Literature Criticism Research for Poetry

1. Login Instructions • Windows Login • User name=Student ID • Password (case sensitive) = • Upper case letter • Lower case letter • Five numerals • One symbol (use the shift key) • ZenWorks Login • CANCEL

3. GOALS • Print out list of citations to criticism from the Gale Literary Index • Print a resource list from the online catalog • Record number of sources from online databases • PVHS databases • POWER Library databases

4. Directions • Locate criticism on your work using the Pathfinder • Open tutorials and databases in New Tabs • Library Online Catalog • Gale Literary Index • PVHS Databases • POWER Library Databases • Work through each tutorial and database at your own pace • Complete Search History on pages 2 & 3 • Email articles to yourself if time allows • Cite your sources in NoodleTools using the Tutorials as a guide

5. Open Internet Explorer

6. Scroll down to the Pathfinders section

7. Open Literature Criticism Research for Poetry in a New Tab

8. Click on tab to view Literature Criticism Research for Poetry Notice the icon

9. 2. Gale Literary Index

10. Gale Literary Index

11. Open the Tutorial in a new tab

12. Open the Gale Literary Index in a new tab

13. Click on the tab to view the Tutorial

14. Click through the screens at your own pace

15. Keep the tutorial open for easy reference and go to the Gale Literary Index and perform your search

16. You can always click on the tab to go back to the tutorial

17. Or use the Quick Tabs button

18. We will deliver your printout. Write your name on the printout. Jot down locations from Page 1 R 809.3 BEA Internet Lit Crit Online Internet Lit Crit Online R 809 POE + ebook R 809 WOR

19. Check this alphabetical list for Gale Resources available at PVHS Jot down call numbers/databases in the left-hand margin of your printout Page 1

20. Close the Gale Literary Index and tutorial tabs

21. Scroll down to #3 Online Catalog

22. Open the Online Catalog Tutorial in a new tab

23. Click the docushare tab to View the Tutorial

24. Printing a Resource List from the Online Catalog

25. Click the PVHS Library tab for the online catalog

26. Log in

27. Use your student ID # and password

28. Click on the Info tab to check your account

29. Click on Resource Lists

30. Click Add List

31. Name your list with your First Name Last Name Poetry Crit

32. Add the title of your poem and poet’s name

33. Click Save

34. Click Library Search to begin adding resources to your list.

35. Make sure you are in Power Search

36. Short Demo

37. Construct a keyword search combining your poet’s name and title

38. Click Add Page to Selected List

39. Clip board icon indicates that the title is in your list

40. Not enough results for your title? • Try searching for criticism on your poet in general • Once you find a book on the shelf, you will then need to use the index of the book to locate specific information on your poem.

41. Refine your search

42. Remove title and truncate criticism

43. Truncation Truncation found the root word with all possible endings. • Identify root or base spelling of a word • Place an asterisk * at the end of the root • Searches for all forms of the word • e.g. crit* Critical Critically Criticism Criticisms Critique Critic Broadens the Search

44. This search retrieved 16 hits

45. Examine the details to determine which sources to add to your list

46. This book does not discuss my poem. Click the green arrow for the next resource.

47. This book contains 15 critical essays, so I’ll add it to my list

48. When you are finished, Click In This List to see your list

49. You may click on the In This List link from the results list or detailed record screen

50. To print your list, click Printable