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Library Info SkillsLibrary Info Skills

Michelle Ward, September 2006Okanagan College Penticton, Library

www.okanagan.bc.ca/library

Getting Started !

• Defining your topic, approach

• Identifying keywords

Margaret Laurence Stone Angel

William Shakespeare Hamlet

… Next step! Library WebsiteLibrary Websitewww.okanagan.bc.ca/library

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OC Webpage

Library Webpage

Voyager main page

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Keyword Relevance Keyword Relevance SearchSearch

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• Critical material on an author of a literary work! author’s family name first! look for handy sub-headings, to aspects such as biography, characters, criticism, outlines, title of specific work

• Discussion of literary genres, periods, themesWomen novelists, Canadian - 20th centuryTheater – England – History – 16th , 17th centuryTragedy

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LocationsLocations & StatusStatus:

! watch for• Penticton Circulating• Multiple locations• Reference• Reserve Desk

Something Special …

Reference sets for Literature

Use Gale Literary Index [online]

Dictionary of Literary Biography [online]

Gale Literary Criticism reference sets [online & print]

Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref PN771.C59Shakespearean Criticism Ref PR2965.S43Shakespeare for Students Ref PR2987.S47

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Reference sets for Literature

Search in Article Databases for Humanities

Reference sets for Literature

Gale Literary Index

Reference sets for Literature

On Reference Shelves in the Library

Need more …

Back to Library WebsiteLibrary Website !

www.okanagan.bc.ca/library Find ArticlesFind Articles

Humanities Online Resources Gale Literary databases Academic Search Premier CBCA Full-Text Reference MLA International Bibliography Humanities Index …

! try out all those keywords, try different combinations! watch for full-text full-text and Where can I get this … ? Where can I get this … ?

Acknowledge & Cite !

Keep Records of your Sources … References

AuthorsBook & chapter Titles, Video TitlesPublishers/Producers, Place & Date of PublicationArticle titles, newspaper/magazine/journal titlesVolume, Issue & Page numbers

Plus for internet sites Retrieval datesLibrary Database namesWebsite urlsWebsite titles, authoring responsibilities

Acknowledge & Cite !

MLA StyleMLA Style

Style Guides

MLA Style

Book

Peck, John and Martin Coyle. How to Study a Shakespeare Play. 2nd ed. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave, 1995.

Chapter in a Book

Bertz, Doug. “Some Notes on the Stone Angel.” Challenging Territory: the Writing of Margaret Laurence. Ed. Christian Riegel. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1997. 170-178.

MLA Style

Journal ArticleWoodcock, George. “Many Solitudes: The Travel Writings of Margaret Laurence.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'etudes canadiennes 13.3 (1978): 3-12.

When Article is retrieved from a Library DatabaseAdd : name of Library database accessed and the online subscription service, name of Library, city where Library is located and date retrieved

Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select. Gale. Okanagan College Lib,, Penticton. 27 Sept. 2006.

Info Skills Replay !

listing Keywords

searching Library Catalogue

checking Reference books (print/online)

finding Articles on databases

recording References

using MLA style

Need help ?

Ask Us !Ask Us ! Come to Library Reference Desk

Librarians – Anne Cossentine, Michelle Ward

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