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Navigating Scholarly Articles & Web Insights

Understanding scholarly journals, periodicals, & database searching techniques for academic research. Learn how to find articles, full-text, & relevant information on literary works & authors.

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Navigating Scholarly Articles & Web Insights

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  1. English 012 Library Info Skills: Session 2 Searching for Articles & Web Sites Michelle Ward, October 2006 Okanagan College Penticton, Library www.okanagan.bc.ca/library

  2. What do we mean by ? Scholarly journals, periodicals, magazine articles … A periodical (or serial) appears on a regular basis (e.g. daily, weekly, monthly or annually). Includes academic journals, magazines & newspapers. A single copy of a periodical is called an issue. A defined number of issues equal one volume. Academic/scholarly journals contain articles written by scholars (professors, researchers, experts), and critiqued by other scholars, before publication. • content may be fairly complex • often contain a short abstract or summary at the beginning & a bibliography or list of works cited at the end. • usually no advertising & are generally available by subscription only • Example - Journal of Canadian Studies Magazines/popular journals are intended for the general public • are available by subscription or on news stands. • Articles may be written by people with some in-depth knowledge of a topic, by professional writers who have done some background research, or by reporters with no previous knowledge of the subject. • Examples - Maclean's and Time

  3. What do we mean by ? Indexes, abstracts, citations, online databases, full-text … A periodical index • helps you locate articles on specific topics • lists citations of articles from academic journals, magazines & newspapers • includes the author (if available), title of the article, name of the journal, the issue and pages on which the article appears = citation • some include article summaries ("abstracts") or even the full-text of articles • are available for different subject areas. Each index covers a defined set of journals in a particular area, such as Business, Sciences, Literature, etc..

  4. What do we mean by ? OC Library subscribes to periodical indexes in the form of online databases.  • Library Web Page links to many online databases using the internet. • Databases for Literary criticism contain  book reviews and critiques of works (novels, short stories, plays, poetry), as well as information about authors and literary movements • The database describes each article, in every issue of a large number of journals. • Some databases contain only citations; others include abstracts; many feature full-text.  Full-text • complete text with illustrations of a periodical article (e.g., EBSCO) or the text only (e.g., CBCA Complete) • can be saved or printed (PDF & HTML formats) or emailed

  5. Getting Started ! • Defining your topic, approach • Identifying keywords Margaret Laurence Stone Angel biography, characters, criticism, book/novel, film adaptation, book reviews Canadian literature 20th century, Canadian authors, Women authors, Canadian novelists William Shakespeare Hamlet biography, criticism, characters, Hamlet as character, Hamlet as play, drama, tragedy theatre, stage production, Elizabethan England, England society/civilisation 15th/16th century … Next step! Library Website www.okanagan.bc.ca/library

  6. Article DatabasesGo to Library Website !www.okanagan.bc.ca/library • Humanities Online Resources • Gale Literary databases (session 1) • Academic Search Premier (this session) • CBCA Complete (Canadian) • MLA International Bibliography • Humanities Index • JSTOR, Project Muse, Oxford University Press Journals • ! try out all those keywords, try different combinations • ! watch for full-text and Where can I get this … ?

  7. Article Databases Search in Article Databases for Humanities Online Resources then choose Database to search e.g Academic Search Premier Library Webpage

  8. Finding Articles Example 1 Academic article Full-text online Narrow from All Results to Academic Journals

  9. Finding Articles Choose a likely citation, check the abstract, look to find a full copy of the article?

  10. Finding Articles Full-text is available to print, save or email

  11. Finding Articles Example 2 Magazine article Print copy in Library No Full-text here … Where can I get this?

  12. Finding Articles OC Lib may have Print copy in Library at Penticton Periodical shelves !Check volume nos. System checks Library Voyager catalogue

  13. Finding Articles Example 3 New search … SUbject Shakespeare’s Hamlet

  14. Finding Articles No full text … Where can I get this ?

  15. Finding Articles Held other libraries > Request Inter-library loan Not anywhere at OC print or electronic Checks other libraries

  16. Web Sites for Literature The Canadian Literature Archive www.umanitoba.ca/canlit Choose Authors List & find Laurence, Margaret links to other significant pages

  17. Web Sites for Literature Internet Public Library www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/Online Literary Criticism Collections Laurence Hamlet

  18. Web Sites for Literature Specific Literary Work page Author page

  19. Web Sites for Literature Other Sites: Mr William Shakespeare and the Internet http://shakespeare.palomar.edu Award-winning scholarly web site with annotated links to Shakespeare resources (Palomar College, California) Literary Resources on the Net http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ Comprehensive collection of links to sites covering English & American literature (Compiled by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University) Voice of the Shuttle (Literature in English) http://vos.ucsb.edu English literature section of a mega-gateway organized by period, nation, subculture, and genre (University of California, Santa Barbara)

  20. Web Sites for Literature A familiar internet name, but more academic search engine … Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com Caution: Article citations & some text… can find same & often better in Library Online Databases like JSTOR, Project Muse

  21. Acknowledge & Cite ! MLA Style Style Guides

  22. MLA Style Article Author Article Title Journal Title Volume, issue, date, pages Journal Article Woodcock, George. “Many Solitudes: The Travel Writings of Margaret Laurence.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'etudes canadiennes 13.3 (1978): 3-12. When Article is retrieved from a Library Database Add : name of Library database accessed and the online subscription service, name of Library, city where Library is located and date retrieved Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. Okanagan College Lib,, Penticton. 10 Oct. 2006.

  23. MLA Style Web sites Elliot, T. S. “Hamlet and His Problems.” The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism, 1922. 10 Oct. 2006 <http://www.bartleby.com/200/sw9.html > “Margaret Laurence.” Canadian Literature Online: Author Profiles Northwest Passages, Kamloops, B.C. 10 Oct. 2006 <http://www.nwpassages.com/bios/laurence.asp> for internet sites : Author, if possible then “title of page” and whole site title then Publication information if available i.e. Site publisher, place followed by Retrieval date & finally Website url

  24. Need help ? Ask Us ! Come to Library Reference Desk Librarians – Anne Cossentine, Michelle Ward Ask Us (reference help) from library webpage

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