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Finding Information for Latin American Studies 310 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish Librarian library.ualberta/instructi

Finding Information for Latin American Studies 310 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish Librarian http://www.library.ualberta.ca/instruction/hss/index.cfm. Session Outline. Finding Basic Research Information and Subject Guides Finding Books by author, subject, title, numbers

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Finding Information for Latin American Studies 310 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish Librarian library.ualberta/instructi

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  1. Finding Information for Latin American Studies 310 by Denis Lacroix French/Spanish Librarian http://www.library.ualberta.ca/instruction/hss/index.cfm

  2. Session Outline • Finding Basic Research Information and Subject Guides • Finding Books by author, subject, title, numbers • Boolean, Truncation, and Advanced Searching • Finding Articles in Periodicals using Databases

  3. The Research Question HAPI MLA HLAS ¿Women and movies in Mexico?

  4. Finding Basic Research Tools Subject Guides • Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home page • Click on Humanities and Social Sciences • Under Area Studies • Click on Latin American Studies • In the yellow strip on the right-hand side, click on • Information Sources on Latin America

  5. Finding Basic Research Tools • Subject Headings • Motion pictures – Encyclopedias • Motion pictures – Latin America – Biography • Motion pictures -- Mexico • Online : Literature Resource Center e.g. [Advanced Search] [Author] Buñuel Luis • Key resources: • Quién es quién en el teatro y el cine español e hispanoamericano • New Latin American Cinema

  6. Finding Books • By author: • [Browse] or [Keyword] Foster, David William • By title • Mexico City in contemporary Mexican cinema • Request or place a hold on a book • By numbers • [Call numbers] PN 1993.5 M4 F67 • [ISBN] 0292725418 • About an author as subject • [Browse] or [Keyword] Bunuel, Luis

  7. Advanced Searching • Finding books about a topic • Think of variant or similar terms • Use Boolean operators, e.g. and, or • [Words Anywhere] Mexico and (motion pictures or film or movie or cinema). Now Search by [Subject]. • Use truncation symbols: $ ? • [Subject] mexico and (motion picture$ or film$ or movie$ or cinema$) • Click on Advanced Search and add [Words anywhere] wom?n to the above search string.

  8. Finding Articles in Periodicals • Periodicals contain articles. • The library catalogue cannot be used to find articles on your research topic. Instead, you need to search databases. • Databases are all different: • some contain full-text articles • some list only citations and abstracts • others have a mixture of both

  9. Periodical Magazines or journals or newspapers. These are published on an ongoing basis. Article An individual essay, story, editorial etc., usually published in a periodical, but sometimes as a chapter in a book. Citation The written reference to a document. Volume # Issue # The numbering system used to differentiate between individual issues of a periodical. Full text The complete text of the article is available in the database; it is not necessary to find the paper copy of the periodical Abstract A very short summary of an article or book chapter.

  10. Databases:Academic Search Premier • Searching examples: • [Subject] Mexico[Subject] motion picture* or film* or movie* or cinema*[Default Fields] wom?n • To view full-text, click on HTML or PDF • To save, mail, or print citations • Click on Add folder • Click on Folder has items • Click on option

  11. Databases:Hispanic American Periodicals Index (HAPI) • Click on Search: • [Subject] motion picture mexico [Keyword] wom • Save citations to bibliography and send by e-mail or print • Search for periodical in Library catalogue • Search for Studies in Latin American Popular Culture • In Library Catalogue Choose Browse and Periodical Title in “Other Search Options” • Periodical is available online! But, check the citation carefully!

  12. Databases:Handbook of Latin American Studies (HLAS) • Go to Expert Search • [Subject] film* mexico • Click on Search for variants and Search • Click on citation number to see full citation. • Click on related article subjects for more articles

  13. This is a book. This is a book chapter. Search for book title in the Library catalogue to find this chapter. Click Subjects for more titles on a related topic. To refine your search, click on subjects.

  14. Databases:MLA International Bibliography • Search for (movie* or motion picture* or film* or video* or cinema* or actor*) and mexico and wom?n • Combine searches by checking terms and clicking on Combine checked.. • Click on Display. • Search for periodical or book titles in Library Catalogue. • or click on Check for holdings.

  15. More Databases • Click on the Subjects tab on the Library home page. • Click on Humanities and Social Sciences. • Under Area Studies • Click on Latin American Studies. • Scroll down through the databases and find more information on each by clicking on More Info. • Other Databases to consider seriously: • Humanities Abstracts or MLA.

  16. Let’s Practice • Find the Latin American Studies Subject Guide. • Find a film encyclopedia. • Find a book on Brazilian cinema. • Find a periodical article on the movies in Bolivia using the database MLA • Find a periodical in citations from preceding search at the Library

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