Library research session for Barnard College First Year English class: Reinventing Literary History, Women & Culture. Professor Keridiana Chez, librarian Jenna Freedman.
7. CLIO - catalog
•books, e-books, serials, media materials, microforms, etc.
• Truncation &
• Send to phone
•Literary: add the word < criticism > to your author/title, e.g., <
"wuthering heights" criticism >
•Historical: indicate dates or era and add a secondary interest to
narrow the field <england AND (19th
OR nineteenth) AND wom*n
>
•Theoretical: < psych* > or < horney* theor* >
9. 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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Image from ManageWP blog post by Tom Ewer
10. 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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Image from Wikimedia Commons
Joseon Chest
11. 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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Cover from editor's webpage.
12. 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.
13. review
What did you find?
Is it worth using?
•Relevance
•Authority
•Time
•Scope
•Audience
Not writing your paper and adding quotes after.
Read primary source.
Think about what you want to say.
Find read what has been written and synthesize.
Discourse analysis
Texts create meaning, as does your interpretation
Solicit tropes?
The gypsy in Wuthering Heights
Filial duty in Lady Hyegyong
Contagion, the other
How a book engages, challenges, enforces existing concepts
Quicksearch
Aggregation
Google vs. amazon vs. zappos vs. mooshoes
Subscription databases are NOT the same as websites. Some non-sub databases, too, as those provided by libraries and other academic institutions.
They know what&apos;s in each item (that CLIO only knows we have). Connected with e-link.
Listings by genre/format
A to Z, vs. subject lists
