Finding Information for MLCS 400: History of Translation by Denis Lacroix French and Spanish Librarian

Session Outline  The Research question and topical concepts  Finding Subject Guides and Reference resources  Finding Books by author, subject, title  Boolean, Truncation, and Advanced Searching  Finding online and print Articles in Periodicals  Databases and ILL  Print Indexes

The Research Question Humanities Abstracts Historical Abstracts A&HCI Women Translators of the 18th century? Translating humour ? Translating motion pictures ?

Finding Subject Guides  Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home pageLibrary home page  Click on Humanities and Social Sciences  Click on Languages & Literatures or Linguistics or History (General)  Choose a guide in the right-hand column under QuickStart Guides

Useful Reference Resources Index translationum – Online and PN 886 Z9 I38 Ruth. Ref and Ref Aux.Index translationum Termium Literature Resource Center Routledge encyclopedia of translation studies - P 306 E57 Ruth. Ref. Dictionary of translation studies - P 306 S Ruth. Ref. Bibliography of translation studies - P 306 Z9 B Ruth Ref International bibliography of translation – P 306 Z9 H Ruth. Ref. Into English : writing and translating into English as a second language : a practical guide to recurrent difficulties - PE 1498 D Ruth North 5 flr. Translating from English into Russian : reference grammar for students of Russian - PG 2498 R Ruth. Ref. Encyclopedia of literary translation into English – PN 241 E53 Ruth. Ref. Twentieth-century Italian literature in English translation : an annotated bibliography, PQ 4250 E5 Z9 H Ruth. Ref. The Oxford guide to literature in English translation – PR 131 O Ruth. Ref.

Finding Books  By author:  Waisman, Sergio Gabriel  By title  Borges and translation: the irreverence of the periphery  Request or place a book on hold  About an author as subject  [Containing] or [Starting with] Châtelet, Emilie du

Advanced Searching  Finding books about a topic  Think of variant or similar terms and click Advanced Search  Use Boolean operators, e.g. and, or  [Subject] women or feminism AND  [Subject] translating  Use truncation symbols: $ ?  [Subject] translat$ AND  [Any Field] humo?r  Finding Reference titles in advanced search 

Using Subject Headings  MLCS 400 Topical Subject Headings  Bede, the Venerable, Saint; Bible; Biography; Creole; Feminism; German* language; History; Interpreters; Linguistics; Methodology; Motion pictures; Professional ethics; Translating and interpreting; Translating into French*; Translators; Women, etc.  Geographical Subject Headings  Latin America, South America, Caribbean area, France, Russia, Italy, Germany, etc.  Historical Subject Headings  18th century, 20th century, , Marina ca ca 1530, To 1500, etc. * Replace with appropriate language

Electronic and Print Indexes  Use electronic databases or print indexes to find periodical articles.  Use databases to find articles published since 1980 and print indexes for older material.  Databases are all different:  some contain full-text articles  some list only citations and abstracts  others have a mixture of both

Locating Databases and Finding Articles Under Browse by Subject or Subject in the menu, click on your research area. You will find a list of recommended databases on the left and, on the right, QuickStart guides to help get you started on your research project. E.g. Click on Humanities and Social Sciences History (General)

 General Humanities: MLA, Humanities Abstracts*, Web of Science*, IBZ*, American Humanities Index*, PCI full-text*, PAIS, Literature Resource Center.  History: Historical Abstracts, America: History & Life, International Medieval Bibliography, L’Année philologique  Sociological Resources: Sociological Abstracts*  Women’s Studies: Gender Studies Database*.  World-wide or Rare Resources (books & articles): Centre for Research Libraries (CRL), OCLC WorldCat.  Theses: Proquest Dissertations & Theses (full text), Index to Theses. * Limitable by Book Review Electronic Databases

Linguistics and Translation Language and Communication: LLBA, Communication & Mass Media Complete*LLBA Communication & Mass Media Complete Translation: Termium, Le Grand Dictionnaire terminologique (GDT), Eurodicautom, Oxford Reference Online PremiumTermiumLe Grand Dictionnaire terminologiqueEurodicautomOxford Reference Online Premium Bibliography of Translations: Index TranslationumIndex Translationum * Limitable by Book Review

Language Specific Databases French: Repère, Choix, DAVID, Termium, GDT Spanish & Latin American Studies: HAPI, HLAS, Latin Americanist Research Resources Project, Clase Italian: Italinemo German: Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach – und Literaturwissenschaft, IBZ Slavic Studies: ABSEES, EBSEES, Russian National Bibliography, IBZ, Literature Resource Center East Asian Languages and Literatures

Humanities Abstracts  Type in the search terms one concept per box:  [Subject] translat* Add [Subject] motion picture* or film* or cinema*  Click on Search  Find article using, the full text link or the Library Catalogue  e.g. (#2 and 5)  Add records to your folder and send them by

Exporting Files to RefWorks When saving or ing, click on Bibliographic Manager to Export items to RefWorks

1. Place imported records into new folder 2. Click on Bibliography 3. Select Output Style, File Type, and Reference Location before Creating Bibliography

Sample RefWorks Bibliography Always check your bibliography for errors.

Learning RefWorks  Click on Citation Guides under Find on the Library’s main Web page. –Click on RefWorksRefWorks  RefWorks for New Users RefWorks for New Users  RefWorks Tutorial RefWorks Tutorial

Arts & Humanities Citation Index  Click on the General Search button  Type search terms in Topic search box, e.g. translat* AND (motion picture* or film* or cinema*) AND German*  Restrict by language or document type if necessary  Search  Click Get It button to locate the article

Look up specific decades or centuries

Inter-Library Loans (ILL)  If the document that you are looking for is not in our Library Catalogue,  fill out an ILL electronic form:  indicate, if possible, where your document is located in the world.  using OCLC WorldCat locate your document in libraries world-wide by clicking on “Libraries Worldwide.”OCLC WorldCat  Check the status of your ILL after 2 weeks:

Print Indexes  IBZ: International bibliography of periodical literature What: ( ) also available online Where: Rutherford North Reference and Ref. Aux. AI 9 I61online  C.R.I.S. : the combined retrospective index set to journals in history, Where: Rutherford N flr1 Indexes E 171 C v.1-v.11  Public Affairs Information Service : Annual Cumulated Bulletin and Cumulative Subject Index to the PAIS Annual Bulletins (also available online) Where: Rutherford N flr1 Indexes H1 Z9 B932online  MLA International Bibliography What: (1921 to 1962) also available online Where: Rutherford N flr1 Indexes PB 1 M58online

Book Review Indexes  Book Review Index Where: Rutherford North Floor 1 Index Tables Z 1035 A1 B73 What: (Since 1965-) Provides author and title indexes, but no excerpts of the reviews.  Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Humanities Journals, Where: Rutherford North Floor 1 Index Tables Z 1035 A1 C  Combined Retrospective Index to Book Reviews in Scholarly Journals, Where: Ruth. North Floor 1 Index Tables Z 1035 A1 C

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