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1 Contemporary Fiction: Research & Resources Frederic Murray Assistant Professor MLIS, University of British Columbia BA, Political Science, University of Iowa Instructional Services Librarian Al Harris Library frederic.murray@swosu.edu ENG 3113 Spring 2010

2 Riddley Walker

3 Assignment: Paper Two Thesis Driven Original and Argumentative Claim One-Two Secondary sources/ Scholarly Field

4 Working Thesis Showing evidence of Greek mythology/ correlate Punch eating babies to Kronos eating his children

5 JSTOR Boolean: Kronos or Cronos Limiter: Articles Limiter: Folklore Journals Science Fiction as Mythology Thomas C. Sutton and Marilyn Sutton Western Folklore, Vol. 28, No. 4 (Oct., 1969), pp. 230-237 Published by: Western States Folklore SocietyWestern States Folklore Society Article DOI: 10.2307/1499217 Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/1499217

6 QUICK REVIEW

7 Best Research Strategy A common error is to look to a source for confirmation of an idea or an argument Do not start out to prove “X” Start out to find out about “X” Look for support, not necessarily factual evidence

8 Databases Using Keywords Boolean –And/Or/Not Using Limiters –Narrow or Specify your search

9 Boolean AND = Narrow OR = Expand NOT = Exclude

10 Research for Paper Two Interdisciplinary Approach –Looking for information on an idea –Not restricted to textual criticism or references to the work under investigation –In fact if you search by author or title in databases outside of literature databases…

11 What Databases to Use Databases are subject specific Many are multidisciplinary –JSTOR, ASC, Project Muse

12 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. Search by scholarly discipline

13 ASC: EBSCO Use Boolean Limiters –Subject Thesaurus Terms –Subject Use the Subject Limiters as Discovery Tools

14 Writing Your Paper Writing Center –Located in the basement of the library –Call for appointment #774-7083 MLA Style –Style Sheets –MLA Handbook at Reference & Circulation Desk –http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/

15 Questions? Contact me: Frederic Murray 774-7113 frederic.murray@swosu.edu

16 Thanks!

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