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Literature of Women
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How to Find
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Book Chapters | Journal Articles |
Web Sites |
Citing Sources
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Finding Books
Using Catalogs to Find Books:
1.) Ariadne
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- Browse the shelves by Call
Number
2.) MeLCat (now
includes Western's libraries)
- Search by Keyword
- Find and Use Subject Headings
- About MeLCat
3.) WestCat -
Western Michigan's catalog
Examples of Books available at K's Library:
See also: Library
of Congress Classification...
Western Michigan's Waldo Library - Hours and How
to get to Western
Book Chapters
To find chapters in books, search in the four places listed
above for finding books.
To find chapters within books, do a keyword search on your
topic, whether your topic is an idea, a period of history,
or a person. A keyword search will search multiple fields
of the record for a book, such as title, author, contents,
etc.
Example: virginia woolf
Example: july's people
In Ariadne, you can use a keyword search to find your topic
specifically in the contents note field, where chapter titles
are listed. To search the note field, your search would look
like this:
Example: n:beloved
If your topic is within the field of literature, you can
also find book chapters in the MLA Bibliography (an index
to the fields of language and literature).
MLA
International Bibliography < about >
Produced by the Modern Language Association.
Critical works on literature and languages.
Covers publications from 1923 to the present.
In the MLA Bibliography, you can limit your search to book
chapters by choosing "book chapter " in the Publication
Type option. You may also search for sources
that are in English by limiting by Language.
Essay
and General Literature Index < about >
Cites essays contained in anthologies and collections published
in the United States, Great Britain and Canada.
Coverage spans the humanities and social sciences, including
literary works, art history, drama, and film.
Finding Journal Articles: Using Indexes
See the English
Research Guide: Using Indexes and Databases to help
select an Index.
MLA International Bibliography < about >
Critical works on literature and languages.
There
are no abstracts.
Coverage: 1926 - Present.
Humanities
Abstracts < about >
Humanities Abstracts is a bibliographic database that covers English language
periodicals in the diverse subject areas of the humanities.
Coverage: Indexing - 1984 - present; Abstracting - 1994 - present.
Arts & Humanities
Citation Index < about > (from
Web of Knowledge)
Bibliographic information and cited
references found in nearly 1,150 of the world's leading arts & humanities
journals. Cited reference searching.
Coverage: 2003 - Present
Arts
and Humanities Search < about >
Coverage: 1980 - Present.
Essay
and General Literature Index < about >
Cites essays contained in anthologies and collections published
in the United States, Great Britain and Canada. Coverage
spans the humanities and social sciences, including literary
works, art history, drama, and film. Indexing: 1985 to present.
Social
Sciences
Citation Index < about >(from
Web of Knowledge)
Provides access to current and retrospective bibliographic
information, author abstracts, and cited references found in
over 1,950 scholarly social sciences
journals covering more than 50 disciplines. Cited
reference searching.
Coverage: 2003 - Present
Periodical
Abstracts < about > General
and academic journals
History, Philosophy, and Social Sciences
America:
History and Life < about >
History of the United States and Canada from prehistory to
present.
Historical
Abstracts < about >
History of the world from 1450 to present (excluding United
States and Canada).
PsycINFO < about > Psychology
Social
Sciences Abstracts < about >
Is a particular journal covered in a specific Index?
Ulrich's
Periodicals Directory Online < about >
Which
journals are in which FirstSearch databases
Do you have access to a journal?
1.) Ariadne (print)
- Title search on Title
of the Journal to locate print journal
3.) WestCat -
Western Michigan's catalog
4.) Interlibrary
Loan
- Order item through Interlibrary
Loan
- Use *only* when the journal is not available through
Ariadne, Electronic Journals, or WestCat.
Types of Periodicals
Scholarly Journals (World Literature Today)
- Authors are scholars or researchers in their fields.
- Authors cite their sources in footnotes, endnotes,
and bibliographies.
- Individual issues have little or no advertising.
- Articles must go through a peer-review process.
- Articles usually report original scholarly research.
- Most illustrations are charts, figures, or graphs.
- Authors use the specialized language or jargon of the
discipline.
Popular Magazines (Atlantic Monthly)
- Authors are freelance writers or magazine staff members.
- Authors may mention sources, but rarely cite them in
notes or bibliographies.
- Individual issues contain many advertisements.
- There is no peer review process. Articles are reviewed
by editors or publishers.
- Illustrations are numerous and colorful.
- Articles are meant to inform and entertain an educated
audience.
- Language is written for the general adult audience
(no specialized jargon).
Is it Scholarly? Look it up in Ulrich's Online!
Ulrich's
Periodicals Directory Online < about >
Look for section called "Document Type"
Document Type MUST say "Academic/Scholarly
Publication"
to be considered scholarly!
Full Text Databases
JSTOR < about >
Full text database of scholarly journals in many disciplines.
Project
Muse < about >
Project MUSE offers the full text of Johns Hopkins University
Press scholarly journals.
Proquest < about >
Fulltext database with scholarly and popular sources. You can select
to search only peer-reviewed journals.
Full Text Databases that include a mix of Scholarly
and Popular sources:
Academic
OneFile < about >
Expanded
Academic ASAP < about >
General
Reference Center Gold < about >
Wilson
Select Plus < about >
Websites
To find Web sites, use search engines and web indexes. See Finding
Web Sites and Web
Indexes and Directories. See also Finding
Web Sites on English .
WorldCat < about >
WorldCat contains bibliographic citations for high-quality
Web sites on a variety of subjects. When you search
for Web sites in World Cat, remember to check the box for "Internet
Resources" in the section called "Limit type
to". Sites that emphasizes quality,
authoritativeness, and durability are selected, according
to World Cat's collection development policy.
Recommended Web Sites:
Voice of the Shuttle: Literature in English
http://vos.ucsb.edu/browse.asp?id=2748
created by Alan
Liu of the University of California, Santa Barbara, English
Department.
Sites that provide guidance on evaluating Websites:
Citing Your Sources
See: How
to Cite Sources
See also Citing
Sources for help in citing print and electronic resources
in various bibliographic styles (MLA, APA, Chicago, etc.)
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
5th ed., New York : Modern Language Association of America,
1999.
Reference, LB2369 .G53 1999.
ALWAYS check the style manual!! DO NOT rely on other
guides!
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