This document provides resources for research on women and culture for a first year English course at Barnard College. It lists the library website, contact information for librarians, and databases for finding books, articles, and other materials. Specific databases recommended include CLIO, MLA, Historical Abstracts, and Find Articles. Physical locations in the library for book stacks are also included.

1. Library Research for
First Year English:
Women and Culture
Fall 2013
Professor Elizabeth Auran
Librarian Jenna Freedman

2. library.barnard.edu
portal to all knowledge
resources for First Year English
library.barnard.edu/find-books/guides/ENGL/ENGLX1201-women-in

3. library.barnard.edu/contact
library.barnard.edu/personal-librarians
• IM BarnardReference: AOL, Google,
Yahoo
• Text 386.227.6273 (386.BARNARD)
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4. resources
CLIO QuickSearch
the text | books & other media
articles & book chapters | reference materials
PS: Zotero

5. the text
criticism | characters | historical context
theorists | symbolism | close reading

6. books & other media
CLIO | BorrowDirect
other resource out of scope for FYE

7. hit the stacks
A-M: 2nd
floor
P-Z: 3rd
floor

8. articles via databases
MLA | Historical Abstracts | Find Articles

9. MLA
•Literary criticism
•eLink
•Clues:
• Articles & chapters vs. proceedings &
dissertations
• Your age or younger
• Citations & cited by

10. Historical Abstracts
•Historical period
•Truncation *
•Limits: date, subject, book reviews

11. Find Articles
•Theory
•Facets
•limits

12. reference materials
background | themes | facts

13. feedback form