English literature project: library resources and tips
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Library resources and advanced search tips to help with your project. Please also visit your library subject guide at http://libguides.ncl.ac.uk/englishlit
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- 1. Finding information for your independent research project Lucy Keating, Liaison Librarian @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities
- 2. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Literature search in numbers
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- 4. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities • Identify alternative keywords, spellings and synonyms • Set your scope and limitsRefine your question • Library Search for books, ebooks and scoping exercise Find evidence • 360° searching (references and citations)Follow the evidence • Pin results to favourites and/or register with databases Stay organised Where do I start?
- 5. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Resources to help you Books Articles and and papers Online archives Special Collections Audio visual Social media
- 6. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Explore and discover with LibrarySearch Books, articles and much, much more Full & mobile views
- 7. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Subject Guide for specialist resources libguides.ncl.ac.uk/englishlit
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- 9. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Library Search? Subject guide?
- 10. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Staying ahead Alerts • register with databases for personalised accounts • receive an email when new material is added. Citation Searching • follow up known references • find newer publications which cite key works Social Media • find the latest research in your area • what are the hot topics?
- 11. @nclroblib University Library Explore the possibilities Found too much? Search a more specialised resource Apply limits (date, genre etc) Combine terms with ‘AND’ Use “….” for phrase searching
- 12. Can’t find enough? Search a less specialised resource Truncate your search terms Combine terms with ‘OR’ Use different search terms
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- 14. How will you manage your references?
- 15. libhelp.ncl.ac.uk Phone 0191 208 7662 Text / SMS 0191 328 0570 Email libraryhelp@ncl.ac.u k Live 24/7 chat libhelp.ncl.ac.uk@ncllibarts @NULibraries newcastleunilibrary
Editor's Notes
- 90% of all digital information was created in the last two years (Big Data talk) 5% of world’s archives have been digitised More online content is created every two days than in the whole of human history prior to 2003 8,195 tweets per second 90% of articles are never cited, allegedly http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/2014/04/23/academic-papers-citation-rates-remler/ http://philbradley.typepad.com/phil_bradleys_weblog/2015/08/40-social-media-statistics.html 1.8 million academic articles published every year Estimated 50 million journal articles in existence in 2010 http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/alpsp/lp/2010/00000023/00000003/art00008?token=004b13046556e586546243142425b206621766b67702c5e4e2663433b393f6a333f2566b8bf 20 books published every hour in the UK in 2014 http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/22/uk-publishes-more-books-per-capita-million-report We have over 300 specialist databases We bought over 1,000 BoT last year There are around 6,900 active languages in the world Search 90 library catalogues via COPAC ? Fake news
- To conduct successful research, need to understand what it is you are trying to achieve. Independent research as a process.
- Quick demo library search. 1. dreamworld AND medieval literature with everything except articles. Ask the question, why do we get no results? In Library search, looking for books, what sort of information would we be looking for? 2. Try dream AND medieval literature. Select a book returned. Point out details tab. How has that book been described? Have different terms been used than we are searching for? Add them to your lit search. 3. Try choosing a particular author and doing LS on them? e.g Chaucer 2. Dreamworld AND medieval literature in everything. Choose an article and demo going through LS 3. a Specific database demo. 1. go to subject guide for English 2. MLA International Bibliography demo (dreamworld OR dreamscape OR dream) AND medieval literature vs. changing to Chaucer. Note the difference in the search result list. 3. Demo exporting details so that can store references. 4. Mention if working from a known source, search for keywords from the title and author’s surname. Save on the scrolling.
- Subject Guide – demo rather than from slide. Mention other sections that may be relevant depending on chosen topic. Point out topic focus, newspapers & other English lit sources box at the bottom of the page.
- Just highlight difference between using subject guide and LS. Mention when move onto a longer piece of research, will need to consider using resources from subject guide as may have exhausted what was found in LS Also mention other subject guides that may help including EndNote and subject guides
- With an extended piece of research, need to stay up to date with new material published in you area. All databases have the option to set up a personal account. Go back to MLA International Bibliography to show ebsco account. Also mention share option. Citation searching. Demo in Google Scholar cited by and mention using bibliographies. If time, demo in SCOPUS the references option. Use Chaucer search and limit to articles.
- Skip over if time is limited. Summary of what will have mentioned in database demo.
- 4000 words is on the long side, and if do a full dissertation it is 10,000 words, so it’s worth having a system. Doesn’t have to be complicated. In Word, download app to your phone e.g. RefMe or just dump references in a Word document as you go. Demo in Ebsco the cite option.