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To look for full-text use the: check availablity at Ramapo, primary catalog, or "check availability" links in the databases
Remember,Scholarly/Peer Reviewed/Refereed articles have been reviewed by a selected panel of experts in the discipline covered by that journal. Many of the databases allow you to limit your search to these articles. Remember, you can limit your search to scholarly journals prior to searching, or filter your results after you search. See example.
Use interlibrary loan
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Ex. Academic Search Premier (and all EBSCO interfaces) allows you to limit your results prior to searching. You can limit to just results matching your full-text, articles with references within the abstract page, and also scholarly (peer-reviewed) journals. (TIP: Limiting results to just articles with full-text can be dangerous. Sometimes you have access to the article in print form or electronically through another database.) Don't forget to click on the "Help" link to access further tips for navigating the database.
Literary Resource Center
Ex. Literary Resource Center allowsYou may alsofilter academic journals from trade and popular magazines after you to search by author or Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:17:08 +0000 mod http://gratalereadhumanities.pbwiki.com/library+basics email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited library basics]]> Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:51:06 +0000 mod http://gratalereadhumanities.pbwiki.com/library+basics email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited library basics Always switch to the Advance Search page in a database. This will give you more control over your results.
Always use Boolean Operators - AND, OR, NOT when running a search. For Example: Ibsen and"literary criticism"
your search.Ex: Ibsen and "A search.Ex:"A Doll's House" and "society"
OR: broadens your search.Ex: (Ibsen and "A Doll's House") and (literary criticism or criticism)
search results.Ex: results.Ex: "European Literature 19th Century" not "European Literature 20th Century"
Always check your spelling if the catalog or database results are zero
To look for full-text use the: check availablity at Ramapo, primary catalog, or "check availability" links in the databases
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Ex. Literary Resource Center allows you to search by author or title. By searching under "Authors by Type" you can filter your search by searching genre, theme or literary movement or time period. (TIP: Consult "Search Tips" for additional guidence on how to navigate this database.) Don't forget to click on the "Help" link to access further tips for navigating the database.
Citing from LRC : Author Name. Essay Information. Database Name. Farmington Hills, MI: Thomson Gale. Online. GaleNet. Date of access.
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Academic Search Premier (and all EBSCO interfaces)
another database.) database.) Don't forget to click on the "Help" link to access further tips for navigating the database.
Literary Resource Center
this database.) database.) Don't forget to click on the "Help" link to access further tips for navigating the database.
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Literary Resource Center
Resource Center Center allows you to search by author or title. By searching under "Authors by Type" you can filter your search by searching genre, theme or literary movement or time period. (TIP: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:38:47 +0000 mod http://gratalereadhumanities.pbwiki.com/library+basics email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited library basics REF PN771 .T9
Covers authors who lived between 1900 and 1999. This series also contains “Topic” volumes. There is a separate cumulative title index.
Nineteenth Century Literary Criticism
Contemporary Literary Criticism
REF PN771 .C592
Included are authors who are now living or who have died since December 31, 1999. Volumes published from 1973 through 1999 include authors who died after December 31, 1959. There is a separate cumulative title index.
Literature and Its Times
RefREF PN50.L574
1997
Multi-volume work which profiles of 300 notable works and the historical events that influenced them. Organized by work. Bibliographies included.
Critical Survey of Drama
REF PN1625 .C74 2003
Multi-volume work which critically examines playwrights and their works. Organized by playwright. Bibliographies included.
Notable Playwrights
REF PN 1625 .N68 2005
Multi-volume work which critically examines playwrights and their work]]> Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:31:10 +0000 mod http://gratalereadhumanities.pbwiki.com/library+basics email.hidden@example.com (Anonymous) Anonymous edited library basics Access to more than 1.6 million bibliographic citations from 1963 to the present, with author biographies, critical essays and journal articles in every literary genre. When the full-text of the article is not linked to the citation, click on Check availability.This database is included in Literature Resource Center.
Contemporary Authors
Tip: Unless you're searching for a very common surname, you might want to search for the surname alone, then choose the most likely match from the citation list page. Sometimes there are variations on the way an author's name is indexed, especially if the person uses initials.
Strategies for searching the databases
Always go back and revise your searches! Look at using different terms and synonyms.
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Always go back and revise your searches! Look at using different terms and synonyms.
Use the Subject Terms or Thesaurus link in databases to find the best search (or descriptor) terms to use
Always switch to the Advance Search page in a database. This will give you more control over your results.
Boolean Operators-AND, Operators - AND, OR, NOT when running a search. For Example: Ibsen and"literary criticism"
AND: narrows your search ex: search.Ex: Ibsen and "A Doll's House" and "society"
OR: broadens your search ex: search.Ex: (Ibsen and "A Doll's House") and (literary criticism or criticism)
NOT: eliminates ex: search results.Ex:
Always check your spelling if the catalog or database results are zero
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February 27, 2008 & March 3, 2008
Library Basics: Basics
suggested materials and tips to finding and using library resources
Citing Your Sources and Web Resources
MLA style guide and suggested web sources
Share Your Ideas and Research
share resources with your fellow classmates
Get Help
Christina Connor
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Off campus use requires login: Ramapo email and password
SomeBelowSome useful Databases for your projects:
General Databases:
Academic Search Premier
Always switch to the Advance Search page in a database. This will give you more control over your results.
Always use Boolean Operators-AND, OR, NOT when running a search. For Example: Ibsen and"literary criticism"
ex: women Ibsen and "world war II" "A Doll's House" and "society"
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