Literature in Theory & Practice
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
Today’s Class
• Research Strategies
– Search
• Boolean
• Keyword
– Citation Tracking
– Peer Review
• Resources
– Catalogs
• Al Harris
• WorldCat
– Bibliographies
– Databases
• JSTOR
• MLA
– Scholarly Journals
– WWW
Review or Critique
Peer-Reviewed
Boolean
• AND = Narrow
• OR = Expand
• NOT = Exclude
KEYWORDS
- literary technique
- narrative
- expository
- novel, novella
- short story
- plays
- fables, fairy tales
- creative writing
- writing style
-bibliographies
Tell the
Catalog/Database/SE
what you seek:
Specifically!
Keyword Searching
• Keyword
– Title
• Translations/Spellings
–Marquis or Marquise?
–Search MLA Bibliography…
Author
• Heinrich von Kleist
• Search MLA Bibliography
Resources
Al Harris Catalog
• Remember* Catalog defaults to relevance search
• Remember* Use a Keyword search and Boolean
to help limit results
• Remember* Use Limiters to narrow your search.
• Remember* Use Subject links to focus on your
topic.
Open World Cat
• Meta search engine for online catalogs
of libraries all over the world. Search
for any book using a geographic
location for the closest sources.
• Over 9000 libraries combined.
• If you find it in WorldCat, and it's not
in our library, we can get it through
ILL.
• CREATE A USER ACCOUNT
E-Books: Ebrary/Netbook
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24/7
Full Text Searching*
Highlight Markup
Note Taking
Changeable Font Size
Multiplicity of Use
• CREATE A BOOKSHELF
Reference Collection
• Learn to use critical bibliographies as a
tool in evaluating materials
• Critical Survey of Poetry
R 809.1003 C869 2003
Search Robert Frost
Browse 800’s
1st Floor
Best Databases
• MLA Bibliography
• JSTOR
• Literary Reference Center
• Project Muse
MLA Bibliography
• This resource is an index of journal articles, books
and dissertations. The electronic version of the
Bibliography dates back to 1963 and contains over
1.5 million citations from more than 4,400 journals
and series and 1,000 book publishers. Coverage is
international and subjects include literature,
language and linguistics, folklore, literary theory &
criticism, dramatic arts.
MLA Bibliography
• Limit by Language – English
• Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article
• Limit by Scholarly Article – Peer Reviewed
• Limit by Full Text?
JSTOR
• JSTOR is a full-text scholarly journal
archive. JSTOR specializes in making
available the back issues of journals in
a wide variety of humanities and social
science disciplines.
JSTOR
• Limit by Language – English
• Limit by Publication Type – Journal Article
• Narrow by discipline – Language &
Literature, Bibliography, Feminist & Women's
Studies…
Finding Articles: Citations
Citations
Shriver Jr., Donald W.
“Bosnia in Fear and
Hope.”
World Policy Journal;
Summer2001, Vol. 18
Issue 2, p43, 11p
PDF / HTML
Search
Search the
the Virtual
Virtual
StacksStacks
Tracking Citations
Shriver Jr., Donald W. “Bosnia in Fear and
Hope .” World Policy Journal;
Summer2001, Vol. 18 Issue 2, p43, 11p
The Citation Video
Interlibrary Loan Service
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You can make interlibrary loan requests by filling out an online
interlibrary loan form for journal and magazine articles or for books,
videos, and sound recordings
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Articles
For articles from journals, magazines, and newspapers.
Books, Videos, and Sound Recordings
For books, videos (including DVDs), and sound recordings
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Link directly from
WorldCat.org
Class Exercise
• JSTOR Worksheet
Today’s Class
Register/Create User Accounts
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Open WorldCat
Ebrary
MLA Bibliography
JSTOR
Questions?
• Contact me:
• Frederic Murray
• 774-7113
• frederic.murray@swosu.edu
Thanks!
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I.4 Differentiate between reviews of literary works and literary criticism
Review of Faulkner’s Sanctuary Posted on Web site
Critic of Faulkner’s Sanctuary Posted on Web Site
I.5 Understand the concept and significance of peer-reviewed sources of information
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II.1 Effectively use library catalogs & databases to identify relevant holdings at local institutions and print and
online catalogs and bibliographic tools to identify holdings at other libraries
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Do tutorial
Boolean /Keywords
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II.6 Understand the range of physical and virtual locations and repositories and how to navigate them
successfully – Browse 800 field in Ref collection
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Find citation
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III.1 Identify the best indexes and databases
JSTOR/MLA
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IV.2 Use interlibrary loan and document delivery to acquire materials not available at one's own library
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V.1 Know about Internet resources (e.g., electronic discussion lists, websites) and how to evaluate them for
relevancy and credibility
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V.2 Differentiate between resources provided free on the Internet and subscription electronic resources
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V.4 Learn to use critical bibliographies as a tool in evaluating materials