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Library Research for First Year English: Legacy of the Mediterranean Professor Lynn Fall 2011

Library Research for First Year English: Legacy of the Mediterranean Professor Lynn Fall 2011 Librarian Jenna Freedman. http:// library.barnard.edu This is the portal to all knowledge. Or, if you insist, Library Web http:// library.columbia.edu. we can help you.

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Library Research for First Year English: Legacy of the Mediterranean Professor Lynn Fall 2011

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  1. Library Research for First Year English: Legacy of the Mediterranean Professor Lynn Fall 2011 Librarian Jenna Freedman

  2. http://library.barnard.edu This is the portal to all knowledge. Or, if you insist, Library Web http://library.columbia.edu

  3. we can help you http://library.barnard.edu/contact • Visit the research desk • IMBarnardReference: AOL, Google, Yahoo • Call 212.854.3953 • Text 386.227.6273 (386.BARNARD) • E-mailrefdesk@barnard.edu

  4. CLIO- books, e-books, serials (not articles), media materials, microforms, etc. search for a KNOWN item • Book or journal title (not the article or chapter title) • Send to phone The Wife of Bath, Christine de Pizan, and the Medieval Case for Women. S. H. Rigby The Chaucer Review, Volume 35, Number 2, 2000, pp. 133-165

  5. Keyword Words that appear in any part of the record (author, title, publisher, etc.) Fun with search results: Sorting Quick limits Subject Subject headings list Subdivisions More fun with search results: Downloading options Views: basic & full search for an unknown item

  6. advanced search concepts • Boolean logic, operators • Controlled Vocabulary, descriptors, subject headings • Limits • Proximity, near, with, phrase • Truncation, wild cards

  7. databases - primarily articles, but also e-books, dissertations, statistics and other materials Explore: Help Truncation/wildcard symbols Phrase searching, near, with Advanced search and Boolean options Controlled vocabulary Different types of searches (e.g. citations, full text, keywords) Limits

  8. Choose a database • Find Articles • Gender Studies • Literature Criticism Online • ProQuest

  9. Sample searches • Search terms to mix and match: Feminis* AND “wife of bath” • What are the search options? E.g., keyword, text, title, etc.? • What truncation and wild card symbols does your database use, if any? • Can you eliminate book reviews? • Can you select articles and export/print/email them? • Can you use eLink to get to full text from a citation/abstract only article? • Any other features you like?

  10. etc. • Other library catalogs (JTS, Law, TC, and other institutions) • First Year English research guide • Evaluating resources: authority, scope, and audience. • Style Guides • RefWorks guide

  11. some call numbers Bible: BS Chaucer: PR1851-1951 Christianity, renaissance period: BR280 Dante: PQ4300-4456 De Sade: PQ2063 Euripides: PA3973‑3992 Europe, history: D900-2009 Feminism: HQ1101-2030.7 Film: PN1993-1999 García Marquez: PQ8180.17 Golden rule (religious ethics): BJ1188-1295 Great Britain, history, early & medieval: DA129-260 Italy, history, fascism: DG571-572

  12. some more call numbers Italy, history, renaissance: DG530-537.8 Literature, Spanish America: PQ7081-8560 Marriage: HQ801-1058.5 Motion pictures: PN1993-1999 Psychoanalysis: BF173-175.5 Rome, history to 476: DG61-69 Sex role: HQ1075-1075.5 Sexuality: HQ19-30.7 Shakespeare, King Lear: PR2819 Spain, history, 16th & 17th centuries: DP161.5-189 Theatre, stage & accessories: PN2085-2091 Virgil: PA6801-6961 Wife of Bath’s Tale: PR1868.W7

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