Bibliography and Textual Studies

~ Methods & Materials I ~

Melanie Mills

19 October 2010

ENG 9002~ Fall 2010 ~

~ 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

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~ 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

~ Support for Graduate Students

Facilities

ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library

~ 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

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~ Support for Graduate Students

Resources

~ physical collection (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

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~ 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

~ 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).

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~ 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

~ 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

~ Teaching Support www.lib.uwo.ca/teaching

ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library

~ Research Support www.lib.uwo.ca/scholarship

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~ One Stop Access www.lib.uwo.ca

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~ 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

~ 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

~ Research Methods, A Primer

~ The Research Process

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(Re) Define

Research Topic

Preliminary Research

Revise Topic

Revise, Refine

Research

~ Research Methods, A Primer

~ Search Strategies (Boolean Logic)

ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library

AND narrows your search; retrieves items that contain both…

OR broadens your search; retrieves items that contain either…

AND NOT narrows your search; retrieves items that contain…

e.g. restoration AND criticism

e.g. (theater OR theatre)

e.g. poetry NOT epic

~ 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

satire American Literature

~ Research Methods, A Primer

~ Boolean Logic (OR)

satire or parody

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satire parody

~ Research Methods, A Primer

~ Search Strategies (Truncation, Wildcards)

ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library

~ Truncation

* (asterisk) retrieves all possible endings of a root word…

e.g. litera* = literacy, literary, literature, etc.

? (question mark) replaces a single

character…

~ Wildcards

e.g. wom?n = woman, women, womyn, etc.

~ Research Methods, A Primer

~ Search Strategies (Subject Searching)

ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library

Keyword: textual stud*

RelatedSubjects: Criticism – Textual

Bibliography – Methodology Discourse analysis

Begin with keyword searching, then move onto searching by LC Subject Heading. For example:

~ Research Methods, A Primer

~ Search Strategies (Field Searching)

ENG 9002: Bibliography and Textual Studies (Fall 2010) Melanie Mills, The D.B. Weldon Library

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

N: (Note) e.g. Shakespeare and n:folio* and n:”British Library”

S: (Subject) e.g. s:"South Asia*" and t:diaspor*

~ Research Methods, A Primer

~ Let’s try a few live searches…

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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/)

~ Research Materials, Foundations

Browse by Program > Arts and Humanities > English

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~ Methods & Materials II

Next Week:

~ Advanced Research Methods

~ Research Materials (cont’d)

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~ 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

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~ 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