1. FRENCH 2601 Initiation à l'analyse littéraire Winter 2011

2. Types of Scholarly Information Sources You Need to Find Un livre critique A scholarly book about your author’s work Trois articles ou chapitres de livres ou livres critiques Articles published in scholarly journals, book chapters (essays), or books that address the specific issues/themes you’ve been assigned Une première édition The first edition of the literary work you have been assigned

3. Types of Research Tools Library Catalogues Examples: – The Mt. A Library Catalogue, other University Library Catalogues, WorldCat Subject-Specific Indexes/Databases Examples: – MLA International Bibliography – Repère (searchable online index) Other Library Databases (multidiscliplinary, not literature- specific) Examples: – Érudit, Cairn, JSTOR, Project Muse, Oxford Journal Online, Periodicals Archive Online (PAO), etc.

4. Which Tool for which Source? Information SourcePrimary Research Tool(s) Book (monograph) - May be available in print or as an e-book Library Catalogue Example: Mt.A Library Catalogue, WorldCat Journal Articles - May be available in print or in digital format in a library database/journal archive Subject-Specific Indexes/Databases; other library databases Example: MLA, JSTOR, Project Muse Essay/Chapter - May be available in print or as an e-book Library Catalogue + Subject-Specific Index/Database Example: Mt.A Library Catalogue, WorldCat, MLA

5. Search Tips Truncation Symbol $ in the Library Catalogue * in most other library databases Example: Canad $ will find: Canada, Canadian, Canadians, Canadiana…

6. Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) The examples that follow in the next two slides are from the Boolean Searching on the Internet Guide, http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp (a OR b) AND (c OR d) finds: ac, ad, abc, bd, etc. ≠ (a AND b) OR (c AND d) finds only: ab OR cd

7. OR: College or University

8. AND: Poverty and Crime

9. Example music AND (pop OR rock) AND (encyclopedia OR history) Every item found will have: “music” + either/both “pop” or “rock” + either/both “encyclopedia” or “history” Finds titles such as: Canuck Rock : a History of Canadian Popular Music Encyclopedia of Canadian Rock, Pop & folk Music