Library Workshop for ENGL 341: MODERN FICTION Vince Graziano English Librarian Vince.Graziano@Concordia.ca Thursday, November 2, 2017

Workshop Outline Finding background/biographical information Literature Resource Center: Contemporary Authors Dictionary of National Biography Oxford Reference Online Premium Finding books Cambridge Companions Complete Collection CLUES, library catalogue Finding articles MLA International Bibliography ABELL (Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature) JSTOR

Electronic Journals Collections with substantial humanities content: Project MUSE (Recent issues) JSTOR (Older issues) Oxford Journals (recent and archive) Literature Online (LION) Literature Resource Center Taylor & Francis (Routledge) Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) British Periodicals I and II (1681-1920) American Periodicals (1741-1940) Periodicals Archive Online (1802-2000) Many other electronic journal collections

Electronic Books Collections with substantial humanities content: Literature Online (LION) Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1473-1700 Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) Early Canadiana Online (until c. 1925) Oxford Scholarship Online (recent) Cambridge University Press e-books (1995-2007) Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses) Cambridge Companions Complete Collection (ongoing) Palgrave Macmillan (2010-) ACLS Humanities E-books Canadian Publishers Collection EBSCO E-books Many other electronic books

Search Operators AND Toomer AND Cane OR race OR racial “ ” “Wide Sargasso Sea” * colonial* ( ) (race OR racial*) AND Toomer AND Cane

Subject Searching Thesaurus Subject Headings in CLUES List of terms used in a database Subject Headings in CLUES Created by the Library of Congress Subjects include: People Characters Titles of literary works Topical subject headings

To Find the Full Text Use the feature Search CLUES Perform a Journal Title search Check other Montreal libraries Use your BCI card Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO) Online form Allow 1 to 2 weeks for delivery of books Allow 2 to 4 days for delivery of articles by email

RefWorks RefWorks is a Web-based tool that: Facilitates organization of references Is accessible from any Internet connection Simplifies the process of preparing bibliographies Access RefWorks through the Log into menu on the Library website Help Tutorials on Library website

Help is Available At the Reference Desk Library website Literatures in English Research Guide Ask a Librarian E-mail form Chat with a Librarian Ask Vince: 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 vince.graziano@concordia.ca Office hours: by appointment