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Library Research for Women & Culture: Methods and Resources

Access resources and databases for researching topics like The Wife of Bath and Christine de Pizan in medieval literature. Learn about search strategies, controlled vocabulary, and evaluating resources. Find relevant materials using call numbers and explore various search options.

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Library Research for Women & Culture: Methods and Resources

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  1. Library Research for First Year English: Women & Culture Professor Fleischer Spring 2011 Librarian Jenna Freedman

  2. http://library.barnard.edu This is the portal to all knowledge. Or, if you insist, Library Web http://library.columbia.edu

  3. we can help you http://library.barnard.edu/contact • Visit the research desk • IMBarnardReference: AOL, Google, Yahoo • Call 212.854.3953 • Text 386.227.6273 (386.BARNARD) • E-mailrefdesk@barnard.edu

  4. CLIO- books, e-books, serials (not articles), media materials, microforms, etc. search for a KNOWN item • Book or journal title (not the article or chapter title) • Send to phone The Wife of Bath, Christine de Pizan, and the Medieval Case for Women. S. H. Rigby The Chaucer Review, Volume 35, Number 2, 2000, pp. 133-165

  5. Keyword Words that appear in any part of the record (author, title, publisher, etc.) Fun with search results: Sorting Quick limits Subject Subject headings list Subdivisions More fun with search results: Downloading options Views: basic & full search for an unknown item

  6. advanced search concepts • Boolean logic, operators • Controlled Vocabulary, descriptors, subject headings • Limits • Proximity, near, with, phrase • Truncation, wild cards

  7. databases - primarily articles, but also e-books, dissertations, statistics and other materials Explore: Help Truncation/wildcard symbols Phrase searching, near, with Advanced search and Boolean options Controlled vocabulary Different types of searches (e.g. citations, full text, keywords) Limits

  8. Choose a database • Find Articles • Gender Studies • Literature Criticism Online • ProQuest

  9. Sample searches • Search terms to mix and match: Feminis* AND “wife of bath” • What are the search options? E.g., keyword, text, title, etc.? • What truncation and wild card symbols does your database use, if any? • Can you eliminate book reviews? • Can you select articles and export/print/email them? • Can you use eLink to get to full text from a citation/abstract only article? • Any other features you like?

  10. etc. • Other library catalogs (JTS, Law, TC, and other institutions) • First Year English research guide • Evaluating resources: authority, scope, and audience. • Style Guides • RefWorks guide

  11. some call numbers 18th century France: DC131-249 Antigone by Sophocles: PA4413.A7 As You Like It: PR2803 A1-2 Beauty and the Beast: PQ1995 Behn, Aphra: PR3317 Bible: BS Chinese literature: PL2250-3208 Classical religion & mythology: BL700-820 Europe, history: D900-2009 Feminism: HQ1101-2030.7 Film: PN1993-1999 Great Britain, history: DA1-995 Japan, history: DS800s

  12. some more call numbers Koran: BP100-134 Marriage: HQ Ovid: PA6519‑6553 Pillow Book: PL788.6 Psychoanalysis: BF173-175.5 Sex role: HQ1075-1075.5 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: PQ7296.J6 Spain, 17th century: DP170-189 United States: 21st century E895-904 Wife of Bath’s Tale: PR1868.W7

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