1. Introduction to Library Resources for English Students Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca

2. Workshop Outline  MLA Citation Style Guide  Finding Background/Biographical Information  Literature Resource Center  Contemporary Authors  Dictionary of Literary Biography  Oxford Reference  Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism  Finding Books  CLUES, the Library catalogue  Finding Journal Articles  MLA International Bibliography  ABELL  Finding Videos  Theatre in Video

3. Citing a Book Format: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example: Goldman, Jane. Cambridge Introduction to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Print.

4. Citing an E-book Format: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Name of Database. Medium of Publication. Date of Access. Example: Sellers, Susan, ed. Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. 2 nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cambridge Companions Online. Web. 12 Sept. 2014.

5. Citing An Article Format: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication. Example: Chan, Evelyn T. “The Ethics and Aesthetics of Healing: Woolf, Medicine, and Professionalization.” Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 43.1 (2014): 25-51. Print.

6. Citing an Article from a Database Format: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Name of Database. Medium of publication. Date of Access. Example: Chan, Evelyn T. “The Ethics and Aesthetics of Healing: Woolf, Medicine, and Professionalization.” Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 43.1 (2014): 25-51. Taylor & Francis. Web. 12 Sept. 2014.

7. Citing an Essay in an Edited Book Format: Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication. Example: Whitworth, Michael H. “Virginia Woolf, Modernism and Modernity.” Cambridge Companion to Virgina Woolf. Ed. Susan Sellers. 2 nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 107-123. Print.

8. Citing an Essay in an Edited E-Book Format: Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Name of Database. Medium of Publication. Date of Access. Example: Whitworth, Michael H. “Virginia Woolf, Modernism and Modernity.” Cambridge Companion to Virgina Woolf. Ed. Susan Sellers. 2 nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 107-123. Cambridge Companions Online. Web. 12 Sept. 2014.

9. Overview of Library Services  Interlibrary Loans – COLOMBO  Click on Create Request (if necessary)  Library PIN required  Article Delivery (2 working days)  Via an online form, articles from our printed/microform collection will be scanned into PDF and delivered via e-mail  Login with Concordia NetName  BCI card (formerly CREPUQ)  Request at Circulation Desk

10. Types of Sources  Primary sources:  Original materials  literary works of authors and their diaries, correspondence, criticism etc.  material written as close to the event as possible  Secondary sources:  describe, analyze, interpret, or review primary sources  Ex: books, journal articles, book reviews  Tertiary sources:  provide overviews, summaries or explanations of topics by synthesizing information gathered usually from secondary sources  Ex: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources

11. 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 (1681-1920)  American Periodicals (1741-1940)  Periodicals Archive Online (1802-2000)  Many other electronic journal collections

12. Electronic Books  Collections with substantial humanities content:  Literature Online (LION)  Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1473-1700  Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO)  Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO)  Early Canadiana Online (until c. 1925)  Oxford Scholarship Online (recent and ongoing)  Cambridge University Press e-books (1995-2007)  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

13. Search Operators  ANDshakespeare AND theatre  ORdrama OR plays  NOTliterature NOT drama  “ ”“troilus AND cressida”  *feminis*  ( )(masculin* OR men) AND shakespeare

14. Subject Searching  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

15. To Find the Full Text 1.Use the feature 2.Search CLUES  Perform a Journal Title search 3.Check other Montreal libraries  Use your BCI card 4.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 email

16. 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 Quick Links menu on the Library website  Help  Tutorials on Library website

17. Help is Available  At the Reference Desk  Library website  Literatures in English Research Guide  Ask a Librarian  E-mail form  Chat with a Librarian  Ask Vince :  514-848-2424, ext. 7689  vince.graziano@concordia.ca  Office hours: by appointment