7. 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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9. Historical
•Include words or phrases
important to historical
context
– date-specific (16th
or
sixteenth century)
– Era-specific (Elizabethan)
– Geographical (England)
•Do not include text title or
author
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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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14. CLIO
•books, e-books, serials, media materials, microforms, etc.
•CLIO vs. CLIO Legacy (the following pertains to CLIO Legacy)
• Truncation is a question mark
• Send to phone
•Literary: add the word < criticism > to your author/title, e.g., <
homeric* demeter criticism >
•Historical: indicate dates or era and add a secondary interest to
narrow the field < "ancient gree?" goddess? >
•Theoretical: < bell hooks theor? > or < feminis? theor? greek?
myth? >
15. read
to the stacks!
•Find the call number for a book that interests
you
•Find it or something like it in the stacks
– A-M 1st
floor
– N-Z 2nd
floor
Not writing your paper and adding quotes after. Read primary source. Think about what you want to say. Find read what else has been written and synthesize.
Literary/critical Historical theoretical
Sophocles antigone ismene
1550-1600 England or britain Fashion* or style Peer reviewed, date published
Feminist theory
Sophocles antigone ismene
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's in each item (that CLIO only knows we have). Connected with e-link. Listings by genre/format A to Z, vs. subject lists Pair searches: choose a text and a type of research if it seems like there's tim Ten minutes for breakouts/twenty for show and tell
CLIO spectrum – all the resources, buggy Pair searches: choose a text and a type of research and try it in CLIO