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VIC162H: Cultural Forms & Their Meanings—The Power of Fiction

Research tools, resources, and strategies for the students enrolled in the course during the 2025–2026 academic year, taught by Professor Robert Davidson.

About This Guide

Introduction

The Oxford Hnadbook of CervantesThe guide serves as a companion to the library research seminar conducted by Agatha Barc and Colin Deinhardt, Reader Services Librarians, Victoria University Library.

To review the recommended strategies and tools for your final assignment, you may download the slide deck from the session. The materials in this guide are highly selective, chosen specifically to assist you with your course assignments based on their content, subject matter, and alignment with the course description.


Research Resources & Tools in the Guide

The content of the guide consists of digital reference sources associated with the main works of literature studied in the course: Don Quixote, Madame Bovary, and Nights at the Circus. It also provides links to additonal tools resources that include sources on these and other novels, such as journal databases.

To help you learn about citing sources using the MLA style of documentation, the guide contains links to the electronic edition of the MLA Handbook, along with helpful advice on writing academic essays.

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