9 Library Essentials

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Library

Essentials

Olivia Else|Academic Liaison Librarian for English


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sse t a s

Our Libraries


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Reference works

Library catalogues

Dissertations and theses

Government Publications

Law resources

E-journals

E-books

Newspapers

Microform collections

Short title catalogues

Texts & documents

Bibliographies

Film resources

Resources at York


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YorSearch


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Locate books, journals and

other resources in the library.

Find out if items are availableor on loan.

Link to electronic resources.

Access My Library Account.

Is available worldwide via theweb at:

http://yorsearch.york.ac.uk

YorSearch Library Catalogue

Finding items in the Library


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www.york.ac.uk
http://www.york.ac.uk/library/


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www.york.ac.uk/students/


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Citation of a journal article:Carusi, Annamaria. (1997).

Authors and moral responsibility: the

case of Jane Austen.

Journal of Literary Studies13, no. 3-4,

(December 1997): 303-316.

To search for a journal using

YorSearch enter the journal

title into the LibraryCataloguesearch box e.g.

journal of literary studies

YorSearch: searching for journals


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Borrowing

Video guide to Flexible Loans

You can borrow items from the Library using the self-issue

machine. To do this youll need to bring your University Cardto the Library.

Items in the Ordinary collection are loaned on a four week

basis and can be renewed as many times as you like as long

as not one else requests them.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGRu2iPCFVQhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGRu2iPCFVQ


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The Key Text

collections containinformation resources

that are in high

demand. Items inthese collections can

be borrowed for up to

4 hours at a time.


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Subject Guides


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Electronic

ResourcesGuide


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British & American titles

17th

-21st

century

Daily Mirror, Financial Times,

Guardian, Observer, Times,

Illustrated London News, Irish

Times, Times of India

British Newspapers 1600-1950

Search features:

Search or browse issue

Limit by publication title

Limit by section of

newspaper

Choose PDF option to

print

Newspapers


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Explore the resources on the English & Related Literature Subject

Guide and the E-Resources Guide:

http://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/english

http://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/e-resources

Work individually or in groups.

Time to Practice:
http://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/englishhttp://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/e-resourceshttp://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/e-resourceshttp://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/e-resourceshttp://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/e-resourceshttp://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/e-resourceshttp://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/englishhttp://subjectguides.york.ac.uk/english


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Searching

Strategically

Pl i lit t h


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1. Think about your research topic as a question or

series of questions.

2. What are the parameters: purpose, timescale,

breadth, etc. of your project?

3. Identify the keywordsor phrase(s) to create a searchstrategy.

4. Identify the best sources of informationincluding

databases and primary/secondary materials.5. Conduct your search.

Planning a literature search


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Describe the role of

women in Shakespeares

A Midsummer Nights Dream

D l i h 1


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Think of synonyms, related terms, orvariant spellings:

womenfemale*- ladies - fairynymph*spriteHelenaHermia - Titania

Shakespeareplaywright* - dramatistauthor - writer

Use quotation marks to search forphrases:

Midsummer Nights Dream

Truncation and Wildcards to deal

with plurals - other words with thesame stem:

symbol* would find symbol, symbols,symbolic, symbolism

wom?n would find woman or women

Developing a search strategy - 1

Edward Robert Hughes, Midsummer Eve

D l i h t t 2


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Use:

ANDto combinethe differentelements of your search:

Shakespeareand women

Thisnarrows down the results

ORto find alternativeterms:

fairy or nymphor sprite

Thisexpands the results

Developing a search strategy - 2

Arthur Rackham, Act 1, Scene 1 of a Midsummer Nights Dream


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Google

Scholar


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http://wallpapers5.com/wallpaper/Tip-of-the-Iceberg/

Googlesearches here


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http://wallpapers5.com/wallpaper/Tip-of-the-Iceberg/

The DEEP web

Intranets (internal internet sites)

Academic databases

Unlinked sites which haventtold Google they exist, or have

asked to remain unlisted

Basically, anything that needs a

password


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Avoid the filter bubble

Sign out of Google when you search


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What is a database?


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A database lists the academicwritings within a specific field

You can search by keyword ortopic

The results include bibliographicinformation (author, title,publication info.) and an abstract

You can search within a particulartitle or across the host service.

Accessible via the English Subject

Guide and the E-resources guide. Databases may list material not

held by the Library

What is a database?

Bibliographic and full text databases


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Subject Specific:

English: LION (includes ABELL)

Humanities:British Humanities Index

MLA Bibliography

JSTOR

Project Muse

EEBO

Interdisciplinary:

Web of Science

Which database should I search?

Bibliographic and full-text databases

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Try searching a database/resource that youhavent used before :

ABELL

LION

British Humanities Index

MLA Bibliography Web of Science

EEBO

(Go to the e-resources guide and search bysubject for English resources)

Think about how to search strategically: findalternate terms, apply wild cards & truncation

Be flexible and tweak your search strategydepending on the database and your initial setof results

Your turn


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Getting the

Full Text

Inter-library loans


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Inter-library loans

You can order books and articles from

other libraries via YorSearch. This costs2 per request.

Follow the Interlending link from

YorSearch to make a request.

For more information see:

http://www.york.ac.uk/library/borrowing/interlending/


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Access to other libraries:

The British Library at Boston

Spa (free mini-bus alternate

Wed/Fri)- sign up for a reader

pass online

SCONUL scheme allows access

to over 170 UK university

libraries

(http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/)

Getting the full-text
http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/http://www.york.ac.uk/library/other-libraries/sconul/


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Approach

Take a Scholarly


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Evaluation Criteria


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Evaluation Criteria

Authority

Audience

Purpose

Quality

Content

Currency

Accuracy

Suitability

Sources

Be Organised!


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Be Organised!


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Make the best use of technology

You will need to keep a record of theuseful materials you find.

The earlier you start doing this

the more time you will saveyourself later.

Useful Apps


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Useful Apps

Note taking apps

Cross-platform note taking apps allow

you to store information and access itfrom your desktop, smartphone, andother mobile devices.

Useful Apps


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Useful Apps

Reference management software

Reference management software enable

you to build a searchable database ofyour references.


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Getting

Help


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Help Deskin the Morrell

IT Support Officein the Fairhurst

General Library Queries - [email protected]

Olivia [email protected]


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Pleasefill in a feedback form@: English Subject Guide /

Information Skills / Library

Training

Title of session: English MA

Tutor: Olivia Else


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