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Literary Research
Lisa Sloniowski,
English Literature Librarian
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Libraries are Obsolete. Discuss.
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Libraries > Format
Babylonian tablets… Papyrus scrolls…
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Libraries > Format
Books… Ebooks, Ejournals, etc
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Library Values:
Knowledge (for its own sake)
Sharing
Common Space
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“Libraries are about Freedom” – Neil Gaiman
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People
“Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly." -- Roger Ebert
“Doing research on the Web is like asking people randomly on the street.” – Roy Tennant
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Where’s the Literary Stuff?
PN -- General Literature
PR -- English Literature
PS -- American Literature (incl. Canadian)
(but remember that locations vary)
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Issues in the Organization of Literary Material
The rise of critical theory & interdisciplinary approaches
The problem of literature itself
The emergence of “aboutness”
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Search Tools
Books, Films, Encyclopedias: Library Catalogue
Journal Articles, Performance Reviews:Periodical Indexes:
MLA Bibliography, International Index to the Performing ArtsFactiva
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How?
Search Tools: Catalogues and Periodical Indexes
Subject Guides
EN1001 Course-Related Library Guide
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Awesome Researchers Know:
1)that the quality of their paper depends on the quality of their sources and how to connect them
2)how to evaluate their search strategies and results -number of results-revise with correct keywords, descriptors-lateral thinking
3)to give themselves enough time to do the job properly
4)to use shortcuts where possible --subject headings--skimming the bibliography--encyclopedias
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An updated notion of genius would have to center around one's mastery of information and its dissemination.”
~Kenny Goldsmith