This document provides resources for students taking a First Year English course on the Legacy of the Mediterranean at Barnard College. It introduces the librarian contacts, Jenna Freedman and the BarnardReference chat and text services for research help. It outlines resources for finding the primary text, related books and media, literary criticism and articles through databases like MLA, Historical Abstracts, and Find Articles. Reference materials are also mentioned. Students are directed to specific floors and sections of the library to find physical materials.

1. Library Research for
First Year English:
Legacy of the Mediterranean
Fall 2013
Professor Patrick Luhan
Librarian Jenna Freedman

2. library.barnard.edu
portal to all knowledge
resources for First Year English
library.barnard.edu/find-books/guides/ENGL/ENGLX1201-women-in

3. library.barnard.edu/contact
library.barnard.edu/personal-librarians
• IM BarnardReference: AOL, Google,
Yahoo
• Text 386.227.6273 (386.BARNARD)
we can help you

4. resources
CLIO QuickSearch
the text | books & other media
articles & book chapters | reference materials
PS: Zotero

5. the text
criticism | characters | historical context
theorists | symbolism | close reading

6. books & other media
CLIO | BorrowDirect
other resource out of scope for FYE

7. hit the stacks
A-M: 2nd
floor
P-Z: 3rd
floor

8. articles via databases
MLA | Historical Abstracts | Find Articles

9. MLA
•Literary criticism
•eLink
•Clues:
• Articles & chapters vs. proceedings &
dissertations
• Your age or younger
• Citations & cited by

10. Historical Abstracts
•Historical period
•Truncation *
•Limits: date, subject, book reviews

11. Find Articles
•Theory
•Facets
•limits

12. reference materials
background | themes | facts

13. feedback form