An overview of library resources and search strategies.

1. LITR 5132:
Lit Theory
Library Session

2. Session
Objectives
• Library Resources
• Search Strategies
• Articles in Databases
• Library Guide
• OneSearch

3. Why use a
library when I
have Google?

4. Library Resources

7. What is a journal article?
What is a library database?

8. Characteristics
of a Scholarly
Article:
Audience -
Researchers, Academic Faculty, Students
Author(s) -
An expert in the field or on the topic; the author's
name is always noted
Language -
Technical or elevated language
Organization -
Very structured; often include an abstract,
literature review, etc.
Length -
Usually rather lengthy, 10-30 pages
References -
Always contain cited sources and a bibliography
or Works Cited page

9. Search
Strategies

11. fear in Edgar Allen Poe Stories
Concept 2 Concept 1

12. Concept 1
Concept 2

13. fear
Edgar Allan Poe

14. fear
Edgar Allan Poe
AND
Edgar
Allan
Poe
fear

15. fear
Edgar Allan Poe
Mary Shelley
OR
AND
AND fear
EAP
fear
MS
fear
AND AND

16. fear
Edgar Allan Poe
NOT
Edgar
Allan
Poe
fear

17. OR
OR
OR
fear
Edgar Allan Poe
dread
fear
Edgar Allan Poe
obesession
terro
r
Add synonyms
Add additional
terms

18. Boolean
Operators AND
OR
• Join different
concepts
• Helps to narrow,
with FEWER search
results
• Join similar concepts
or synonyms
• Helps broaden, with
MORE search results

19. Wildcards (*) broaden
fem* retrieves:
female, feminine,
feminist
sex* retrieves:
sexuality, sexism
gender* retrieves:
gender, genders

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