9 library essentials
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Library
Essentials
Olivia Else|Academic Liaison Librarian for English
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sse t a s
Our Libraries
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Reference works
Library catalogues
Dissertations and theses
Government Publications
Law resources
E-journals
E-books
Newspapers
Microform collections
Short title catalogues
Texts & documents
Bibliographies
Film resources
Resources at York
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YorSearch
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Locate books, journals and
other resources in the library.
Find out if items are availableor on loan.
Link to electronic resources.
Access My Library Account.
Is available worldwide via theweb at:
http://yorsearch.york.ac.uk
YorSearch Library Catalogue
Finding items in the Library
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www.york.ac.uk
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Citation of a journal article:Carusi, Annamaria. (1997).
Authors and moral responsibility: the
case of Jane Austen.
Journal of Literary Studies13, no. 3-4,
(December 1997): 303-316.
To search for a journal using
YorSearch enter the journal
title into the LibraryCataloguesearch box e.g.
journal of literary studies
YorSearch: searching for journals
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Borrowing
Video guide to Flexible Loans
You can borrow items from the Library using the self-issue
machine. To do this youll need to bring your University Cardto the Library.
Items in the Ordinary collection are loaned on a four week
basis and can be renewed as many times as you like as long
as not one else requests them.
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The Key Text
collections containinformation resources
that are in high
demand. Items inthese collections can
be borrowed for up to
4 hours at a time.
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Subject Guides
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Electronic
ResourcesGuide
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British & American titles
17th
-21st
century
Daily Mirror, Financial Times,
Guardian, Observer, Times,
Illustrated London News, Irish
Times, Times of India
British Newspapers 1600-1950
Search features:
Search or browse issue
Limit by publication title
Limit by section of
newspaper
Choose PDF option to
print
Newspapers
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Explore the resources on the English & Related Literature Subject
Guide and the E-Resources Guide:
http://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/english
http://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/e-resources
Work individually or in groups.
Time to Practice:
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Searching
Strategically
Pl i lit t h
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1. Think about your research topic as a question or
series of questions.
2. What are the parameters: purpose, timescale,
breadth, etc. of your project?
3. Identify the keywordsor phrase(s) to create a searchstrategy.
4. Identify the best sources of informationincluding
databases and primary/secondary materials.5. Conduct your search.
Planning a literature search
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Describe the role of
women in Shakespeares
A Midsummer Nights Dream
D l i h 1
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Think of synonyms, related terms, orvariant spellings:
womenfemale*- ladies - fairynymph*spriteHelenaHermia - Titania
Shakespeareplaywright* - dramatistauthor - writer
Use quotation marks to search forphrases:
Midsummer Nights Dream
Truncation and Wildcards to deal
with plurals - other words with thesame stem:
symbol* would find symbol, symbols,symbolic, symbolism
wom?n would find woman or women
Developing a search strategy - 1
Edward Robert Hughes, Midsummer Eve
D l i h t t 2
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Use:
ANDto combinethe differentelements of your search:
Shakespeareand women
Thisnarrows down the results
ORto find alternativeterms:
fairy or nymphor sprite
Thisexpands the results
Developing a search strategy - 2
Arthur Rackham, Act 1, Scene 1 of a Midsummer Nights Dream
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Google
Scholar
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http://wallpapers5.com/wallpaper/Tip-of-the-Iceberg/
Googlesearches here
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http://wallpapers5.com/wallpaper/Tip-of-the-Iceberg/
The DEEP web
Intranets (internal internet sites)
Academic databases
Unlinked sites which haventtold Google they exist, or have
asked to remain unlisted
Basically, anything that needs a
password
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Avoid the filter bubble
Sign out of Google when you search
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What is a database?
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A database lists the academicwritings within a specific field
You can search by keyword ortopic
The results include bibliographicinformation (author, title,publication info.) and an abstract
You can search within a particulartitle or across the host service.
Accessible via the English Subject
Guide and the E-resources guide. Databases may list material not
held by the Library
What is a database?
Bibliographic and full text databases
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Subject Specific:
English: LION (includes ABELL)
Humanities:British Humanities Index
MLA Bibliography
JSTOR
Project Muse
EEBO
Interdisciplinary:
Web of Science
Which database should I search?
Bibliographic and full-text databases
h // h k k
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Try searching a database/resource that youhavent used before :
ABELL
LION
British Humanities Index
MLA Bibliography Web of Science
EEBO
(Go to the e-resources guide and search bysubject for English resources)
Think about how to search strategically: findalternate terms, apply wild cards & truncation
Be flexible and tweak your search strategydepending on the database and your initial setof results
Your turn
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Getting the
Full Text
Inter-library loans
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Inter-library loans
You can order books and articles from
other libraries via YorSearch. This costs2 per request.
Follow the Interlending link from
YorSearch to make a request.
For more information see:
http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borrowing/interlending/
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Access to other libraries:
The British Library at Boston
Spa (free mini-bus alternate
Wed/Fri)- sign up for a reader
pass online
SCONUL scheme allows access
to over 170 UK university
libraries
(http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/)
Getting the full-text
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Approach
Take a Scholarly
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Evaluation Criteria
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Evaluation Criteria
Authority
Audience
Purpose
Quality
Content
Currency
Accuracy
Suitability
Sources
Be Organised!
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Be Organised!
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Make the best use of technology
You will need to keep a record of theuseful materials you find.
The earlier you start doing this
the more time you will saveyourself later.
Useful Apps
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Useful Apps
Note taking apps
Cross-platform note taking apps allow
you to store information and access itfrom your desktop, smartphone, andother mobile devices.
Useful Apps
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Useful Apps
Reference management software
Reference management software enable
you to build a searchable database ofyour references.
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Getting
Help
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Help Deskin the Morrell
IT Support Officein the Fairhurst
General Library Queries - [email protected]
Olivia [email protected]
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Pleasefill in a feedback form@: English Subject Guide /
Information Skills / Library
Training
Title of session: English MA
Tutor: Olivia Else
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