ENG 9002: Bibliography & Textual Studies (Fall 2010). Methods & Materials I, Slides. Prepared by Melanie Mills, Librarian, The D.B. Weldon Library, The University of Western Ontario, 17 October 2010.
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ENG 9002: Methods & Materials I
1. Bibliography and Textual Studies ~ Methods & Materials I ~ ENG 9002 ~ Fall 2010 ~ Melanie Mills 19 October 2010
2. ~ Methods & Materials I Agenda Introduction to… ~ Western Libraries ~ The D.B. Weldon Library ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Research Materials, Foundations ~ Feedback for Methods & Materials II ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
3. ~ Western Libraries Supporting you in your role(s) as… ~ Student ~ Teacher ~ Scholar ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
4. ~ Support for Graduate Students Facilities ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
5. ~ Support for Graduate Students Facilities ~ learning zones ~ individual and group study ~ printing, photocopying, scanning ~ computing (sit-down, plug-in or wireless) ~ hours vary by location, check website ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
6. ~ Support for Graduate Students Resources ~ physicalcollection (books, journals, microforms, audio-visual materials, etc). ~ digital collection (e-books, e-journals, databases, dissertations and theses, repositories, etc). ~ 24/7 access to the digital library ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
7. ~ Support for Graduate Students The D.B. Weldon Library ~ Arts & Humanities ~ Information and Media Studies ~ Social Science ~ Special Collections ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
8. ~ Support for Graduate Students Resources (cont’d) ~ Western Libraries Access Code ~ Loan Periods* MA (28 days)PhD (120 days) N.B. All loans renewable (up to three times, online); subject to recall (e-mail alert). ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
9. ~ Support for Graduate Students Services ~ Electronic Document Delivery (ARCC) ~ Interlibrary Loans (RACER) ~ Request a Purchase ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
10. ~ Support for Graduate Students Services ~ Research Help(in-person, chat, e-mail) ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
11. ~ Teaching Support www.lib.uwo.ca/teaching ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
13. ~ One Stop Access www.lib.uwo.ca ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
14. ~ Methods & Materials I Agenda ~ Western Libraries ~ The D.B. Weldon Library ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Research Materials, Foundations ~ Feedback for Methods & Materials II ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
15. ~ Research Methods, A Primer What we will review… ~ Research Process (in brief) ~ Search Strategies (keyword and subject); using appropriate command language, controlled vocabulary and search syntax. ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
16. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ The Research Process ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
17. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Search Strategies (Boolean Logic) AND narrows your search; retrieves items that contain both… e.g. restoration AND criticism OR broadens your search; retrieves items that contain either… e.g. (theater OR theatre) AND NOT narrows your search; retrieves items that contain… e.g. poetry NOT epic ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
18. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Boolean Logic (AND) satire and “American Literature” ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
19. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Boolean Logic (OR) satire or parody ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
20. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Search Strategies (Truncation, Wildcards) ~ Truncation * (asterisk)retrieves all possible endings of a root word… e.g. litera* = literacy, literary, literature, etc. ~ Wildcards ? (question mark) replaces a single character… e.g. wom?n = woman, women, womyn, etc. ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
21. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Search Strategies (Subject Searching) Begin with keyword searching, then move onto searching by LC Subject Heading. For example: Keyword: textual stud*RelatedSubjects: Criticism – Textual Bibliography – MethodologyDiscourse analysis ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
22. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Search Strategies (Field Searching) Allows you to limit your search to a particular field in an item record. For example: A: (Author) e.g. (a:Twain or a:Clemens) T: (Title) e.g. t:bibliography and Milton S: (Subject) e.g. s:"South Asia*" and t:diaspor* N: (Note) e.g. Shakespeare and n:folio* and n:”British Library” ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
23. ~ Research Methods, A Primer ~ Let’s try a few live searches… The Shared Libraries Catalogue(http://alpha.lib.uwo.ca) Browse by Program(http://www.lib.uwo.ca/programs) Databases by Title(http://www.lib.uwo.ca/dbt/) ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
24. ~ Research Materials, Foundations Browse by Program > Arts and Humanities > English ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
25. ~ Methods & Materials II Next Week: ~ Advanced Research Methods ~ Research Materials (cont’d) ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
26. ~ Feedback ~ Please share your feedback regarding today’s session, and provide your input to help influence the content and design of next week’s session: Methods & Materials II. Survey Monkey:http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/ENG9002-MMI ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
27. ~ See you next week! Melanie Mills Assistant Librarian, English & Philosophy The D.B. Weldon Library melanie.mills@uwo.ca ~ Office Hours: Wednesdays (2 - 4 PM) University College, Room 171 ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library
