 So, you are starting an essay for a languages course and need scholarly articles and books. I'm going to show you how to find resources in the library catalog and in a database. Searching in more than one place is always a good strategy. Let's say you're looking for resources about Zola and Naturalism. One way of starting is with English keywords. It doesn't matter if you capitalize them or not. You can separate your ideas with the word and, but you don't need to. The list of results include books, articles, theses and other formats. For scholarly articles, click on peer-reviewed journals. Each article will be available online. For books, click on show more and then books and e-books. For print books, take note of the campus as well as the call number. You will need this number for finding the book on the shelf. Print books that are located at another campus or university include instructions for sending them to your campus. Click on the title of the book to do so. But what if you want just French language resources? Language options are located at the bottom of the list of filters. Choose French and apply filters. The first two resources have English titles but the actual content is either partially or entirely in French. Another way of finding French language resources on the topic is to use French search words. Now let's use a database. Searching one is no more difficult than searching the catalogue. There are databases in every subject area targeted to that subject. You will find articles in them that you won't find in the catalogue. First you need to go to the right database. Instead of beginning with the omni-search box, click on the tab research and then our subject guides. These are the subjects we teach at Laurier. Click on the French databases. The first one is always a good place to begin. In this case the MLA International Bibliography. It includes a vast array of articles on literature topics. Let's start with English keywords on Poros Cinderella. It is best to separate ideas on different lines. Further down on the same page is the peer reviewed option for scholarly articles. Reorder the results so that the most relevant articles appear first. Click on the language option. In this case only one French language article appears. So let's try this again with French words. Now we have 30 results, which is far better. Although some titles are in English, the articles themselves are in French. Clicking on the title will show us the language of the article. If you need research help, don't hesitate to ask me. Your language is Librarian.