Caribbean Literature

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Caribbean Literature

• English 3970

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Agenda

• Introduction to Print Resources
• Introduction to Electronic Resources
• Basic Library Information
• Hands On

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Searching Gil for Literary Criticism

• Choose exact search (subject) for books of
  literary criticism and biography
• Choose exact search (author) for books
  written by the author
• Choose keyword search for combining relevant
  keywords
• Full Display will sometimes give you the table
  of contents of a book
• Dont forget NETLIBRARY

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Introduction to Print Resources

• Encyclopedia of Latin American and Caribbean
  literature, 1900-2003 / edited by Daniel
  Balderston and Mike Gonzalez. Call Number Ref.
  PQ7081.A1 E558 2004
• Caribbean literature a bibliography / Marian
  Goslinga. Call Number Ref. Z1595 .G69 1998

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Introduction to Print Resources

• Twentieth-century Caribbean and Black African
  writers. Third series / edited by Bernth Lindfors
  and Reinhard Sander. Call Number Ref. PS129 .D52
  v.125
• Writers of the Caribbean and Central America a
  bibliography / M.J. Fenwick Call Number Ref.
  Z1595 .F46 1992

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INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC RESOURCES

• Click on these DATABASES for Articles
• Contemporary Authors -It provides complete
  biographical and bibliographical references for
  more than 90,000 authors in the U.S. and around
  the world.
• American Humanities Index indexes 0ver 750
  journals as far back as 1975.
• JSTOR Provides the complete back files of core
  journals in the humanities.
• Academic Search Premier Indexes articles back
  to 1985 and provides full text back to 1990.
• MLA - It indexes literature, languages,
  linguistics, and folklore from over 4,000
  journals and serials published world wide, as
  well as books, essay collections, working papers,
  proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies.

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Book Reviews

• Academic Search Premier - database
• Lexis/ Nexis - database
• MLA print and database
• Book Review Index print
• Book Review Digest print
• Index to Book Reviews in the Humanities - print

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BASIC LIBRARY INFORMATION

• THE PANTHERCARD IS USED FOR
• Entering the building
• Printing from computers on campus and
• in the library( you automatically get 3.75 for
  printing when you get the card)
• Checking out books
• Off campus access to some databases

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BASIC LIBRARY INFORMATION

• SFX This symbol in most cases takes you to the
  full text of the article or to the library
  catalog (GIL) for the call number.
• Use your panthercard to check out material from
  any University System Library (Valdosta State,
  UGA,GA Tech, for example).
• Request a book yourself through GIL EXPRESS (it
  will arrive within 4 days at the most) rather
  than using interlibrary loan.

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BASIC LIBRARY INFORMATION

• Reference Help With Your Research Paper Library
  North 1st floor Reference Desk
• Check out books, etc in Library north or south
• Journals and magazines library north and south
  3rd and 4th floor
• Laptops (with WORD) and media are only in Library
  South

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BASIC LIBRARY INFORMATION

• Photocopiers library north 1st, 2nd, and 3rd
  floor
• Videos, DVDs, CDs, laptop computers library
  south media center 2nd floor.

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BASIC LIBRARY INFORMATION GETTING HELP

• THE REFERENCE DESK
• BY PHONE [phone]
• BY E-MAIL www.library.gsu.edu/askalibrarian
• ONLINE CHAT MON THURS. 8 A.M. 5 P.M. and
  8 a.m. 2 Fri. www.library.gsu.edu/askalibrarian/
  patronchat.htm

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BASIC LIBRARY INFORMATION GETTING HELP

• Specific help with research on your topic Make
  an appointment with Elaine Hughes 404-463-9940
  libmeh_at_gsu.edu

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HANDS ON

• Log-on and find at least three articles or on
  your topic