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Literature Reference
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Literature Reference
with Gayla Byerly
6.28.2006
Selected Electronic Resources
- good source for short bios or when something was first published
- good source for short bios or when something was first published
- also includes a timeline of general events during an author's lifetime
- CD-based using Citrix (can be slow)
- can use if you have only one of the following: author, title, year, accession number
- usually used only by faculty and graduate students
- might have early criticism
- early short stories (Edgar Allan Poe, etc.)
- print copy on third floor: Row 19, PE1625.M7 1961
- great for poetry explication / interpretation
- look up each word to determine its multiple meanings and possible double-meaning intended by the author
- easier to use electronic version for this; can copy and paste into a document
- good to find ILL items or something in the DFW area
- now is usually as comprehensive as ABELL
- better for upperclassmen, not freshmen
- now appears in the catalog, as well as electronic resources
- has some of the earliest music / govdocs in print; not just literature
- most have page images of the originals
- is being updated; will eventually cover all from 1475-1700
| There are additional print resources downstairs; if you find that a patron needs to use one of them, refer them to the downstairs reference desk. |
Helping Students
- Subject search is the most important concept for the students, particularly freshmen. They need to be able to distinguish results between works by that person (author search) and works about that person (subject search).
- type the author's name in the search box (Last Name, First Name)
- select "subject heading"
- on the results page, go to the heading that has "Criticism & Interpretation" appended to it
- Get them to tell you their thesis or their topic.
- Sometimes, additional subject headings in a record will help you to better determine their topic.
- If they haven't picked a topic yet, encourage them to pick a favorite character, theme, or part/aspect of the work.
- If you need additional help for the question,
- send them to the downstairs reference desk
- give them Gayla's card
- For freshmen, use Academic Search Premier first, instead of MLA.
- If there's not a "Criticism & Interpretation" subject heading for an author in the catalog, then you may need to use MLA. Be sure to uncheck "book review" in most cases.
| If a student only knows the title or a line from a poem, and Google doesn't help, send them downstairs or to Gayla. No electronic resources cover this, but there are print indexes downstairs for lines of poetry. |
- authors arranged by time period and alphabetically
- works
- criticism (secondary sources)
- biography
Literature on the Fourth Floor
- usually either very old (classic authors in Dewey) or very new (contemporary / popular writers)
- good for students who want to browse for pleasure reading
- can also direct them to the table on the first floor
For Additional Help
- in literature: Gayla
- in performing arts: Ellen or Monika
- Ellen: 940.565.2688
- Monika: 940.565.3981
- in foreign language: Donna
- Gayla will get business cards for the reference librarians for us to keep at the third floor desk.
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