Resources for English

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Resources for English

• Jeremy Richard Library

shelley.roseman_at_uconn.edu Tel. [phone]
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How do I find books?
http//www.lib.uconn.edu/
HOMER Catalog
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Library Lingo

• HOMER is the UConn Library catalog
• Databases are tools for identifying articles
• eJournals is a link that determines if the item
  is available online
• ICE/ILL is a service to request items from
  other libraries

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HOMER Search Strategies

• Search by
• Title
• Author,
• Keyword- Relevance
• Keyword Boolean
• and more

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HOMER Citation
Note Title, Author,Publication Information,
Location, Status
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Suggested Databases Academic Search
PremierInfoTrac
How do I find articles?
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Creating your Searches
Think of Key Words
ANDboth words must
appear
AmericanDream
Horatio Alger
AND
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How do I find background information?
Search for Databases Gale Literary Databases
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From Gale
Alger has won a unique place in American
literature he has been enormously influential
not for what he wrote but for what people think
he wrote. His characters do not, as commonly
thought, become rich
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What about the Internet?
The Good The Bad The Ugly
http//www.washburn.edu/sobu/broach/algerres.html
http//147.129.226.1/library/research/AIDSFACTS.ht
m
http//www.martinlutherking.org/
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Internet Points to Think About

• Who created the site?
• Is it accurate?
• Is there a bias?
• Is it information you can quote without worrying
  about its accuracy?
• Does it cost money?
• What domain is it com, org, gov, edu?

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Library Links
Library Homepage http//www.lib.uconn.edu/ Search
HOMER for books Academic Premier for
articles Gale Literary Databases for background
about works
Questions/Comments shelley.roseman_at_uconn.edu Te
l. 203 251-8522