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

2. 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

3. 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 ( )
American Periodicals ( )
Periodicals Archive Online ( )
Many other electronic journal collections

4. Electronic Books Collections with substantial humanities content:
Literature Online (LION)
Early English Books Online (EEBO) –
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 ( )
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

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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. Help is Available At the Reference Desk Library website
Literatures in English Research Guide
Ask a Librarian
form
Chat with a Librarian
Ask Vince:
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Office hours: by appointment