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Types of Periodicals in Literature

Types of Periodicals in Literature. Professional Scholarly Literary. Types of Scholarly Articles. Analysis and interpretation Pedagogical Linguistic Textual. Scholarly Press vs. Popular Press. Purpose/content Audience Acceptance/rejection practices.

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Types of Periodicals in Literature

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  1. Types of Periodicals in Literature • Professional • Scholarly • Literary

  2. Types of Scholarly Articles • Analysis and interpretation • Pedagogical • Linguistic • Textual

  3. Scholarly Press vs. Popular Press • Purpose/content • Audience • Acceptance/rejection practices

  4. Peer Review Process • New information • Fresh interpretations • Innovative critical approaches

  5. Peer Review Process • Acceptance • Conditional acceptance • Potential acceptance • Rejection

  6. Reasons for Rejection • Poor marketing • Rehashed material • Flawed conclusions • More opinion & less evidence • Sloppy writing

  7. Surface Web vs. Deep Web

  8. MLA Database Search Interface

  9. MLA Coverage The MLA database is a collection of records that identify: • Periodical articles • Books & monographs • Essays & festscriften • Conference proceedings • Dissertations • Review essays

  10. MLA Database Basics A MLA database record is divided into fields.

  11. Fields

  12. Keyword Searches: Problems Simple keyword searches often retrieve: • too many items • irrelevant items • zero items

  13. Boolean Searching

  14. Boolean Searching • Write a clear statement about the topic. • Divide the topic statement into concepts. • Select words to express each concept. • Truncate appropriate words.

  15. Step 1: State research question Are there any critical discussions on the various editions of Dickens’ Bleak House?

  16. Step 2: Divide the topic statement into concepts. Are there any critical discussions on the various editions of Dickens’ Bleak House?

  17. Step 3:Select words to express each concept. Are there any discussions on the various editions of Dickens’ Bleak House?

  18. Synonyms • Lectures • Database Thesauri • Reading

  19. Step 4: Truncate appropriate words • Truncation allows the computer to search for variant forms of a word: • Term: edition • Variants: edition, editions, edited, editor • Truncated term: edit*

  20. Examples of Truncation Conrad*: Conrad, Conrad’s, Conradian Sexism: Poetry: Masculine:

  21. Boolean Searching: Summary • Write a clear statement about topic • Divide topic statement into concepts • Select words to express each concept • Truncate appropriate words

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