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GER/RUSS 600 Electronic Resources for Literature and Film

GER/RUSS 600 Electronic Resources for Literature and Film. H. Calogeridis B. Menich UW Library October 20, 2006. Objective. To provide an overview of electronic resources supporting research in literature and film studies Journal Databases (UW) Newspaper Databases (UW) Internet Resources.

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GER/RUSS 600 Electronic Resources for Literature and Film

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  1. GER/RUSS 600Electronic Resources for Literature and Film H. Calogeridis B. Menich UW Library October 20, 2006

  2. Objective • To provide an overview of electronic resources supporting research in literature and film studies • Journal Databases (UW) • Newspaper Databases (UW) • Internet Resources

  3. Session Outline • Subject specific journal databases • Interdisciplinary journal databases • Newspaper databases • Internet resources • Searching and finding tips

  4. Journal Databases • Access from UW Homepage, right navigation bar, under Research Databases http://journal-indexes.uwaterloo.ca • Browse by Title • Browse by Subject

  5. Journal Databases

  6. Journal Databases

  7. Subject Specific Databases • German: Germanistik, BDSL Online • Russian: ABSEES

  8. Interdisciplinary Databases • Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) • Humanities Abstracts • Humanities FT • IBZ • JSTOR • MLA • Web of Science

  9. How to Search with Keywords • Analyze your search topic: Treatment of laughter in literature from a feminist perspective • Identify the key concepts LAUGHTER LITERATURE FEMINIST • Provide other terms that are similar in meaning (synonyms) or related terms LAUGHTER MIRTH FUN FEMINIST FEMINISM • Combine terms using AND to narrow and OR to broaden (laughter OR mirth OR fun) AND literature AND feminis* Note: Umlauts and transliteration make a difference e.g. für/fuer; tolstoy/tolstoi

  10. How to Search with Keywords (cont’d) Note the various database interfaces and search feature differences. Use ONLINE HELP. • truncation • descriptors • Boolean combination procedures • thesauri • indexes • limiting features (date, publication type, language, format, etc.)

  11. Interpreting Search Results (Hits) • If the number too high, limit by language, date, type of material, etc. • If the number too low, expand by simplifying the search statement OR re- formulate you search statement OR switch to a different database • Check "peer-reviewed" hits

  12. Getting the Research Material • Click on Get it @Waterloo link to access the full text or print information from TRELLIS • Search TRELLIS by the source title, e.g. the journal title, NOT the article title • For print sources, note the library holdings, call number and location

  13. MLA

  14. MLA

  15. MLA

  16. MLA

  17. MLA

  18. MLA

  19. MLA

  20. IBZ • Journal Articles from European journals • Multilingual, mostly English and German • Interface in English and German

  21. IBZ

  22. IBZ

  23. IBZ

  24. IBZ

  25. JSTOR • Electronic archive • Full-text articles • Coverage excludes current 3-5 years (moving wall)

  26. JSTOR

  27. JSTOR

  28. JSTOR

  29. JSTOR

  30. JSTOR

  31. JSTOR

  32. Web of Science:Arts & Humanities Citation Index • Journal articles and reviews • Search by citations • Multilingual

  33. Web of Science

  34. Web of Science

  35. Web of Science

  36. Web of Science

  37. BDSL • 1985-1995 only • Equivalent of Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (Eppelsheimer/Köttelwesch) • Key database for German Studies

  38. BDSL

  39. ABSEES • American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies • Includes book reviews

  40. ABSEES

  41. ABSEES

  42. ABSEES

  43. Pit Stop

  44. Newspaper Databases • interdisciplinary • popular sources of information • good source of reviews Factiva • Searchable in Latin and Cyrillic alphabets Lexis/Nexis Academic

  45. Germany: Suddeutsche Zeitung Die Welt Berliner Zeitung Der Tagesspiegel Frankfurter Rundschau Stuttgarter Zeitung Austria: Die Presse Wirtschafts Blatt Switzerland: Neue Zurcher Zeitung Basler Zeitung Tages Anzeiger Russia: Vedomosti Kommersant Rossiiskaia gazeta Izvestiia Ekspert Factiva News Pages

  46. Factiva

  47. Factiva

  48. Factiva

  49. Factiva

  50. LexisNexis

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