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Kristen L. Young, MLIS, AHIP Denison University Thursday October 18, 2012

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Assignment Students need to choose one of the authors Montagu Trollope Darwin Dickens Twain D. H. Lawrence Kerouac Naipaul Prepare a bibliography of critical sources on that author that relate to their travel writing Using Academic Search Complete and the CONSORT Catalog, demonstrate to the students how to go about creating such a bibliography.

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http://www.denison.edu/library/ The Library

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Steps to research Define your topic or question Create a search strategy What type of information is needed? Scholarly journal articles, books, magazines, newspapers, websites What keywords/headings will you need in databases? Search the literature & collect sources Evaluate the information Cite the sources

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Creating a search strategy List main topics and alternate terms Initial: Mark Twain, travel, writing Related: Samuel Langhorne Clemens, tourism, explore, vacation, literature, diary. Gender, age, year of publication, language

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Selecting your terms Travel* Travel Travels Traveled Traveling

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Connector Words Connect words with AND Connect words with OR to find articles that include both words to find articles that include either or both of the words TravelWriting Travel AND writing Writing OR Diary WritingDiary

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Bibliography Annotated Critical Bibliographic information Explain the qualifications of the author Scope/purpose of work Any biases? Intended audience, reading level Why it is useful to your topic (evaluation) DESCRIBE a work How the work relates to other works on the specific topic Evaluate the usefulness of a work for a specific audience/situation (others exploring the topic) EVALUATE a work

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Citations MLA Style Chicago Book: Lastname, Firstname. Title of Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium of Publication. Scholarly Database: Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan Nelson. Nature's Rotary Electromotors. Science 29 Apr. 2005: 642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009. Book: Yow, Valerie Raleigh. Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and Social Sciences. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2005. Scholarly Database: Frank, Alison. "The Petroleum War of 1910: Standard Oil, Austria, and the Limits of the Multinational Corporation." American Historical Review 114, no.1 (Feb. 2009): 16-41. doi:10.1086/ahr.114.1.16.

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MLA Style (sample) Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. Clinton on Climate Change. New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009.

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Citation guide! http://www.denison.edu/library/research/citation_guides.html

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The Consort Catalog

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Bibliographic record

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Getting to Academic Search Complete http://www.denison.edu/library/

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Academic Search Complete

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Libraryland: a real session - class Live Students = active participants - groups Questions Website why Journal/database Boolean operators Personal experiences Road blocks Personal opinion Most helpful

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Libraryland: a real session - extras Handout LibGuide Informative information tutorials Jing Additional instruction sessions Office hours

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