English 1113
Frederic Murray
Assistant Professor
MLIS, University of British Columbia
BA, Political Science, University of Iowa
Instructional Services Librarian
Al Harris Library
frederic.murray@swosu.edu
Comp I Assignment
1. Primary Source – Comedic/Humorous
2. Barden’s Philosophy of Humor
3. Secondary Source discussing humor in
general
4-6 Citations
• Two from Primary Source
• Two from Bardon
• Two from a Secondary Source
Examples
• Primary
• Dick Cheney's Argument
Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo
News, 4/30/2009
• Secondary
• Fisher, Roger. Them
damned pictures :
explorations in American
political cartoon art.
North Haven, CT: Archon,
1996
Examples
• Primary
• A Modest Proposal
• Secondary
• Bengels, Barbara "Swift's
A MODEST PROPOSAL."
Explicator 65.1 (2006):
13-15. Academic Search
Complete. EBSCO. Web.
13 Nov. 2009.
When Harry Met Sally
Directed by Rob Reiner
1989
Examples
• Primary
• When Harry Met Sally
– Video
– Transcript
• Secondary
• CARYN, JAMES
"Review/Film; It's Harry
Loves Sally in a Romance Of
New Yorkers and
Neuroses." New York Times
12 July 1989: 15.
Newspaper Source Plus.
EBSCO. Web. 13 Nov. 2009.
Academic Research
• Knowing Where to Look
• Knowing How to Look
21st Century Library
Catalogs, Databases, & Search Engines
• A comprehensive list of the books, periodicals, maps,
and other materials in a given collection.
• A large, regularly updated file of digitized information
related to a specific subject or field.
• Computer software designed to help the user locate
information available at sites on the World Wide Web
by selecting categories from a hierarchical directory of
subjects (example: Yahoo!) or by entering
appropriate keywords or phrases (Google).
PRIMARY
DEFINITIONS
TIMING OF PUBLICATION
CYCLE
FORMATS--depends on the
kind of analysis being
conducted.
SECONDARY TERTIARY
Sources that contain raw,
original, non interpreted
and unevaluated
information.
Sources that digest,
analyze, evaluate and
interpret the information
contained within primary
sources. They tend to be
argumentative.
Primary sources tend to
come first in the
publication cycle.
Secondary sources tend to
come second in the
publication cycle.
Often newspapers, weekly
and monthly-produced
magazines; letters, diaries.
Often scholarly periodicals
and books. (Professors like
these.)
Tertiary sources tend to
come last in the publication
cycle.
Often reference books.
Griffith, Nancy. Humor of
EXAMPLE:
COMP I: Paper Five
Sources that compile,
analyze, and digest
secondary sources. They
tend to be factual.
Short Story, Poem,
Cartoon, Film ( including
transcript), Monologue
Articles in databases
EBooks
Books
the old Southwest : an
annotated bibliography of
primary and secondary
sources. New York City:
Greenwood Press, 1989.
Search Techniques
• Keyword
• Basic Boolean
Identifying Keywords
• Identify the significant terms and
concepts that describe your topic from
your thesis statement or research
question.
• These terms will become the key for
searching catalogs, databases and
search engines for information about
your subject.
Composition I: Paper Five
Humor
Commentary
Script
Satire
Review
Monologue
Comedy
Theory
Transcript
Boolean
• AND = Narrow
• OR = Expand
• NOT = Exclude
Boolean Operators
• Connect keywords only
• Must be placed between keywords
• AND
– Narrows your search
• OR
– Expands your search with synonymous terms
• NOT
– Excludes words from your search
– If used too much, it can work against you!
E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook
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24/7
Full Text Searching*
Highlight Markup
Note Taking
Changeable Font Size
Online Bookshelf
• Multiplicity of Use
SWOSU Catalog
Article Databases
EBSCO Databases
• Academic Search Complete
• Newspaper Source Plus
• Literary Reference Center
Internet Resources For
Primary Sources
• Comedic Monologues
• Sriptiologist.com
• The Onion
• Goodreads
CLASS SURVEY
Questions?
• Contact me:
• Frederic Murray
• 774-7113
• frederic.murray@swosu.edu
Thanks!