Library Research

First Year English: Legacy of the Mediterranean

Professor MassimillaThursday, March 31, 2010

Librarian Jenna Freedman

http://www.barnard.edu/libraryThis is the portal to all knowledge.

Or, if you insist, Library Webhttp://www.columbia.edu/cu/lweb

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we can help you

http://www.barnard.edu/library/reference

• Visit the reference desk• IM BarnardReference: AOL,

Google, Yahoo• Call 212.854.3953• E-mail refdesk@barnard.edu

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CLIO - books, e-books, serials (not articles), media materials,

microforms, etc. Search for a KNOWN item

Modernism and the Specter of Psychologism. Jay, Martin, 1944- . Modernism/modernity, Volume 3, Number 2, April 1996, pp. 93-111

• Book or journal title (not the article or chapter title)• Send to phone

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search for an unknown item

Keyword

• Words that appear in any part of the record (author, title, publisher, etc.)

Fun with search results:

• Sorting • Quick limits

Subject

• Subject headings list• Subdivisions

More fun with search results:

• Downloading options • Views: basic & full

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• Boolean logic, operators• Controlled Vocabulary,

descriptors, subject headings• Limits • Proximity, near, with, phrase• Truncation, wild cards

advanced search concepts

databases - primarily articles, but also e-books, dissertations, statistics and other materials

Explore: •Help

–Truncation/wildcard symbols–Phrase searching, near, with

•Advanced search and Boolean options•Controlled vocabulary•Different types of searches (e.g. citations, full text, keywords)•Limits

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LION (Literature Online)

1. Do a quick search for <"to the lighthouse" and psycho*>. How many criticism results did you get?

2. Do a Criticism & Reference search (left navigation bar) for <"to the lighthouse" and psycho*>. How many criticism results did you get?

3. Which result set seemed more useful? Can you find any ways to get more satisfying results?

4. Bonus question: click Modify Search, and see if you can use the Author/Subject list to find more focused results. What term(s) did you choose?

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ProQuest

1. Search "Citation and abstract" <"to the lighthouse" and psycho*>. How many results did you get?

2. How many of them were scholarly? 3. Search "Citation and document text" for <"to the

lighthouse" and psycho*>. How many results did you get?

4. Identify a Suggested Topic (above the results set) and click on it.

5. Are the scholarly results (from the Suggested Topic) more or less useful than the results you retrieved in your previous searches?

6. Bonus question: Using More Search Options, determine how to remove reviews from search results.

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Find Articles

1. Do a General/Multidisciplinary search for <"to the lighthouse" and psycho?>. How many results?

2. Name one of the Topics listed on the right menu. How do they look?

3. Do a Literature search for <"to the lighthouse" and psycho?>. How many results?

4. Click the eLink arrow to see if it will lead you to the full text of the first result. Did it? If not, which is the first that does?

5. Bonus question: Use the Custom Search to select your own databases. Under Subject (on the left), select Literature. Under subcategories, choose English. From which six databases can you select?

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Google/Google Scholar

1. Do a search in Google Scholar for for < "to the lighthouse" psychology >. How many results did you get?

2. Which result (on the first page of results) has been cited the most often?

3. Click on Advanced Scholar Search. Limit to articles published from 2000-2009. How many results did you get?

4. Do a search in Google for < "to the lighthouse" psychology >. How many results did you get?

5. Click on Advanced Search. Search within .uk domain. How many results did you get?

6. Search within barnard.edu domain. How many results did you get?

7. Bonus question: go back to Scholar and keep modifying search terms and limits until you get fewer than 500 results.

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etc.

• Literature Criticism Online• Other library catalogs (JTS, Law, TC,

and other institutions)• Research guide for this class • Evaluating resources: authority,

scope, and audience. • Wikipedia• Style Guides• Endnote & RefWorks