Grammar and Style, Journalism, Literary
Criticisms, Plays, Poetry, Reading and World
Literature. Also includes a dictionary and
encyclopedia.
Reading Women Writers & African Literature
http://aflit.arts.uwa.edu.au/FEMEChomeEN.html
WRITER’S REFERENCE CENTER
Covers the fundamentals of quality
writing and provides word tools
including a dictionary and
thesaurus.
Wordnik-Definitions/Pronunciations/Word Etymology
http://www.wordnik.com
Representative Poetry Online
http://rpo.library.utoronto.ca/display/index.cfm
SF Site (Science Fiction/Fantasy)
http://www.sfsite.com
Ultralingua-Definitions and World Translations
http://www.ultralingua.com/onlinedictionary/
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services are provided solely for your convenience. The provision
of links in Resource Guides is not an endorsement of, nor
warranty of, the services or information provided by such sites.