Library Research for First Year English: Women and Culture

Spring 2014

Professor Yevgeniya TrapsLibrarian Jenna Freedman

library.barnard.eduportal to all knowledge.

resources specifically for YOUhttp://

library.barnard.edu/find-books/guides/ENGL/ENGLX1201013

& http://

library.barnard.edu/find-books/guides/ENGL/ENGLX1201017

library.barnard.edu/contact

library.barnard.edu/personal-librarians

• IM BarnardReference: AOL, Google, Yahoo

• Text 386.227.6273 (386.BARNARD)

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research

the conversation among scholars

recontextualize & reframe

•Literary/critical•Historical•Theoretical

Literary, critical, or close reading •Include name of text or author in search•Add terms to explore an aspect of the text that interests you•E.g., characters, themes, places, etc.

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MLA•(Zotero)•Cited by •Limits: date, publication type•eLink

Historical •Include words or phrases important to historical context

– date-specific (18th or nineteenth century)

– Era-specific (joseon)– Geographical (korea)

•Do not include text title or author

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Historical Abstracts

•Truncation *•Historical period•Limits: date, subject•Field designations

Theoretical •Include words or phrases related to your theorist or lens

– Select discipline specific databases (e.g., gender studies, philosophy, psychology, etc.)

– Use theorist's name or philosophy in search term in interdisciplinary database

– Consider reference sources•You may or may not include text title or author

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Find Articles •(Zotero)

•eLink

•limits

review

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

CLIO

•books, e-books, serials, media materials, microforms, etc.•CLIO

• Truncation &• Send to phone

•Literary: add the word < criticism > to your author/title, e.g., < "paradise lost" criticism >•Historical: indicate dates or era and add a secondary interest to narrow the field <korea* AND (18th OR eighteenth OR 19th OR nineteenth) >•Theoretical: < feminis* theor* > or < feminis* theor* haywood >

readlab or stacks time

Try searches in some of the databases we reviewed

AND/OR

Use CLIO to find the call number for a book that interests you and find it in the stacks•A-M 1st floor•N-Z 2nd floor

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