ENGL 101

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ENGL 341-441
Renaissance Matters
26 September 2006
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Session Aims

• In this session, you will learn how to
• Use the Reference Collection
• Find e-reserve items and past exam papers
• Use the Online Catalogue
• Access full-text articles using JSTOR

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Reference Collection

• Found on the Ground Floor of Dixson Library
• Includes encyclopedias, dictionaries and
  bibliographies
• Most entries written by experts
• Reference items cannot be borrowed
• Reference items are in the catalogue with R
  call numbers, eg R821.8

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Some Useful Reference Items

• Encyclopedia of Contemporary Literary Theory
  Approaches, Scholars, Terms (R801.9503/E56)
• Annual Bibliography of English Language and
  Literature (R820.16/A615)

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E-reserve

• Link to e-reserve available from Library page at
  http//www.une.edu.au/library
• Requires UNE username/password
• Contains high demand items in Adobe Acrobat (PDF)
  format
• Accessible using any computer with an Internet
  connection

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Exam database

• Available from exams link on Library page
• Includes all past exam papers that have been
  released for public access
• Requires UNE username/password
• Past papers are in Adobe Acrobat (PDF) format

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Online Catalogue

• Link to Catalogue on Library page
• Find items by author using browse (author) search
  and family name and first name or initials eg
  Shakespeare W OR Webster John
• Find items about an author by using a browse
  (title) search, eg William Shakespeare, John
  Webster

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Finding Subject Headings

• Perform a simple browse (title) search, eg
  Duchess of Malfi
• Click on Full link next to item title
• Click on subject heading, eg Webster, John 1580?
  1625? Duchess of Malfi
• Takes you to all books with the same subject
  heading

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Keyword searches

• Click on Keyword link
• Enter search terms in one or more boxes
• Choose Search Type (All is usually best)
• Choose AND, OR, NOT from pull-down menu
• Click on Search
• Try women AND renaissance AND drama

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Renewing Loans

• Click on catalogue link
• Click on Renew Loans
• Enter Patron ID and Password
• Renew by clicking on button next to title of
  items
• If limit has been reached or item has been
  requested by another user, no button appears. You
  must return the item to us

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JSTOR

• Contains the full-text of 65 academic journals
  on Language and Literature
• Search by article title or in full-text content
• Results available in seconds
• All full text
• Limit results to specific years or individual
  titles, English Journal

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Accessing JSTOR

• Go to Library page at http//www.une.edu.au/libr
  ary
• Click on e-resources
• Choose JSTOR from Quick Links
• Click on Advanced Search

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Searching JSTOR

• Enter ltDuchess of Malfigt in the first search box
• Click in the Article check box
• Limit your search to specific years, if required
• Click in the Language and Literature check box
• Click on the Search button

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Recap

• There are useful items in the Reference
  Collection
• You can access e-reserve items and past exam
  papers online
• The Online Catalogue will help you find books by
  or about an author/play
• You can full-text articles using JSTOR

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Finally

• Have a look at eSKILLS UNE for more advice on
  information literacy
• Look at Indexes by discipline on the e-resources
  page
• Ask at the Information Desk or phone extn 2458 if
  you need further assistance