Librarian Jenna Freedman Library Research for First Year English: Women & Culture Professor Auran Tuesday, October 18, 2010 Librarian Jenna Freedman 15 students

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

we can help you http://library.barnard.edu/contact Visit the research desk IM BarnardReference: AOL, Google, Yahoo Call 212.854.3953 Text 386.227.6273 (386.BARNARD) E-mail refdesk@barnard.edu You are not bothering us. This is what we are here for. We know that you’re smart and self-sufficient, but some of these resources may be new to you. We will not think any less of you if you ask for help! (IF we were judgmental people, the students we would think were dumb would be the ones who wander around and don’t get what they need because they didn’t ask for help!)

CLIO - books, e-books, serials (not articles), media materials, microforms, etc. 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 search for a KNOWN item Book or journal title (not the article or chapter title) Send to phone

search for an unknown item 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 Feminism in the wife of bath’s tale = 1 Try along with me Feminis? in the wife of bath’s tale = 3 Feminis? In the w?fe of bath’s tale = 3 Feminis? W?fe of bath = 8 Feminis? “w?fe of bath” = 7 Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400. Canterbury tales. Controlled vocabulary PR275.W6 F46 1994 P = literature PR = English literature 275 = Medieval. Middle English (1066-1500) (PR251-369) W6 = women? F46 = Feminist readings 1994 = year published

advanced search concepts Boolean logic, operators Controlled Vocabulary, descriptors, subject headings Limits Proximity, near, with, phrase Truncation, wild cards Always use proxy link. Explain the rest as we go

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 Subscription databases are NOT the same as websites. Some non-sub databases, too, as those provided by libraries and other academic institutions. They know what's in each item (that CLIO only knows we have). Connected with e-link. Listings by genre/format A to Z, vs. subject lists Assign four groups/individuals to look at: LION ProQuest FindArticles Google Ten minutes for breakouts/twenty for show and tell And demonstrate/report back: TRUNCATION BOOLEAN LOGIC ADJACENCY CONTROLLED VOCAB/COLLOCATION

Choose a database Find Articles Gender Studies Literature Criticism Online ProQuest

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?

etc. First Year English research guide Other library catalogs (JTS, Law, TC, and other institutions) First Year English research guide Evaluating resources: authority, scope, and audience. Style Guides RefWorks guide Times when the web is best. Good for current info, things in public domain, such as gov’t publications. Evaluating your results Author/Publisher Date/Currency Bias Best available?

some call numbers Antigone by Sophocles: PA4413.A7 As You Like It: PR2803 A1-2 Bible and women: BS1199.W7 Fairy tales: PN6071.F (and elsewhere) Lais of Marie de France: PQ1494.L7 Metamorphoses by Ovid: PA6519.M9 Wife of Bath’s Tale: PR1868.W7 Gender and Shakespeare Female Friendship in Shakespeare/the Lais of Marie de France Androgyny in Antigone/Ovid Fairy tales and gender: a comparison of a several tales Old Testament women Chaucer's Wife of Bath -- feminist or throwback? Freud and Ovid/Freud and Fairytales