Southest Asian literatures in English

1. Research for EN3269 Ruby Seng Humanities Resource Librarian (ELL) [email_address]

4.  Information Sources & The Research Process Keywords, Synonyms & Related Words Advanced Searching Techniques & Search Statements LINC+ vs. LINC Databases Recap, Troubleshooting, Evaluating Info Sources Recommending New Books, Endnote, Getting Help

6. Information Sources Source Useful for How to Access Books Overview of topics LINC+, LINC Journal articles & conference papers In-depth treatment of topics, usually current and scholarly Databases, e-journals (Most databases do not have full-text articles. Remember to check whether the library has those journals and conference papers, using LINC+ or LINC) Newspapers Recent events, anecdotes, book reviews, interviews, biographical information, “data” Factiva, LexisNexis, microfilms Theses & dissertations Students’ exploration of topics LINC+, LINC, Proquest Dissertations & Theses

9. The Research Process Identify main keywords List synonyms, related words & variant spellings Create search statement Search for sources using LINC+/LINC & databases Get more sources by checking references Are there enough ? Evaluate quality, currency, relevance, etc. yes no Complete your assignment Topic Re-search

10. Information Sources & The Research Process  Keywords, Synonyms & Related Words Advanced Searching Techniques & Search Statements LINC+ vs. LINC Databases Recap, Troubleshooting, Evaluating Info Sources Recommending New Books, Endnote, Getting Help

12. 2: List Synonyms & Related Words gender writing Southeast Asia literature OR fiction OR novel OR short story OR play OR poetry… Singapore OR Malaysia OR Philippines OR Thailand… sex OR feminity OR masculinity OR stereotypes… exercise

13. 2: List Synonyms & Related Words broader related words

14. Information Sources & The Research Process Keywords, Synonyms & Related Words  Advanced Searching Techniques & Search Statements LINC+ vs. LINC Databases Recap, Troubleshooting, Evaluating Info Sources Recommending New Books, Endnote, Getting Help

15. Advanced Searching: Boolean Operators AND : both terms must be present OR : either terms may be present cats dogs NOT : following term must not be present caution! cats dogs cats dogs

19. Quantity & Quality “ love and vertigo ” love AND vertigo love OR vertigo use AND to refine your search use OR to expand your search use “ ” to search exact phrase increase precision 79 13302 9,323,096

21. Information Sources & The Research Process Keywords, Synonyms & Related Words Advanced Searching Techniques & Search Statements  LINC+ vs. LINC Databases Recap, Troubleshooting, Evaluating Info Sources Recommending New Books, Endnote, Getting Help

24.  Break

28. Demo search author

31. biographical information

32. search criticism & reference

33. author/subject(s) search: Aw, Tash

34. 5 results click on record

35. getting the full-text article

36. getting the full-text article

37. getting the full-text article

38. getting the full-text article

40. gender OR sex* OR femini* OR mascul* OR stereotyp*) AND (southeast asia OR singapore OR malaysia OR philippines) AND (writing OR literature OR fiction OR novel OR short stor* OR poe*) use keyword search Hands-on

41. sort by relevance format refine results

42. print, email, or download citation

44. DB #3: Factiva go to Search > Search builder Hands-on

45. Hands-on author’s name or search statement source: search by newspaper title or browse choose date

46. sort by relevance select article heading after marking records: view in one page, email, print, or save click to mark record

47. Here’s the article email, print, or save article

49. Demo

50. ethnic* OR race AND malaysia AND writing OR literature OR novel OR short story OR poem basic index Demo

51. Demo select one record

52. Here’s the citation Demo

55. search “scorpion orchid” (phrase search) limit search if necessary

56. select record sort by relevance

57. Here’s the full-text download PDF

58. Information Sources & The Research Process Keywords, Synonyms & Related Words Advanced Searching Techniques & Search Statements LINC+ vs. LINC Databases  Recap, Troubleshooting, Evaluating Info Sources Recommending New Books, Endnote, Getting Help

62. Information Sources & The Research Process Keywords, Synonyms & Related Words Advanced Searching Techniques & Search Statements LINC+ vs. LINC Databases Recap, Troubleshooting, Evaluating Info Sources  Recommending New Books, Endnote, Getting Help

65. Getting Help Phone 6516-2029/30 Email [email_address] (ELL queries) askalib@nus.edu.sg (general queries) Walk in information desk (CL, level 5) Guides Library Instruction ONline (LION) Subject Guide