English Research

Shakespeare@MDoyleLibrary

Mrs. Gallipeau, Librarian

2014

In This PresentationStarting Your Research

• Key Word Search Terms• Widening/Narrowing

Best Resources For Your Topic• Books, Encyclopedias, ebooks,

databasesCiting Your Sources

• Generating Citations• Recording Citations

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Starting Your Research – Key WordsGeneral TermsShakespeareHamletElizabethanDenmarkTheatrePlays

Specific Terms• “Shakespeare’s life”• “Elizabethan Period”• “Intellectual and

Religious Life 1500’s to 1600’s”

• “social classes 1500’s to 1600’s”

• “Globe Theatre”• “Elizabethan Theatre”• “Literary Terms”• “types of Shakespearean

plays”• “in Shakespeare’s time”• “Denmark in

Shakespeare's hamlet”

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Best Resources For the TopicStart withLIBRARY CATALOGUE

◦Non-fiction books◦Reference books

ONLINE INFORMATION ◦eBooks

• GALE DATABASES• Literature Resource Center-LRC • Academic OneFile

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E-Z Find Secondary Resources

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Library CatalogueCall Number and Subject

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Boolean Operators

Widening & Narrowing Your ResultsUse “Quotes” for multiple word

terms• “Romeo and Juliet”

AND - results must include both terms• “hamlet AND criticism”

OR – results can be either term “Shakespeare*” OR “Elizabethan”

NOT – results will not include 2nd term“Shakespearean” NOT “Elizabethan”

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Resources We Will Look At• GENERAL INFORMATION

• Britannica School

• Gale Virtual Reference Library

• GALE DATABASES• Literature Resource Center-LRC

• Academic OneFile

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Britannica School – High School◦Search term – “Shakespeare”

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GENERAL INFORMATION

Britannica School – High School◦Search term – Shakespeare AND

Hamlet

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Gale Virtual Reference Library

• Search term – Hamlet

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Literature Resource – Search

Author Search –“Shakespeare”

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Literature Resource – Search

Literary – Historical Timeline

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Gale Academic One File – SearchSearch term –“anxiety disorders”

Select full text

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Gale Academic One File - Search Results - Articles

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Gale Academic One File – Full TextCitation Tools for articles

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Database Citation ToolsClick on Citation Tools

◦Click on the APA 6th Edition tab◦Take a copy of the citation

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APA Style Using OSLIS

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Step by step instructions available at http://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources/step-by-step-instructions

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OSLIS http://secondary.oslis.org/cite-sources/apa-

citation

Confirm OSLIS is set to APA Citation

Click your Source Type from the source headings on the right:◦Online – databases listed on EZ Find◦Print – books, encyclopedia,

reference◦Internet – web page, online journal◦Other – interview, music, video

Fill in the online formTake a copy of your citation

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Questions About?Key Word Search TermsBest Resources For the TopicCiting Your Sources

If you need help, please see Mrs. Gallipeau in the library at the

Circulation Desk

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