ENGL 217: Harry Potter

Helpful Online Resources

• Harry Potter's World: Renaissance, Science, Magic, and Medicine - an online exhibition with educational resources and materials from the National Institute of Health and the US National Library of Medicine
   
• Do Mandrakes Really Scream? Magic and Medicine in Harry Potter - information produced by the National Institute of Health and the US National Library of Medicine on the magic, medicine, and historical figures found in Harry Potter.

• The Harry Potter Lexicon - designed to be used with other sources and only focused on what J.K. Rowling wrote and created.

• Pottermore - free site from J.K. Rowling that features news, features, and articles on the Potter universe. 

• Encyclopedia Mythica - an online encyclopedia for mythology, religion, folklore, and literary resources (use to get base knowledge and then find scholarly articles on the themes in our databases)

Googling Better

Want to find good information on the internet quickly?  Here are some search tips that will help give you better and more accurate results the next time you need to Google something:

By searching .edu sites and .gov sites, you may be able to find trustworthy information on your topic

• "harry potter" and "alchemy" site:edu
• "harry potter" and "greek mythology" site:gov

If you're looking for a term in the title of an article or even a specific file type your search may look like this:

• "harry potter" and "witchcraft" site:edu intitle:spell 
• potter and gender intitle:hermione site:edu 

HackCollege has more great tips on how to really "ACCIO" some great results!