November 2008 Modern Languages and Cultures Postgraduate Library workshop Suzie Kitchin & Christine Purcell

Aims of the session To help you to: Construct effective search strategies Identify and find relevant research material Know where to go for help Accessing other libraries

Library basics University Library - 4 libraries Opening hours Loan entitlements Durham University Contacts and help

Planning your search What information are you looking for? Scope of your search (historical, contemporary, linguistic) Advanced search option / help Modern Languages subject pages

Effective searching Synonyms Truncation –eg cultur* (culture, cultures, cultural) –Beware of false hits, eg. cult Wildcards –e.g. behavio*r, organi*ation Boolean operators: AND, OR & AND NOT –e.g. (race OR national identity) AND France

Boolean operators AND France AND (national identity) OR France OR (national identity) NOT France AND NOT (national identity)

Library catalogue How to search –Author / title –Keyword and advanced searching –Marking / ing records –Journals (print and online) Your library record Document Delivery Service

Databases Bibliographic databases, eg. –MLA Bibliography –International Medieval Bibliography –Web of Knowledge News monitoring services & archives –National newspapers via Infotrac and Lexis- Nexis Executive –Times Digital Archive

Current Awareness Library catalogue –Reading history –Keyword searches –New books Alerting services Theses and Dissertations

Wider access Off-campus access to e-resources Using other libraries –SCONUL Access scheme – Document Delivery Service

Web resources Subject gateways –Internet Medieval Sourcebook –Intute for Modern Languages –Google Scholar Evaluation

Where to get help Main Library - Enquiries Desk Level 2 On-line enquiries service: / Academic Support Team: Suzie Kitchin Christine Purcell

Thank you for listening Any questions?

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