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INTRODUCTION: Reflections of a Researcher Assignment 1:
Recent Studies in Restoration & 18th Century Literature Assignment 2:
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Assignment 3: MLA and WorldCat Author/Topic Search In searching for information on Richard Brinsley Sheridan’s The School for Scandal, I followed the given instructions and searched the MLA International Bibliography for helpful data that my classmates or I could use in future references on this topic. My most productive search parameter was when I searched “Brinsley” (which gave me a shortcut to his full name) as the primary subject author. This gave me a vast majority of my acquired searches. It led me to a search for The School for Scandal. At first glance, I thought there was a plethora of information on this author and/or this particular writing but after completing the search with only 14 substantial findings, it would have been better if I found a little more so that it would be sufficient. Unfortunately, I found zero hits on what I thought to be an interesting topic (class in relation to The School for Scandal). Initially, I began my search in the constraints of the years 1988-2008, however, with finding more information those years expands quite further apart than originally planned. Most of my findings were not full text, but there titles alluded to the hope that the information would be relevant and/or sufficient. Therefore, most of my chosen searches were selected merely on catchy, interesting, informative titles. Topics such as patriotism and British national identity were reoccurring themes within my findings. In completing this assignment I walk away with a better outlook on what I could do my pap
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