Reinventing Literary History: The Americas

Library Research for First Year English:

The AmericasSpring 2014

Professor Amanda SpringsLibrarian Jenna Freedman

library.barnard.edu

portal to all knowledge.

resources specifically for YOUhttp://library.barnard.edu/find-books/guides/ENGL/ENGLX1201001

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research

the conversation among scholars

recontextualize & reframe

•Literary/critical•Historical•Theoretical

articles

• articles• e-books• dissertations• statistics • other materials

catalog

• books, e-books, serials,

media materials,

microforms, etc.• Truncation &

• Send to phone

Zotero

•Manages citations•Screen captures•Pdfs•Metadata•Generates bibliographies, most citation styles•Word processing plug-in•Sync •Groups

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 (19th or nineteenth century)

– Geographical (england)– Topical term (wom*)

•Do not include text title or author

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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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read

stacks

Use CLIO (catalog) to find the call number for a book that interests you and find it in the stacks•A-M 3rd floor•N-Z 2nd floor

lab

Conduct articles searches, using Find Articles, or one of the individual databases recommended on the guide.

reviewWhat did you find? Is it worth using?•Relevance •Authority•Time•Scope •Audience

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