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ENGL 4903 Senior Literature Seminar - A. Sonheim - Spring 2022: Search Tips

Reliable Resources for Researching Works by Kazuo Ishiguro

Search Tip #1

Vary your search terms. Also try automatically suggested terms.

  • Kazuo Ishiguro
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo, 1954
  • Ishiguro, Kazuo (British writer)
  • "The Remains of the Day" AND novel
  • "The Remains of the Day" AND Ishiguro

 

Search Tip #2

Search phrases without quotation marks and then search them with quotation marks.  Compare each set of search results.

  • Klara and the Sun
  • "Klara and the Sun"
  • An Artist of the Floating World
  • "An Artist of the Floating World"

Search Tip #3

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  • peer-reviewed and/or scholarly
  • name of work
  • publication type
  • subjects
  • date range

 

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