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Research Sources and Strategies for Classics

Research Sources and Strategies for Classics. Margaret Forrest Academic Liaison Librarian. Outline. Library, museum and gallery essentials Searcher Library catalogue via Aquabrowser eJournals Literature searching guidelines Databases for Classics Classics Subject Guide

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Research Sources and Strategies for Classics

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  1. Research Sources and Strategies for Classics Margaret Forrest Academic Liaison Librarian

  2. Outline • Library, museum and gallery essentials • Searcher • Library catalogue via Aquabrowser • eJournals • Literature searching guidelines • Databases for Classics • Classics Subject Guide • Library Databases A-Z

  3. URL Link

  4. Literature searching: 6-step guide • Describe your research question • Highlight key concepts or topics • Consider alternative keywords • Decide how you will combine search terms • Select an appropriate database • Limit or expand your search results

  5. 1. Describe your research question • In what way has the treatment of slaves contributed to our understanding of the development of the Roman household from the first to the second century?

  6. 2. Highlight key concepts or topics • In what way has the treatment of slaves contributed to our understanding of the development of the Roman household from the first to the secondcentury?

  7. 3. Consider alternative keywords Slaves Slavery Unfree Labour Roman Empire First Century Second Century Household Family

  8. 4. Combine search termsUsing Boolean Operators Records contain both A and B Records contain either A or B Record contains A but not B

  9. 4. Combine search termsExample using Boolean Operators

  10. 5. Select an appropriate database From MyEd to Launch Library Resources > Databases A-Z > Arts and Humanities Citation Index From ISI Web of Knowledge • Indexes 1100 arts and humanities journals from 1975 to date.

  11. Too many results? Add additional keywords with AND Use more specific keywords Use thesaurus terms Limit by particular fields (e.g. date) Too few results? Check your spelling Use all possible synonyms for topic Use alternative spelling (UK/US) Combine keywords using OR Use truncation 6. Limiting or expandingyour search results

  12. Truncation? If you have too few results, truncation can help widen your search… • Truncation allows you to look for all forms of a keyword….plurals, variant endings • Type in the beginning of a word plus the truncation or wildcard symbol ($ * ? #) depending on the database e.g. in AHCI Rom* - will find Rome, Roman, but also romance and romantic wom?n – will find women, woman

  13. Snowballing Just one useful reference can lead you to more… • Search for other publications by the same author • Follow up on references listed at the end of an article or book • Note keywords assigned to this article in databases - use these to run a new search • Use “cited by” or “more like this” links • e.g. Lookout for the hypertext link Times Cited in AHCI

  14. Databases for Classics • Arts and Humanities Citation Index • Brill's New Pauly • Dyabola • L'Annee philologique • Patrologiae Graecae • Patrologia Latina • Thesaurus Linguae Graecae (TLG)

  15. URL Link

  16. Classics Subject Guide • Looking for more information? Try the Classics Subject Guide • Links to open access websites • Guide to finding academic literature • Information about Inter-Library Loans • Library news

  17. Library Databases A-Z Bookmark this page!

  18. Image Databases • ARTstor • Education Image Gallery • SCRAN

  19. margaret.forrest@ed.ac.uk Academic Liaison Librarian School of History, Classics and Archaeology

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