Introduction to Library Resources for English Students

1. Introduction to Library Resourcesfor English Students Wednesday, September 17, 2014 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia .ca

2. Workshop Outline • MLA Citation Style Guide • Finding Background/Biographical Information • Literature Resource Center • Contemporary Authors • Dictionary of Literary Biography • Oxford Reference • Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism • Finding Books • CLUES, the Library catalogue • Finding Journal Articles • MLA International Bibliography • ABELL • Finding Videos • Theatre in Video

3. Citing a Book Format: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Example: Goldman, Jane. Cambridge Introduction to Virginia Woolf. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. Print.

4. Citing an E-book Format: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Name of Database. Medium of Publication. Date of Access. Example: Sellers, Susan, ed. Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. Cambridge Companions Online. Web. 12 Sept. 2014.

5. Citing An Article Format: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Medium of publication. Example: Chan, Evelyn T. “The Ethics and Aesthetics of Healing: Woolf, Medicine, and Professionalization.” Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 43.1 (2014): 25-51. Print.

6. Citing an Article from a Database Format: Author(s). "Title of Article." Title of Journal Volume.Issue (Year): pages. Name of Database. Medium of publication. Date of Access. Example: Chan, Evelyn T. “The Ethics and Aesthetics of Healing: Woolf, Medicine, and Professionalization.” Women's Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 43.1 (2014): 25-51. Taylor & Francis. Web. 12 Sept. 2014.

7. Citing an Essay in an Edited Book Format: Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Medium of Publication. Example: Whitworth, Michael H. “Virginia Woolf, Modernism and Modernity.” Cambridge Companion to Virgina Woolf. Ed. Susan Sellers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 107-123. Print.

8. Citing an Essay in an Edited E-Book Format: Lastname, First name. "Title of Essay." Title of Collection. Ed. Editor's Name(s). City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page range of entry. Name of Database. Medium of Publication. Date of Access. Example: Whitworth, Michael H. “Virginia Woolf, Modernism and Modernity.” Cambridge Companion to Virgina Woolf. Ed. Susan Sellers. 2nd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010. 107-123. Cambridge Companions Online. Web. 12 Sept. 2014.

9. 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 • BCI card (formerly CREPUQ) • Request at Circulation Desk

10. 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 • Ex: books, journal articles, book reviews • Tertiary sources: • provide overviews, summaries or explanations of topics by synthesizing information gathered usually from secondary sources • Ex: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources

11. 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) • British Periodicals I and II (1681-1920) • American Periodicals (1741-1940) • Periodicals Archive Online (1802-2000) • Many other electronic journal collections

12. Electronic Books • Collections with substantial humanities content: • Literature Online (LION) • Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1473-1700 • 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) • Palgrave Macmillan (2010-) • ACLS Humanities E-books • Canadian Publishers Collection • EBSCO E-books • Many other electronic books

13. Search Operators • AND shakespeare AND theatre • OR drama OR plays • NOT literature NOT drama • “ ” “troilus AND cressida” • * feminis* • ( ) (masculin* OR men) AND shakespeare

14. Subject Searching • Thesaurus • List of terms used in a database • Subject Headings in CLUES • Created by the Library of Congress • Subjects include: • People • Characters • Titles of literary works • Topical subject headings

15. To Find the Full Text • Use the feature • Search CLUES • Perform a Journal Title search • Check other Montreal libraries • Use your BCI card • Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO) • Online form • Allow 1 to 2 weeks for delivery of books • Allow 2 to 4 days for delivery of articles by email

16. RefWorks • 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 • Tutorials on Library website

17. Help is Available • At the Reference Desk • Library website • 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