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Friday, September 6, 2013 Vince Graziano English Librarian v ince.graziano@concordia

Library Research Seminar: Introduction to Library Resources and Services for English Graduate Students. Friday, September 6, 2013 Vince Graziano English Librarian v ince.graziano@concordia.ca. Workshop Outline. Overview of library services Structure of information

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Friday, September 6, 2013 Vince Graziano English Librarian v ince.graziano@concordia

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  1. Library Research Seminar: Introduction to Library Resources and Services for English Graduate Students Friday, September 6, 2013 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca

  2. Workshop Outline • Overview of library services • Structure of information • Finding background/biographical info • Finding books and more • Finding journal articles • Finding primary sources • Finding theses and dissertations

  3. Overview of Library Services • Interlibrary Loans – COLOMBO • Click on Create Request (if necessary) • Library PIN required • Article Delivery (2 working days) • Via an online form, articles from our printed/microform collection will be scanned into PDF and delivered via e-mail • Login with Concordia NetName • CREPUQ card • Request at Circulation Desk • Graduate Study Carrels • Webster 4th floor • Request at Circulation Desk

  4. Structure of Information • Variety of formats for literary scholarship: • Monographs (books) • Essays/chapters in edited books • Journal articles • Magazines • Newspapers • Dissertations/theses • Reference sources • Conference proceedings • Websites • Peer-reviewed journals vs. popular magazines • MLA Directory of Periodicals • Ulrichsweb

  5. Types of Sources • Primary sources: • Original materials • literary works of authors and their diaries, correspondence, criticism etc. • material written as close to the event as possible • Secondary sources: • describe, analyze, interpret, or review primary sources • Tertiary sources: • provide overviews, summaries or explanations of topics by synthesizing information gathered usually from secondary sources • Ex: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources

  6. Electronic Journals • Collections with substantial humanities content: • Project MUSE (Recent issues) • JSTOR (Older issues) • Oxford Journals (recent and archive) • Literature Online (LION) • Literature Resource Center • Taylor & Francis (Routledge) • Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) • Many other electronic journal collections • Use e-journals link from library home page or CLUES journal title search

  7. Electronic Books • Collections with substantial humanities content: • Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1475-1700 • Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) • Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) • Early Canadiana Online (until c. 1925) • Oxford Scholarship Online (recent and ongoing) • Cambridge University Press e-books (1995-2007) • Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses) • Cambridge Companions Complete Collection (ongoing) • Taylor & Francis (includes Routledge) • Palgrave Macmillan (2010-) • ACLS Humanities E-books • Canadian Publishers Collection • Many other electronic books • Each book has a record in CLUES • Searches in CLUES can be limited to “Internet” as a location and “Book” as a material type

  8. Off-Site Access to Library Resources • MyCLUES • Name, barcode number and Library PIN • Concordia NetName • VPN Client • Concordia Virtual Private Network (VPN) • Provided by Instructional and Information Technology Services (IITS) • VPN Software Client Downloads • By operating system • Requires configuration

  9. Search Operators • AND shakespeare AND theatre • OR drama OR plays • NOT literature NOT drama • “ ” “hero and leander” • *feminis* • () (woolfORbloomsbury) AND (feminis* ORgender*)

  10. Subject Searching • Thesaurus and Subject Headings • List of terms used in the database • Subject headings in CLUES (Library of Congress) • Subjects include: • People • Characters • Titles of literary works • Topical subject headings

  11. To Find the Full Text • Use the feature • Search CLUES Perform a Journal Title search • Check other Montreal libraries Use your CREPUQ card • Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO) Online form Allow 2 to 3 weeks for delivery of books Allow 4 days for delivery of photocopies of articles

  12. RefWorks is a Web-based tool that: • Facilitates organization of references • Is accessible from any Internet connection • Simplifies the process of preparing bibliographies • Access RefWorks through the Quick Links menu on the Library website • Help • Take a workshop • Use the Help on the page

  13. MLA Citation Style • 7th edition of the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (2009) • Included in RefWorks • If you buy the book, you get: • Online access to the full text of the print volume, fully searchable • Over 200 additional examples • Research project narratives (sample papers) • Updates and corrections • 3rd edition of the MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing (2008) • For graduate students and scholars • Print only, except for documentation style

  14. Help is Available • At the Reference Desk • Literatures in English Research Guide • Ask a Librarian • E-mail form • Chat with a Librarian • Ask Vince: • 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 • vince.graziano@concordia.ca • Office hours: by appointment

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