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Gilgamesh

RESOURCES:

Journal articles from academic databases (click here for section one).
Books. Print and electronic (eBooks) books (click here for section two).
Critical and biographical Web sites (click here for section three).

SECTION ONE: Journal articles from academic databases. <back to page top>

Literary topics are among the more difficult to research in online databases. To assist you in this, the following are specific recommendations regarding Gilgamesh.

DATABASE	SEARCH TERMS	RESULTS
Academic Search Premier	*gilgamesh* Perform the basic search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full Text," and "Scholarly (Peer Reviewed) journals."	Provides a small number of relevant items.
Arts & Sciences Collection	*gilgamesh* JSTOR, the search system for Arts & Sciences Collection, searches within its various journal "collections" (click here for details).	Provides a large number of relevant documents.
Contemporary Authors	*gilgamesh* Perform the default search.	Provides a number of references to Gilgamesh.
Encyclopedia Britannica	*gilgamesh* Perform the default search.	Provides a primary encyclopedia article, several related articles and a few Web sites.
Expanded Academic ASAP	*gilgamesh* Perform the Keyword search, NOT the Subject search. Use the checkboxes to search limit your search "to articles with text" and "to refereed publication."	Provides a large number of worthy items.
Literature Resource Center	*gilgamesh* Perform the default (author) search. After you perform your search, select each of the tabs for biography, criticisms, Web links, and journal articles (many are full-text).	Provides a good number of documents.
netLibrary	*gilgamesh* Perform the basic search and select the Full Text checkbox.	Provides a large number of eBooks that refer to the author, along with one that focuses on Gilgamesh.
Research Library Complete	*gilgamesh* Perform the basic search. Set the "Database" drop-down menu to "Interdisciplinary -Research Library." Use the checkboxes to search limit your search to "Full text articles only" and "Scholarly journals."	Provides a small number of excellent items.
Sirs Renaissance	*gilgamesh* Perform the "Quick Search."	Provides a small number of excellent items.

SECTION TWO: Troy Library book holdings. <back to page top>

The following bibliography is for selected holdings. For complete holdings consult the Online Catalog.
Circulating books not available at your local library may be requested by interlibrary loan.
eBooks are electronic books that Troy makes available (immediately) to its users worldwide via the Internet.
Tales from world epics
PN6071.E6 M3 1990
Location: Dothan

Gilgamesh: a verse narrative
PJ3771.G5 E5 1971
Location: Troy, AL

The archetypal significance of Gilgamesh: a modern ancient hero
PJ3771.G6 K58 1991
Location: Troy, AL; Dothan

Gender and aging in Mesopotamia: the Gilgamesh epic and other ancient literature
Location: eBook

SECTION THREE: Critical and biographical Web sites. <back to page top>

Gilgamesh Summary
http://www.wsu.edu/~dee/MESO/GILG.HTM
Epic of Gilgamesh
http://www.ancienttexts.org/library/mesopotamian/gilgamesh
Storytelling, the Meaning of Life, and the Epic of Gilgamesh
http://eawc.evansville.edu/essays/brown.htm
Gilgamesh
http://ftp.ccccd.edu/andrade/andrade/Index_world_literature_I.htm

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