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FRENCH 2601

FRENCH 2601. Initiation à l'analyse littéraire Winter 2011. Types of Scholarly Information Sources You Need to Find. Un livre critique A scholarly book about your author’s work

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FRENCH 2601

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  1. FRENCH 2601 Initiation à l'analyselittéraire Winter 2011

  2. Types of Scholarly Information Sources You Need to Find • Un livre critiqueA scholarly book about your author’s work • Trois articles ouchapitres de livresoulivres critiquesArticles published in scholarly journals, book chapters (essays), or books that address the specific issues/themes you’ve been assigned • Une première éditionThe first edition of the literary work you have been assigned

  3. Types of Research Tools • Library Catalogues Examples: • The Mt. A Library Catalogue, other University Library Catalogues, WorldCat • Subject-Specific Indexes/Databases Examples: • MLA International Bibliography • Repère(searchable online index) • Other Library Databases (multidiscliplinary, not literature-specific) Examples: • Érudit, Cairn , JSTOR, Project Muse, Oxford Journal Online, Periodicals Archive Online (PAO), etc.

  4. Which Tool for which Source?

  5. Search Tips Truncation Symbol • $ in the Library Catalogue • * in most other library databases Example: Canad$ will find: Canada, Canadian, Canadians, Canadiana…

  6. Boolean Operators (AND, OR, NOT) The examples that follow in the next two slides are from the Boolean Searching on the Internet Guide, http://www.internettutorials.net/boolean.asp

  7. OR: College or University

  8. AND: Poverty and Crime

  9. Example music AND (pop OR rock) AND (encyclopedia OR history) Every item found will have: • “music” + • either/both “pop” or “rock” + • either/both “encyclopedia” or “history” Finds titles such as: Canuck Rock : a History of Canadian Popular Music Encyclopedia of Canadian Rock, Pop & folk Music

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