Library Research for First Year English: Women & Culture Professor Fleischer Spring 2011 Librarian Jenna Freedman
This is the portal to all knowledge. Or, if you insist, Library Web
Visit the research desk IM BarnardReference: AOL, Google, Yahoo Call Text (386.BARNARD) we can help you
4 CLIOCLIO - books, e-books, serials (not articles), media materials, microforms, etc. search for a KNOWN item Book or journal title (not the article or chapter title) Send to phone 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
5 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
6 Boolean logic, operatorsBoolean logic Controlled Vocabulary, descriptors, subject headings Limits Proximity, near, with, phrase Truncation, wild cards advanced search concepts
databasesdatabases - 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
8 Choose a database Find ArticlesFind Articles Gender Studies Literature Criticism Online ProQuest
9 Sample searches 1. Search terms to mix and match: Feminis* AND “wife of bath” 2.What are the search options? E.g., keyword, text, title, etc.? 3.What truncation and wild card symbols does your database use, if any? 4.Can you eliminate book reviews? 5.Can you select articles and export/print/ them? 6.Can you use eLink to get to full text from a citation/abstract only article? 7.Any other features you like?
10 etc. Other library catalogs (JTS, Law, TC, and other institutions) Other library catalogs First Year English research guideresearch guide Evaluating resources: authority, scope, and audience. Style Guides RefWorks guide
some call numbers 18 th century France: DC Antigone by Sophocles: PA4413.A7 As You Like It: PR2803 A1-2 Beauty and the Beast: PQ1995 Behn, Aphra: PR3317 Bible: BS Chinese literature: PL Classical religion & mythology: BL Europe, history: D Feminism: HQ Film: PN Great Britain, history: DA1-995 Japan, history: DS800s
some more call numbers Koran: BP Marriage: HQ Ovid: PA6519 ‑ 6553 Pillow Book: PL788.6 Psychoanalysis: BF Sex role: HQ Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz: PQ7296.J6 Spain, 17 th century: DP United States: 21 st century E Wife of Bath’s Tale: PR1868.W7