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Introduction to Library Resources and Research Methods in Literary Studies. French 2601 Winter 2014 Jeff Lilburn. Today’s class. Types of references needed for your recherche bibilographique Library Resources How to find the references you need for your assignment
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Introduction to Library Resources and Research Methods in Literary Studies French 2601 Winter 2014 Jeff Lilburn
Today’s class • Types of references needed for your recherchebibilographique • Library ResourcesHow to find the references you need for your assignment • Research StrategiesHow to make the best use of library resources & search tips!
Types of References A Scholarly Monograph (un livre critique générale)- e.g.: a book about the novels of Annie Ernaux. A First Edition (la première édition du livrechoisi)- e.g.: the first published edition of Albert Camus’ novel La Peste. Three Scholarly Journal Articles or Book Chapters or Books (articles ouchapitres de livresoulivres critiques) that discuss a specific subject associated with your book - an article about the depiction of artists in AmélieNothomb’sRobert des nomspropres published in the journal French Studies;- a chapter about Marcel Proust’s narrative technique in the book, The Cambridge Companion to Proust.
Library resources To search for books: - MtA Library Catalogue, Other Library Catalogues, WorldCat To search for articles (and books, book chapters): - Library Databases and Print Indexes • such as: MLA Database, French XX To search for information about an author or book (such as the date of a first edition) - Reference books • such as: Dictionnaire des écrivains de languesfrançaise; Dictionnairelittéraire des femmes de languesfrançaise…
How to Find Books • Mount Allison Library Catalogue Also: • Certain library databases and print indexes (MLA, French XX) • Other university library catalogues, WorldCat • Other books (scan the bibliographies of books you’ve already found) • Browsing library shelves
Finding Books Library of Congress Subject Headings
Finding Articles You cannot search for article in the Library Catalogue…
Finding Articles To search for articles: Use library databases & print indexes These databases and print sources serve as indexes to articles published in scholarly journals (and, in some cases, to books and book chapters)
Finding Articles Examples of library databases for French literary studies: • MLA International Bibliography(aka, the MLA Database),Repère, Erudit • also: JSTOR, Project Muse, CBCA, and more Examples of print indexes: • French XX, Bibliographied'histoirelittérairefrançaise
Finding Articles Search Tip: Truncation Symbol * in most other library databases $ in the Library Catalogue Example: ameri*will find: america, american, americans, americana, americain, americaine, americaines, etc.
Finding Articles Sort by relevance? Relevance according to who?
Finding Articles MtA Libraries Journal Finder
Finding Articles: Quick RECAP To find out if an article is available at our library once you have a citation: • Use the Library Catalogue and/or Journal Finder to search for the title of the journal (not title of the article). Sample citation for a journal article: Oscherwitz, Danya. “Once Upon a Time that Never Was: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’sLe Fabuleux Destin d’AmeliePoulain.” The French Review 84.1 (2011): 504-15.
Finding Articles: Quick recap To find out if an article is available at our library once you have a citation: • Use the Library Catalogue and/or Journal Finder to search for the title of the journal (not title of the article). Sample citation for a journal article: Oscherwitz, Danya. “Once Upon a Time that Never Was: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’sLe Fabuleux Destin d’AmeliePoulain.” The French Review 84.1 (2011): 504-15.
Search Strategies Searching for French-language books and articles • Use French search terms (keywords) • Limit your search to French-language material • Search databases with French-language content (such as Erudit, Repère, etc.)
Print Indexes Serve the same purpose as online databases: an index to published literature in a particular field of study (eg. French-language literature) Usually appear annually – one volume represents one (and only one) year’s worth of publications (i.e. volumes are not cumulative) To search for articles published in the last five years, you would have to consult five volumes
Print Indexes • Organized alphabetically by author: to find articles about Michel Tremblay, look up Tremblay • Under the author’s name will appear a list of articles, books or book chapters about that author’s works. • Check the list to see if any are about your novel and about the specific subject(s) you’ve been assigned.
Print Indexes • Each entry (reference) will have an entry number (numéro de l’entrée). • These numbers identify each item within the index and are used for cross-references. • Your assignment asks you to provide the entry number for references you find in print indexes.
Keyword Selection A search for “canadian plays” will retrieve different results than a search for “theatre and canada.” • “Canadian plays” = 77 items • “theatre and Canada” = 239 items
Keyword Selection Sample essay topic: Discuss the depiction of the poor in the works of American playwrights. What are the relevant keywords?
