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Friday, August 29, 2014 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia

LIBRARIES. Library Research Seminar: Introduction to Library Resources and Services for English Graduate Students. Friday, August 29, 2014 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca. Workshop Outline. Overview of library services Structure of information

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Friday, August 29, 2014 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia

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  1. LIBRARIES Library Research Seminar: Introduction to Library Resources and Services for English Graduate Students Friday, August 29, 2014 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca

  2. Workshop Outline • Overview of library services • Structure of information • Finding background/biographical info • Finding books and more • Finding journal articles • Finding primary sources • Finding theses and dissertations

  3. Overview of Library Services • Interlibrary Loans – COLOMBO • Click on Create Request (if necessary) • Library PIN required • Article Delivery (2 working days) • Via an online form, articles from our printed/microform collection will be scanned into PDF and delivered via e-mail • Login with Concordia NetName • BCI card (formerly CREPUQ) • Request at Circulation Desk • Graduate Study Carrels • Webster 4th floor • Request at Circulation Desk

  4. Structure of Information • Variety of formats for literary scholarship: • Monographs (books) • Essays/chapters in edited books • Journal articles • Magazines • Newspapers • Dissertations/theses • Reference sources • Conference proceedings • Websites • Peer-reviewed journals vs. popular magazines • MLA Directory of Periodicals • Ulrichsweb

  5. Types of Sources • Primary sources: • Original materials • literary works of authors and their diaries, correspondence, criticism etc. • material written as close to the event as possible • Secondary sources: • describe, analyze, interpret, or review primary sources • Tertiary sources: • provide overviews, summaries or explanations of topics by synthesizing information gathered usually from secondary sources • Ex: dictionaries, encyclopedias, and other reference sources

  6. Electronic Journals • Collections with substantial humanities content: • Project MUSE (Recent issues) • JSTOR (Older issues) • Oxford Journals (recent and archive) • Literature Online (LION) • Literature Resource Center • Taylor & Francis (Routledge) • Academic Search Complete (EBSCO) • British Periodicals I and II (1681-1920) • American Periodicals (1741-1940) • Periodicals Archive Online (1802-2000) • Many other electronic journal collections

  7. Electronic Books • Collections with substantial humanities content: • Literature Online (LION) • Early English Books Online (EEBO) – 1473-1700 • Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) • Nineteenth Century Collections Online (NCCO) • Early Canadiana Online (until c. 1925) • Oxford Scholarship Online (recent and ongoing) • Cambridge University Press e-books (1995-2007) • Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses) • Cambridge Companions Complete Collection (ongoing) • Palgrave Macmillan (2010-) • ACLS Humanities E-books • Canadian Publishers Collection • EBSCO E-books • Many other electronic books

  8. Search Operators • AND shakespeare AND theatre • OR drama OR plays • NOT literature NOT drama • “ ” “troilus AND cressida” • * feminis* • ( ) (masculin* OR men) AND shakespeare

  9. Subject Searching • Thesaurus • List of terms used in a database • Subject Headings in CLUES • Created by the Library of Congress • Subjects include: • People • Characters • Titles of literary works • Topical subject headings

  10. To Find the Full Text • Use the feature • Search CLUES • Perform a Journal Title search • Check other Montreal libraries • Use your BCI card • Request an Interlibrary Loan (COLOMBO) • Online form • Allow 1 to 2 weeks for delivery of books • Allow 2 to 4 days for delivery of articles by email

  11. Article Delivery Service • Articles from print or microform periodicals can be scanned and sent to you as a PDF attachment via e-mail • Delivery Time • 2 working days • Online form: • Under Quick Links on Library website • At the bottom of a CLUES page • Login with MyConcordia Netname

  12. RefWorks • RefWorks is a Web-based tool that: • Facilitates organization of references • Is accessible from any Internet connection • Simplifies the process of preparing bibliographies • Access RefWorks through the Quick Links menu on the Library website • Help • Tutorials on Library website

  13. Help is Available • At the Reference Desk • Library website • Literatures in English Research Guide • Ask a Librarian • E-mail form • Chat with a Librarian • Ask Vince: • 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 • vince.graziano@concordia.ca • Office hours: by appointment

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