Library Orientation for LCBL 392 March 20, 2019 Vince Graziano English Librarian Vince.graziano@Concordia.ca

Workshop Outline Finding biographical information Finding books Literature Resource Center Finding books CLUES, the library catalogue Finding literary criticism in journals & more MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) ABELL: Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature Finding journal articles in philosophy Philosopher’s Index Finding information about journals MLA Directory of Periodicals Ulrichsweb.com

MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) References to journal articles from more than 4,400 journals References to essays in books and websites Covers world literatures and languages 300+ full-text journals Links to JSTOR journals back to 1884 Links to Project MUSE journals 1926-onward Updated 10 times per year Combined search with ABELL

ABELL British equivalent to MLAIB References to journal articles, essays in books, and book reviews Covers all literatures originally written in English 300+ full-text journals Links to JSTOR journals Links to Project MUSE journals 1920-onward Updated monthly Combined search with MLAIB

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

JSTOR Stands for Journal STORage Most recent 3-5 years are not in JSTOR More than 1,000 scholarly journals in many disciplines Claim to fame  complete back files of important scholarly journals From volume 1, issue 1 Includes scholarly book reviews Not a good place to start research in the humanities

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

Search Operators AND Eliot AND drama OR drama OR plays “ ” “Waste Land” * feminis* ( ) (woolf OR bloomsbury) AND (feminis* OR women)

Subject Searching Subject searching is more accurate & specific Thesaurus 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 Search CLUES Check other Montreal libraries 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

Help is Available At the Ask Us Desk Help & How-To pages on library website Library Research Skills Tutorial on library website Literatures in English Subject 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