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LIBRARY. Library Orientation for ENGL 340. November 22, 2018 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca. Workshop Outline. Finding background/biographical info Literature Resource Center (LRC) Oxford Reference Online Premium Literature Online (LION)
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LIBRARY Library Orientation for ENGL 340 November 22, 2018 Vince Graziano English Librarian vince.graziano@concordia.ca
Workshop Outline • Finding background/biographical info • Literature Resource Center (LRC) • Oxford Reference Online Premium • Literature Online (LION) • Finding books and more • Library Catalogue (CLUES) • Finding articles • MLA International Bibliography (MLAIB) • ABELL • Literature Criticism Online • Finding poetry recordings • Literature Online (LION) • Library Catalogue (CLUES)
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) • Cambridge University Press e-books (1995-2007) • Project MUSE Ebooks (university presses) • Cambridge Companions Complete Collection (ongoing) • SpringerLink (2010-) • ACLS Humanities E-books • Canadian Publishers Collection • EBSCO E-books • Many other electronic books
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
Search Operators • AND Eliot AND drama • OR drama OR plays • “ ” “Waste Land” • * feminis* • ( ) (woolf OR bloomsbury) AND (feminis* OR women)
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
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
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 Log into menu on the Library website • Help • Tutorials on Library website
Help is Available • At the Ask Us Desk • Library website • Literatures in English Subject 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