Kristen L. Young, MLIS, AHIP Denison University Thursday
October 18, 2012
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Assignment Students need to choose one of the authors Montagu
Trollope Darwin Dickens Twain D. H. Lawrence Kerouac Naipaul
Prepare a bibliography of critical sources on that author that
relate to their travel writing Using Academic Search Complete and
the CONSORT Catalog, demonstrate to the students how to go about
creating such a bibliography.
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http://www.denison.edu/library/ The Library
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Steps to research Define your topic or question Create a search
strategy What type of information is needed? Scholarly journal
articles, books, magazines, newspapers, websites What
keywords/headings will you need in databases? Search the literature
& collect sources Evaluate the information Cite the
sources
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Creating a search strategy List main topics and alternate terms
Initial: Mark Twain, travel, writing Related: Samuel Langhorne
Clemens, tourism, explore, vacation, literature, diary. Gender,
age, year of publication, language
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Selecting your terms Travel* Travel Travels Traveled
Traveling
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Connector Words Connect words with AND Connect words with OR to
find articles that include both words to find articles that include
either or both of the words TravelWriting Travel AND writing
Writing OR Diary WritingDiary
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Bibliography Annotated Critical Bibliographic information
Explain the qualifications of the author Scope/purpose of work Any
biases? Intended audience, reading level Why it is useful to your
topic (evaluation) DESCRIBE a work How the work relates to other
works on the specific topic Evaluate the usefulness of a work for a
specific audience/situation (others exploring the topic) EVALUATE a
work
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Citations MLA Style Chicago Book: Lastname, Firstname. Title of
Book. City of Publication: Publisher, Year of Publication. Medium
of Publication. Scholarly Database: Junge, Wolfgang, and Nathan
Nelson. Nature's Rotary Electromotors. Science 29 Apr. 2005:
642-44. Science Online. Web. 5 Mar. 2009. Book: Yow, Valerie
Raleigh. Recording Oral History: A Guide for the Humanities and
Social Sciences. Walnut Creek, CA: Alta Mira Press, 2005. Scholarly
Database: Frank, Alison. "The Petroleum War of 1910: Standard Oil,
Austria, and the Limits of the Multinational Corporation." American
Historical Review 114, no.1 (Feb. 2009): 16-41.
doi:10.1086/ahr.114.1.16.
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MLA Style (sample) Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path
for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental
Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Clinton, Bill.
Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. Clinton on Climate Change. New York
Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Dean, Cornelia.
"Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New
York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Ebert, Roger. "An
Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis
Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web.
24 May 2009.
Getting to Academic Search Complete
http://www.denison.edu/library/
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Academic Search Complete
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Libraryland: a real session - class Live Students = active
participants - groups Questions Website why Journal/database
Boolean operators Personal experiences Road blocks Personal opinion
Most helpful
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Libraryland: a real session - extras Handout LibGuide
Informative information tutorials Jing Additional instruction
sessions Office hours