Resources for English

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Resources for English

• Jeremy Richard LibraryEng 110

shelley.roseman_at_uconn.edu Tel. [phone]
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Library Lingo

• HOMER is the UConn Library catalog
• Databases are tools for identifying articles
• ICE/ILL is a service to request items from
  other libraries

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Agenda

• What kinds of topics are good ones?
• What books are available on the topic?
• What about articles?
• Isnt it all on the web?
• Citing your resources

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Finding a Topic

• What kinds of topics are searchable?

Ones that are not too broad BROAD TERRORISM
Revised "terrorism and Homeland Security
Act Ones that are not too narrow NARROW
AIR-India Flight 182 Bombing Incident, 1985
Revised India and terrorism
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WORKING WITH TOPICS

• TERRORISM

ON TELEVISION?
PSYCHOLOGICAL?
IN WHAT PART OF THE WORLD?
AS REPORTED BY THE MEDIA?
HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE?
IN RELATION TO 9-11?
POLITICAL PERSPECTIVE?
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Background Sources

• General Encyclopedias
• Britannica Online
• Specialized Encyclopedias
• Encyclopedia of women and world religion
• Encyclopedia of world terrorism
• Grove art online

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How do I find books?
http//www.lib.uconn.edu/
HOMER Catalog
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Why Books?

• They provide general coverage of topics
• They often have bibliographies and notes which
  refer to other sources of information on the
  topic
• They focus on historical perspectives ontopics.

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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
Topics How terrorism has changed American
life? Think of Key Words
ANDboth words must
appear
civil rights
terrorism
America
AND
OR
AND
civil liberties
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How do I find background information on authors?
Search for Databases Gale Literary Databases
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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/ Starti
ng Points HOMER for books Academic Premier for
articles Britannica Online for background
Questions/Comments shelley.roseman_at_uconn.edu Te
l. 203 251-8522