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English Graduate Resources Mary Claire Vandenburg mcv@queensu.ca 2010
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Points of Interest Catalogue http://islander.library.queensu.ca/ http://islander.library.queensu.ca/ e.g. tracking the new book shelf Summon Subject Guide http://library.queensu.ca/research/subjects http://library.queensu.ca/research/subjects MLA IB and use guide, best referenceuse guide Database http://library.queensu.ca/research/databases http://library.queensu.ca/research/databases E-journals http://library.queensu.ca/research/ejournals/ http://library.queensu.ca/research/ejournals/ Theses http://library.queensu.ca/research/format/finding-theses http://library.queensu.ca/research/format/finding-theses Other catalogues – Amicus http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus/index-e.html http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/amicus/index-e.html – Worldcat http://www.worldcat.org/ http://www.worldcat.org/ – CRL http://www.crl.edu/ http://www.crl.edu/
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New Book Search http://islander.library.queensu.ca Summon http://queensu.summon.serialssolutions.com/ New Book Shelf Stauffer Library http://islander.library.queensu.ca
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QCAT New Book Search
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Summon After your initial search refine using the faceted browsing The advanced search button offers more refined searching Relevance or chronological searching
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E-books E-books http://library.queensu.ca/research/ebooks/http://library.queensu.ca/research/ebooks/
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Cited Reference Searching http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/citation.htm
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E-journal Websites Sign up for alerts a b
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Possible Course-Collection Mappings Topics in American Literature II: American Exceptionalism from the Puritans to Obama Political Studies @ Scholars Portal Search Political Studies @ Scholars Portal Search, America: History and Life,America: History and Life, ENGL 883* Topics in American Literature III: Bob Dylan Smithsonian Global SoundSmithsonian Global Sound, Summon (see next 2 slides) English Language and LiteratureEnglish Language and Literature Subject Guide Browse by Chronological PeriodBrowse by Chronological Period Article Indexes
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Smithsonian Global Sound for Libraries 388 tracks for Woody Guthrie Eg. http://external.queensu2.classical.com/permalink/recording/3221288193/
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Empire Online
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One of many documents on the Great Exhibition
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North American Thought & Culture
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India, Raj & Empire
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OpinionArchives
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Primary Sources Primary Sources in the Humanities and Social Sciences: – Full Subject Guide http://library.queensu.ca/research/guide/primary-sources/websites – British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries – Early English Books Online (EEBO) Early English Books Online – Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Eighteenth Century Collections Online – Journal / Newspaper Indexes – House of Commons Parliamentary Papers (U.K.) House – Globe and Mail / Toronto Star Globe and Mail Toronto Star – London Times New York Times London Times New York Times
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basement of Stauffer Note: guide in Reference Collection (1 st floor)
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Eighteenth-Century Manuscripts: Samuel Richardson & Jonathan Swift are included in Part Two. Correspondence of Defoe, Fielding, Inchbald, Burns, Burke, Cowper, Walpole and Hume. Some early letters of William Wordsworth date from 1797. Inquire at the Archives
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Multimedia Collections Streaming VideoDVD Collection
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Subscribed Multimedia Collections Theatre in Video http://queensu1.ativ.alexanderstreet.com.proxy.queensu.ca/ ArtStor http://www.artstor.org.proxy.queensu.ca/index.shtml
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Free Multimedia Collections British Library Images Online http://www.imagesonline.bl.uk/ Shakespeare in quarto http://www.bl.uk/treasures/shakespeare/homepage.html
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Variety of study spaces in Stauffer Library
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When you need material we don’t own Inter Library Loan: RACERRACER Who has what: Worldcat, National Library & Archives Canada, Theses and Dissertations: WorldcatNational Library & Archives CanadaTheses and Dissertations Request for Purchase: Mary Claire mcv@queensu.ca, 107b Stauffer Librarymcv@queensu.ca
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