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ENGLISH 108
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch D. Albom
Instructors Laurie Cheslak and Louise Walkup
Research Guide
Table of Contents
| Morris S. Schwartz | Mitch D. Albom | Tuesdays with Morrie | Mentors | Further Reading Suggestions |
Biography
Literature Resource Center Database (TRCC home > LRC home > Other Databases)
Suggested searches:
Author Search: Enter "Morris S. Schwartz" in the search box. The search will retrieve a profile of the author's life and works.
Books by Morris S. Schwartz
Letting go: Morrie in his own words / New York: Walker and Co., 1999.
Social approaches to mental patient care / New York: Columbia University Press, 1964.
The nurse and the mental patient: A study in interpersonal relations / New York: Russel Sage Foundation
The mental hospital: A study in institutional participation in psychiatric illness and treatment / New York: Basic Books, 1954.
Videos
Morrie: Lessons in living / New York: Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 1999.
Articles about Morris S. Schwartz
Dying made easy, (deaths of T. Youk and M. Schwartz from ALS), Commentary, February 1999, Vol. 107, No. 2
Momento Morrie, People Weekly, January 12, 1998, Vol. 49, p. 141
Keep an open heart: Life lessons from Morrie, Family Circle, February 1, 1999
Tuesdays, Entertainment Weekly, March 27, 1998
A beloved professor's last lesson, New York Times, November 2, 1997
Biography
Literature Resource Center Database (TRCC home > LRC home > Other Databases)
Suggested searches:
Author Search: Enter "Mitch Albom" in the search box. The search will retrieve a profile of his life and works under "Biographies." Clicking on the "Literary Criticism, Articles & Work Overviews" tag will return articles on "Tuesdays with Morrie."
Books by Mitch D. Albom
Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson / New York: Doubleday, 1997 - T-STACK LD571.B418.S383 1997
Live Albom IV / Detroit Free Press, 1995
Fab Five: Basketball, trash talk, the American dream / Warner Books, 1993
Live Albom III: Gone to the dogs / Detroit Free Press, 1992
Live Albom II / Detroit Free Press, 1990
Bo: The Bo Schembechler story (with Bo Schembechler) / Warner Books, 1989
The live Albom: The best of Detroit Free Press sports columnist Mitch Albom / Detroit Free Press, 1988
Website
Albom Online - Mitch Albom's website
"Tuesdays with Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson"
Online Databases
Literature Resource Center Database (TRCC home > LRC home > Other Databases)
Suggested searches:
Title Search: Type "Tuesdays with Morrie" in the search box. The search will retrieve 10 articles about the book under the "Literary Criticism, Articles & Work Overviews" tag.
Expanded Academic ASAP Database (TRCC home > LRC home > Connecticut Digital Library)
Suggested searches:
Relevance Search: Enter "Tuesdays with Morrie" (between double quotes) in the search box. Select the "in title, citation, abstract" location and limit your search to full-text articles. The result list will return 19 articles.
EBSCOHost Academic Search Elite Database (TRCC home > LRC home > Other Databases)
Suggested searches:
Basic Keyword Search: Enter "Tuesdays with Morrie" (between double quotes) in the search box. You can select from a list of 74 articles.
Print Indexes
Reader's Guide to Periodical Literature
1997 volume lists under Mitch Albom's name two articles about "Tuesdays with Morrie" published in "Reader's Digest" and "People Weekly" magazines.
1998 volume lists under Mitch Albom's name an interview about "Tuesdays with Morrie" given by the author to "Life" magazine.
The New York Times Index
1997 volume lists in the "Books and Literature" section two articles published in "The New York Times" about "Tuesdays with Morrie." The last entries in the citation show the date, section, page, and column where the article could be found.
Websites
Offers, besides excerpts from "Tuesdays with Morrie", a plot overview, a character list, an analysis of major characters, and themes, motifs, and symbols. It also contains suggestions for further reading.
Offers an analysis of the themes and motifs of the book. It includes discussion questions.
Mitch Albom's Interview about "Tuesdays with Morrie"
Contains the interview about "Tuesdays with Morrie" given by Mitch Albom to Amazon.com.
MentorTeacher - University of California at Irvine
The website discusses topics as "What is a Mentor?", "Characteristics of Mentors", "Establishing Productive Mentoring Relationships", and "Ways of Mentoring."
Flashing before my eyes / Dick Schapp - William Morrow & Co., 2001
Electric God / Catherine Hyde - Simon & Schuster, 2000
On any given day / Joe Martin - Pondview Books, 2000
Pay it forward / Catherine Hyde - Pocket Books, 2000
A lesson before dying / Ernest J. Gains - Random House, 1997
Stephen Hawking / Melissa McDaniel - Chelsea House Publishers, 1994
Please send comments, suggestions, or inquiries to Mona Florea, Reference/Instruction Librarian.
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