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Engl 881: research methods integrating primary sources into your research

Engl 881: research methods integrating primary sources into your research. May 2011 Presented By: Holly Hendrigan , Liaison Librarian hah1@sfu.ca. Workshop objectives . Explore a “Figure 8” research model Secondary Sources Primary sources Primary Sources : Early English Books Online

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Engl 881: research methods integrating primary sources into your research

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  1. Engl 881: research methodsintegrating primary sources into your research May 2011 Presented By: Holly Hendrigan, Liaison Librarian hah1@sfu.ca

  2. Workshop objectives • Explore a “Figure 8” research model • Secondary Sources • Primary sources • Primary Sources: • Early English Books Online • British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries • British Newspapers 1600-1900 • LION

  3. Figure 8 (or infinity!) 1. Secondary sources: stand on the shoulders of “lit-crit” giants 2. Primary sources: check historical documents Secondary sources Primary sources

  4. Research topic: renaissance pub culture

  5. Research guide for this class

  6. Primary Sources

  7. Primary Sources • A primary source is a document or other sort of evidence written or created during the time under study, or by one of the persons or organizations directly involved in the event. • Primary sources offer an inside view of a particular event. Diaries Speeches Letters Minutes Autobiographies Official records Poetry Drama Novels Music Art Etc...

  8. Digital Archives • Pre-Internet times: research libraries held collections of primary sources on microfilm • Today, libraries purchase digital collections

  9. EEBO: Early English Books Online • Microfilming of British Library historical collections began in 1931 • Not quite complete, but getting closer • Two routes into EEBO: • 1. Library catalogue. All books are in the catalogue • 2. Through the library databases page (later)

  10. EEBO via catalogue If you know the title of the book you are looking for, use the catalogue

  11. Exercise • Find a few titles from Glenn Clark’s bibliography • Remember: start from the Library Catalogue (Catalogue tab)

  12. Detective work in primary sources

  13. WARNING: • Some of these repositories have THOUSANDS of full-text documents • These repositories lack the “relevance” algorithm • Use the “Advanced Search” features to increase your success rate • Use subject headings whenever possible

  14. Searching EEBO Volunteer needed: how do we get to EEBO to search it as a database?

  15. EEBO Subject keyword feature • Eg: “Tavern” as keyword: 5454 documents in 2356 records • “Taverns (Inns) – England” as subject keyword: 2 documents

  16. EEBO Practice time

  17. Other primary source sources • See: ENGL 881 Guide

  18. Fascinated by primary sources? • Check out our Primary Sources guide

  19. Going back to our figure 8 • When it comes to graduate-level research, there’s no “one-stop shopping.” • Don’t spend all your time with the critics: immerse yourself in a digital archive

  20. Questions? Help is available!!! • Holly Hendrigan, MATE liaison librarian • hah1@sfu.ca • 778-782-8203 Thanks for your time! 

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