Literature in Theory & Practice Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library
Today’s Class Research Strategies –Search Boolean Keyword –Citation Tracking –Peer Review Resources –Catalogs Al Harris WorldCat –Bibliographies –Databases JSTOR MLA –Scholarly Journals –WWW
Review or Critique
Peer-Reviewed
Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude
KEYWORDS - literary technique - narrative - expository - novel, novella - short story - plays - fables, fairy tales - creative writing - writing style -bibliographies Tell the Catalog/Database/SE what you seek: Specifically!
Keyword Searching Keyword –Title Translations/Spellings –Marquis or Marquise? –Search MLA Bibliography… Author Heinrich von Kleist Search MLA Bibliography
Resources
Al Harris Catalog Remember* Catalog defaults to relevance search Remember* Use a Keyword search and Boolean to help limit results Remember* Use Limiters to narrow your search. Remember* Use Subject links to focus on your topic.
Open World Cat Meta search engine for online catalogs of libraries all over the world. Search for any book using a geographic location for the closest sources. Over 9000 libraries combined. If you find it in WorldCat, and it's not in our library, we can get it through ILL.WorldCat CREATE A USER ACCOUNT
E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook 24/7 Full Text Searching* Highlight Markup Note Taking Changeable Font Size Multiplicity of Use CREATE A BOOKSHELF
Reference Collection Learn to use critical bibliographies as a tool in evaluating materials Critical Survey of Poetry 1 st Floor R C Search Robert Frost Browse 800’s
Best Databases MLA Bibliography JSTOR Literary Reference Center Project Muse
MLA Bibliography This resource is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts.
MLA Bibliography Limit by Language – English Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article Limit by Scholarly Article – Peer Reviewed Limit by Full Text?
JSTOR JSTOR is a full-text scholarly journal archive. JSTOR specializes in making available the back issues of journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science disciplines.
JSTOR Limit by Language – English Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article Narrow by discipline – Language & Literature, Bibliography, Feminist & Women's Studies…
Finding Articles: Citations
Citations Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope.” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p PDF / HTML Search the Virtual Stacks
Tracking Citations Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope.” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p
The Citation Video
Interlibrary Loan Service You can make interlibrary loan requests by filling out an online interlibrary loan form for journal and magazine articles or for books, videos, and sound recordings Articles For articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers.Articles Books, Videos, and Sound Recordings For books, videos (including DVDs), and sound recordingsBooks, Videos, and Sound Recordings Link directly from WorldCat.org
Class Exercise JSTOR Worksheet
Today’s Class Register/Create User Accounts Open WorldCat Ebrary MLA Bibliography JSTOR
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I.4 Differentiate between reviews of literary works and literary criticism Review of Faulkner’s Sanctuary Posted on Web site Critic of Faulkner’s Sanctuary Posted on Web Site I.5 Understand the concept and significance of peer-reviewed sources of information –Do tutorial II.1 Effectively use library catalogs & databases to identify relevant holdings at local institutions and print and online catalogs and bibliographic tools to identify holdings at other libraries –Boolean /Keywords –800 II.6 Understand the range of physical and virtual locations and repositories and how to navigate them successfully – Browse 800 field in Ref collection –Find citation III.1 Identify the best indexes and databases JSTOR/MLA IV.2 Use interlibrary loan and document delivery to acquire materials not available at one's own library V.1 Know about Internet resources (e.g., electronic discussion lists, websites) and how to evaluate them for relevancy and credibility V.2 Differentiate between resources provided free on the Internet and subscription electronic resources V.4 Learn to use critical bibliographies as a tool in evaluating materials