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American Literature I

American Literature I. Finding 15 th - 19 th Century Authors Connie St. Clair-Andrews. Simple vs. Advanced Searching. Allows you to search for broad information, or very specific information You use the simple search to find an author or title One search term/phrase at a time.

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American Literature I

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  1. American Literature I Finding 15th - 19th Century Authors Connie St. Clair-Andrews

  2. Simple vs. Advanced Searching • Allows you to search for broad information, or very specific information • You use the simple search to find an author or title • One search term/phrase at a time • Allows you to build a more detailed/accurate search • Several search terms/phrases at a time • More options for limiting your search

  3. Some Advanced Search Techniques • Use simple Boolean: “And,” “Not,” “Or” • Use truncation: Shift + 8 = * • Use the Thesaurus, Topics, etc. • ILL if the article is not available here

  4. Keyword vs. Subject Searching • Words you think of to use for searches, aka, natural language • Some databases provide a thesaurus to look up similar words or the official term; they are not always called a “thesaurus.” • Official words in a database or catalog, aka, controlled language • Try the subject terms found in one catalog in your other database searches too. Sometimes you can find more/different articles.

  5. Author vs. Subject Search • An author search is when you search only for those books written by the author. • Sometimes you get books the author is a co-author on, but usually if the book is an anthology it will not show up in the list. • A subject search is when you get books about the author, titles they penned, or the genre they wrote in. ―――――――――― • Genre is: fiction, non-fiction, westerns, autobiography, etc.

  6. Author Call Numbers • Christopher Columbus ………………… • Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca………......... • William Bradford…………………..…. • Cotton Mather……………....………… • John Greenleaf Whittier……….………. • Jonathan Edwards…………….……….. • Thomas Paine……………….………… • J. Hector St. John de Crevecoeaur……… • Philip Freneau…………………….…… • Judith Sargent Murray…………………. • William Apess………………………… • Black Hawk…………………….……… • Lydia Maria Child…………….……….. E118 .C72… E125 .N9 … F68 … (catalog search, all over the place) PS3250 .E… (catalog search, all over the place) JC117 .A5 … (catalog search, all over the place) PS755 .A5 M3 1955 ebrary book E83.67 .P54 A63 1985 NetLibrary book PS1293 .C55 1975

  7. Author Call Numbers • Rebecca Harding Davis……………… • Emily Dickinson……………………. • Frances Ellen Watkins Harper……….. • Harriet Jacobs……………………… • Frederick Douglass…………………. • Herman Melville…………………… • Walt Whitman……………………… • Ralph Waldo Emerson………………. • Henry David Thoreau……………….. • Nathaniel Hawthorne……………….. • Edgar Allan Poe…………………….. • James Fenimore Cooper…………….. PS1517 .L5 1985 PS1541 … F292 .O5 H37 1981 Ebrary book, anthology Electronic books PS2384 … PS320… PS160… &PS1631 … PS3042 … & PS3053 … (catalog search, all over the place) PS26… PS140…

  8. Subject Call Numbers • Christopher Columbus ……………......... • Barolome de las Casas…………………… • Alvar Nunez Cabez de Vaca………........... • William Bradford……………………….. • Anne Bradstreet………………………… • Cotton Mather……………....…………. • John Greenleaf Whittier……….………… • Sarah Josepha Hale………………………. • Jonathan Edwards…………….…………. • Roger Williams………………………….. • Thomas Paine……………….………….. • Philip Freneau…………………………... • Phillis Wheatley…………………………. • Judith Sargent Murray…………………… • Fanny Fern/ Sarah Willis Parton………….. E111 … F1411 … & E125 .C4 … E125 .N9 … (catalog search, all over the place) PS712 … (catalog search, all over the place) PS3281 .P5 1969 netLibrary book BX7260 .E3… F82 .W… JC178 .V2 … & electronic books PS758 .L4 1971 Electronic books Electronic books (catalog search, all over the place)

  9. Subject Call Numbers • Sojourner Truth…………………………. • William Apess………………………..…. • Black Hawk…………………….……….. • Lydia Maria Child…………….…………. • Rebecca Harding Davis………………….. • Emily Dickinson………………………… • Harriet Jacobs…………………………… • Frederick Douglass……………………… • Herman Melville………………………… • Walt Whitman………………………….. • Ralph Waldo Emerson…………………… • Henry David Thoreau……………………. • Nathaniel Hawthorne……………………. • Edgar Allan Poe…………………………. • James Fenimore Cooper…………………. (catalog search, all over the place) Electronic books Electronic book Electronic book Electronic books PS1541 .Z5 … Electronic books E449 .D75 … PS2386 PS3231 … PS1631 … PS3053 … PS1881 … & PS1888 … PS26… PS1431 …

  10. Inter-Library Loan • You can request both books and articles via the online ILL form or you can fill out one of the paper forms available at the circulation desk. • Also Peggy Dyess requests that you order your materials no later than two weeks before you need them. This will give her time to request the items needed in time for them to arrive for you to work with.

  11. Databases • American National Biography Online • ArchiveGrid • ALTA Religion Database • JSTOR • Literature Online • Philospher's Index

  12. Related Resource Guides • American Indian Identity http://www.flagler.edu/library/indianidentity.html • Emily Dickinson http://www.flagler.edu/library/emilydickinson.html • Ralph Waldo Emerson http://www.flagler.edu/library/ralphemerson.html • Native American Literature and Legends http://www.flagler.edu/library/nativeamerican.html • Historical Photographs Online http://www.flagler.edu/library/hsyphotographs.html • Searching for Primary Resources http://www.flagler.edu/library/primary.html

  13. Websites • American Memory from the Library of Congress • Library of Southern Literature • American Literature Sites – compiled list of relevant websites • Perspectives in American Literature

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