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This Web site pulls together some resources that you might find useful for your essays this quarter.
Project 1: Fiction – the Internal and External Features of Constructing Reality
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0209144/
Entry on Memento from the Internet Movie
Database.
www.otnemem.com
The official Web site for Memento.
http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2001/06/28/memento_analysis/
"Everything You Wanted to Know about Memento" by Andy Klein
(from Salon.com).
http://www.osl.iu.edu/~kyross/pub/memento.pdf
“Memento Mori” by Jonathan Nolan
http://www.ineradicablestain.com/skin.html
Shelley Jackson’s Story Project: “Skin”
Project 2: Autobiography – Getting at the Truth
http://thislife.org/
This American Life, a radio program
http://www.aguidetovisitors.org/
A Guide to Visitors Reading Series
Project 3: Observation – Differences
in Disciplinary Ways of Knowing
http://www.doubletakemagazine.org/
DoubleTake Magazine
http://www.documentaryfilms.net/
Documentary Film Reviews and Information
All of the print sources below can be found in our reference collection on the first floor.
Print Sources for Quotations:
- Quotations for Public Speakers: A Historical, Literary, and Political Anthology [PN4193 .I5 Q68 2001]
- Bartlett's familiar quotations : a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature [PN6081 .B27 2002]
- My Soul Looks Back, 'Less I Forget: A Collection of Quotations by People of Color [PN6081.3 M9 1993]
- The New Quotable Woman [PN6081.5 .N49 1992]
- The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations [PN6080 .O94 1991]
- The Oxford Dictionary of Quotations [PN6081 .O9 1979]
- The Great Business Quotations [PN6084.B87 G668 1986]
- Quotations for All Occasions [PN6084.O3 Q86 2000]
- Women's Words: The Columbia Book of Quotations by Women [PN6084.W6 B47 1996]
- Famous Lines [PN6081.A656 1997]
- Cassell's sports quotations [GV707 .P53 2002]
Print Sources for Proverbs:
- The Multicultural Dictionary of Proverbs [PN6405 .C67 1997]
- The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Proverbs [PN6421 .C64 1998]
- A Dictionary of American Proverbs [PN6426 .D53 1992]
- American Proverbs about Women: A Reference Guide [PN6426 .K47 1998]
- More Words, More Arrows: A Further Collection of Yiddish Folk Sayings [PN6519 .J5 M67 1999]
Online Sources for Quotations:
- The Oxford Essential Quotations Dictionary (American Edition) UW restricted "This dictionary contains great quotations for any occasion - from a wide range of sources both ancient and modern - on everything from creativity, money, and friendship to politicians, sports, and the weather. There is reliable information on names, dates, and historical contexts."
- The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations UW restricted "The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations is a collection of over 5,000 quotations, representing key voices and events of the last 100 years and the beginnings of the new century. Coverage ranges from the worlds of art, literature, science, and politics to popular culture, and material is drawn from the electronic media as well as print."
- Search All Oxford Books of Quotations UW restricted This link will allow you to search both Oxford titles at once.
- Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 1919 This online source is based on John Bartlett's original source, which is still regarded as the source for all the rest. The online version, however, is not current, as the above date indicates. For the 2002 edition, you'll need to consult the print edition in our reference collection: Bartlett's familiar quotations : a collection of passages, phrases, and proverbs traced to their sources in ancient and modern literature [PN6081 .B27 2002].
- The Columbia World of Quotations
- Simpson’s Contemporary Quotations (1950-1988)
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Readings
http://www.elliottbaybook.com/events/index.jsp
The Elliott Bay Book Company
http://www.bookstore.washington.edu/ubs/main.taf
UW Bookstore/University District Store
Go to the UW bookstore's home page and click on "Author Events."
http://www.thirdplacebooks.com/NASApp/store/IndexJsp
Third Place Books
Go to Third Place Book's home page and click on "Author Events."
http://hugohouse.org/events/index.html
The Richard Hugo House's calendar of upcoming literary events held at the Hugo
House.
http://poetswest.com/venues.htm
Poetry readings in Seattle and around the Pacific NW
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Connecting from Home (Using the Proxy Server)
Basic Criteria for Evaluating Information
Style Guides for Citing Electronic Sources
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