Literary Periods, 1800-Present English 2301 20 February 2014

1. Literary Periods, 1800-Present English 2301 20 February 2014 Jeff Lilburn English Literature Librarian Mount Allison University Libraries & Archives

2. Today’s Class • Where to find appropriate secondary resources • What is peer-review • How to search library catalogues and article databases (to find books & articles) • Search Strategy and Keyword Selection

3. Primary Sources • A primary source provides first-hand information on the topic. • The author or artist personally participated in the event under discussion, such as a science experiment, a humanitarian mission, or the creation of a work of art.

4. Secondary Sources • Secondary sources present an argument, interpretation, conclusion, or summary based on information found in primary sources.

5. In Literary Studies • Examples of primary sources?

6. In Literary Studies • Examples of primary sources? …A novel, short story, poem or play

7. In Literary Studies • Examples of primary sources? …A novel, short story, poem or play • Examples of secondary sources?

8. In Literary Studies • Examples of primary sources? …A novel, short story, poem, play • Examples of secondary sources? Criticism and analysis of literary works, such as: …A book about the plays of David Mamet …A scholarly journal article aboutHamlet …A book chapter about Virginia Woolf’s novels _____ Source for previous slides (and where to find more information and examples): • Primary and Secondary Resources: A Research Guide, http://www.mta.ca/library/primary_secondary.html

9. What is a Scholarly Source? • Keep in mind that your assignment asks you to annotate the sources you use • Your annotations will need to include evidence of the scholarly authority of each source • Read your assignment instructions carefully

10. What is a Scholarly Source? • Usually written by experts in the field (look for: credentials, author affiliations) • Usually peer-reviewed(critically assessed by other scholars and experts in the field prior to publication) • Engages and buildson previous research on the same subject (see next bullet) • Always cites all sources quoted or referenced in the book or paper (articles and books aimed at a non-academic audience don’t normally do this)

11. What is a Scholarly Source? • Generally published in a peer-reviewed journal (articles) or by a university press or publisher specializing in scholarly works(e.g.: Oxford University Press) • Makes a contribution to the field (presents an original argument or interpretation)

12. What is Peer Review?

13. What is Peer Review? “Scrutinizing Science: Peer Review.” Understanding Science. University of California Museum of Paleontology. 4 October 2011 <http://www.understandingscience.org/article/alvarez_01>.

14. Most Common Scholarly Secondary sources in Literary Studies? • Books, such as a single-author book about the works of Margaret Atwood. • Book chapters, such as essays published as chapters in edited collections (e.g. The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood) • Journal articles (articles published in scholarly, peer-reviewed journals)

15. Where to find Secondary Sources Mount A Library Catalogue • Use to find books, ebooks, and book chapters (also movies, music, government publications, and more) Library Databases (such as the MLA Database, JSTOR, Project Muse, ProQuest) • Use to find articles in scholarly journals (and, in some cases, in magazines and newspapers; in some cases books & book chapters)

16. The MtA Library Catalogue • A catalogue of what’s available at our library. • Use to find books, ebooks, movies, journals, magazines, newspapers and more… • But not articles. More on this later.

18. Known-item Searching • When you already know the title or author name of a book, you can search by TITLE or by AUTHOR. • This type of search is called a Starts With, or Browse search (it permits you to browse an alphabetical list of titles, authors, etc.) Examples: • Title: Mill on the Floss (omit initial articles) • Author: Eliot, George (last name first)

19. Keyword Searching:Finding Books About a Topic or Author • Search for books on a topic or for books *about* an author or his/her works • Search for a word, words or a phrase anywhere in the library catalogue record (eg:words from the author, title, subject, and publisher fields, etc.). • Combine words and phrases using AND, OR, NOT • Examples: eliotand waste land and modernism atwood and (gender or women or men)

20. Example (keyword): richler and biography Example (Title): Jane Eyre

21. Example (keyword): richler and biography Example (Title): Jane Eyre

22. Example (keyword): richler and biography Example (Title): Northanger Abbey

23. Example (keyword): richler and biography Click for More Detail Example (Title): Northanger Abbey Title, Author, Publisher, Year of publication Call Number

24. Example (keyword): richler and biography More Detail Some records (but not this one) include a “Contents” note that provides the Table of Contents (chapter titles). This is more common for collections of essays (edited anthologies) than it is for single-author books such as this one. Example (Title): Northanger Abbey Title, Author, Publisher, Year of publication Subject Headings Call Number

25. Known-item search: Author Example (keyword): richler and biography Example (Title): Northanger Abbey

26. Example (keyword): richler and biography Example (Title): Northanger Abbey

27. Example (keyword): richler and biography Example (Title): Northanger Abbey

28. Searching by Subject • Subject searches use Library of Congress SUBJECT HEADINGS. • These are standardized headings assigned to a book when it is published to describe what the book is about. • A single book may have just one or, more likely, several different Subject Headings. Author names can be used as subjects • You can search by Subject using an author’s name to find books about that author.

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34. Finding Articles

35. Where to search for Journal Articles Articles are NOT indexed in the Library Catalogue. • So: you cannot use the catalogue to find articles. Articles are indexed in various library databases, such as: • The MLA Database • Project Muse, JSTOR, ProQuest… • And other databases listed here: Indexes and Databases: English Literature

38. MLA Database • Index to scholarly research in several languages covering topics in language, literature, linguistics, folklore and film. • Also indexes (selectively) books and essays published in edited collections (chapters). • Not a full-text database, but will help you identify articles (and books, chapters…) that we may have in print or in another database (such as JSTOR, Project Muse).

39. MLA Database In case you were wondering… • Yes, the “MLA” in the name of this database is the same as that in the MLA Handbook, and MLA citation style (Modern Language Association). • No, the MLA Database does not use MLA Style. You will have to supply the Style.

40. MLA Database Main Search page atwood and oryx and crake

41. MLA Main Search page atwood and oryx and crake

42. MLA Main Search page atwood and oryx and crake Take time to review and assess your search results to find the items that are most relevant to you.

43. MLA Main Search page atwood and oryx and crake These Subject Terms help describe what the article is about and they are clickable, like “tags.”

44. MLA Main Search page How to find out if this article is available at the Library? atwood and oryx and crake

45. MLA Main Search page atwood and oryx and crake

46. MLA Main Search page atwood and oryx and crake

47. MLA Main Search page Journal Title atwood and oryx and crake Where to look to find out if the journal is available in digital format Description of the volumes we have in print format. The Library does not have print issues from 2010.

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50. MLA Main Search page atwood and oryx and crake