1. Library Orientation for LCBL 392
March 20, 2019
Vince Graziano
English Librarian

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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
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Ask Vince:
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Office hours: by appointment