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Literature in Theory & Practice

Literature in Theory & Practice. 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. Research Strategies Search Boolean Keyword

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Literature in Theory & Practice

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  1. Literature in Theory & Practice 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

  2. Research Strategies Search Boolean Keyword Citation Tracking Peer Review Resources Catalogs Al Harris WorldCat Bibliographies Databases JSTOR MLA Scholarly Journals WWW Today’s Class

  3. Review or Critique

  4. Peer-Reviewed

  5. AND = Narrow OR = Expand Boolean • NOT = Exclude

  6. KEYWORDS - literary technique - narrative - expository - novel, novella - short story - plays - fables, fairy tales - creative writing - writing style -bibliographies Tell the Catalog/Database/SE what you seek: Specifically!

  7. Keyword Searching • Keyword • Title • Translations/Spellings • Marquis or Marquise? • Search MLA Bibliography… Author • Heinrich von Kleist • Search MLA Bibliography

  8. Resources

  9. Al Harris Catalog • Remember* Catalog defaults to relevance search • Remember* Use a Keyword search and Boolean to help limit results • Remember* Use Limiters to narrow your search. • Remember* Use Subject links to focus on your topic.

  10. Open World Cat • Meta search engine for online catalogs of libraries all over the world. Search for any book using a geographic location for the closest sources. • Over 9000 libraries combined. • If you find it in WorldCat, and it's not in our library, we can get it through ILL. • CREATE A USER ACCOUNT

  11. E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook • 24/7 • Full Text Searching* • Highlight Markup • Note Taking • Changeable Font Size • Multiplicity of Use • CREATE A BOOKSHELF

  12. Reference Collection • Learn to use critical bibliographies as a tool in evaluating materials • Critical Survey of Poetry 1st Floor R 809.1003 C869 2003 Search Robert Frost Browse 800’s

  13. Best Databases • MLA Bibliography  • JSTOR • Literary Reference Center • Project Muse 

  14. MLA Bibliography • This resource is an index of journal articles, books and dissertations. The electronic version of the Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over 1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory & criticism, dramatic arts.

  15. MLA Bibliography • Limit by Language – English • Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article • Limit by Scholarly Article – Peer Reviewed • Limit by Full Text?

  16. 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.

  17. JSTOR • Limit by Language – English • Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article • Narrow by discipline – Language & Literature, Bibliography, Feminist & Women's Studies…

  18. Finding Articles: Citations

  19. Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope.” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p PDF / HTML Citations Search the Virtual Stacks Search the Virtual Stacks

  20. Tracking Citations Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and Hope .” World Policy Journal; Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p

  21. The Citation Video

  22. Interlibrary Loan Service • You can make interlibrary loan requests by filling out an online interlibrary loan form for journal and magazine articles or for books, videos, and sound recordings • ArticlesFor articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers. • Books, Videos, and Sound RecordingsFor books, videos (including DVDs), and sound recordings Link directly from WorldCat.org

  23. Class Exercise • JSTOR Worksheet

  24. Today’s Class Register/Create User Accounts • Open WorldCat • Ebrary • MLA Bibliography • JSTOR

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

  26. Thanks!

  27. I.4 Differentiate between reviews of literary works and literary criticism • Review of Faulkner’s Sanctuary Posted on Web site • Critic of Faulkner’s Sanctuary Posted on Web Site • I.5 Understand the concept and significance of peer-reviewed sources of information • Do tutorial • II.1 Effectively use library catalogs & databases to identify relevant holdings at local institutions and print and online catalogs and bibliographic tools to identify holdings at other libraries • Boolean /Keywords • 800 • II.6 Understand the range of physical and virtual locations and repositories and how to navigate them successfully – Browse 800 field in Ref collection • Find citation • III.1 Identify the best indexes and databases • JSTOR/MLA • IV.2 Use interlibrary loan and document delivery to acquire materials not available at one's own library • V.1 Know about Internet resources (e.g., electronic discussion lists, websites) and how to evaluate them for relevancy and credibility • V.2 Differentiate between resources provided free on the Internet and subscription electronic resources • V.4 Learn to use critical bibliographies as a tool in evaluating materials

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