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

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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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MLA•(Zotero)

•eLink

•limits

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? >

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•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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