Library Orientation for ENGL 367 March 3, 2016 Vince Graziano English Librarian

Workshop Outline  Finding background/biographical info  Literature Resource Center (LRC)  Oxford Reference Online Premium  Literature Online (LION) Finding books ◦ CLUES, Library Catalogue Finding articles ◦ MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) ◦ ABELL: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature ◦ JSTOR ◦ Poetry Criticism in Literature Criticism Online Finding poetry ◦ Literature Online (LION)

Electronic Journals  Collections with substantial humanities content:  Project MUSE (Recent issues)  JSTOR (Older issues)  Oxford Journals (recent and archive)  Literature Online (LION)  Literature Resource Center  Taylor & Francis (Routledge)  Academic Search Complete (EBSCO)  British Periodicals I and II ( )  American Periodicals ( )  Periodicals Archive Online ( )  Many other electronic journal collections

Electronic Books  Collections with substantial humanities content:  Literature Online (LION)  Early English Books Online (EEBO) –  Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)  Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)  Early Canadiana Online (until c. 1925)  Oxford Scholarship Online (recent)  Cambridge University Press e-books ( )  Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses)  Cambridge Companions Complete Collection (ongoing)  Palgrave Macmillan (2010-)  ACLS Humanities E-books  Canadian Publishers Collection  EBSCO E-books  Many other electronic books

Search Operators  ANDPlath AND Lady Lazarus  ORLady Lazarus OR Ariel  “ ”“Lady Lazarus”  *nation*  ( )(“Lady Lazarus” OR Ariel) ANDPlath

Subject Searching  Thesaurus  List of terms used in a database  Subject Headings in CLUES  Created by the Library of Congress  Subjects include:  People  Characters  Titles of literary works  Topical subject headings

To Find the Full Text 1.Use the feature 2.Search CLUES  Perform a Journal Title search 3.Check other Montreal libraries  Use your BCI card 4.Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO)  Online form  Allow 1 to 2 weeks for delivery of books  Allow 2 to 4 days for delivery of articles by

RefWorks  RefWorks is a Web-based tool that:  Facilitates organization of references  Is accessible from any Internet connection  Simplifies the process of preparing bibliographies  Access RefWorks through the Log into menu on the Library website  Help  Tutorials on Library website

Help is Available  At the Reference Desk  Library website  Literatures in English Research Guide  Ask a Librarian  form  Chat with a Librarian  Ask Vince :  , ext   Office hours: by appointment