library research for first year english women & culture class
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first year english: reinventing literary history: women and culture barnard collegeTRANSCRIPT
Library Research for First Year English: Women and Culture
Fall 2013
Professor Yevgeniya TrapsLibrarian Jenna Freedman
library.barnard.eduportal to all knowledge.
resources for First Year Englishlibrary.barnard.edu/find-books/guides/ENGL/ENGLX1201-women-in-culture
library.barnard.edu/contact
library.barnard.edu/personal-librarians
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research
the conversation among scholars
recontextualize & reframe
•Literary/critical•Historical•Theoretical
research
the conversation among scholars
Literary, critical, or close reading •Include name of text or author in search•Add terms to explore an aspect of the text that interests you•E.g., characters, themes, places, etc.
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Historical •Include words or phrases important to historical context
– date-specific (16th or sixteenth century)
– Era-specific (Elizabethan)– Geographical (England)
•Do not include text title or author
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Historical Abstracts
•Historical period•Boolean operators•Truncation *•Limits: date, subject
Theoretical •Include words or phrases related to your theorist or lens
– Select discipline specific databases (e.g., gender studies, philosophy, psychology, etc.)
– Use theorist's name or philosophy in search term in interdisciplinary database
– Consider reference sources•You may or may not include text title or author
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Find Articles •(Zotero)
•eLink
•limits
review
Databases: primarily articles, but also e-books, dissertations, statistics and other materials
CLIO
•books, e-books, serials, media materials, microforms, etc.•CLIO vs. CLIO Legacy (the following pertains to CLIO Legacy)
• Truncation is a question mark• Send to phone
•Literary: add the word < criticism > to your author/title, e.g., < homeric* demeter criticism >•Historical: indicate dates or era and add a secondary interest to narrow the field < "ancient gree?" goddess? >•Theoretical: < bell hooks theor? > or < feminis? theor? greek? myth? >
readto the stacks!
•Find the call number for a book that interests you•Find it or something like it in the stacks
– A-M 1st floor– N-Z 2nd floor
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