Annette Mller Madsen

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Annette Møller Madsen Subject librarian English
language and literature
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I Library orientation and library services BIBSYS
Key skills interpret a reading list search
BIBSYS for its references find the documents if
in your library order them if not in your
library
II Subject oriented searching Printed reference
collection Database searching Key
skills find, select, present relevant
information for your assignments for your
own ideas, critical thinking, etc. for
professional updating for flexibility on the
job market
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A reference to an article in a book
Chancery Standard/ by Michael Benskin, In Kay,
Christian J., Carole Hough and Irené Wotherspoon
(eds.), New Perspectives on English Historical
Linguistics Selected papers from 12 ICEHL,
Glasgow, 2126 August 2002. 2004. xii, 273 pp.
(pp. 140)
Clue IN means a document within a document
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How to find it in BIBSYS
Chancery Standard/ by Michael Benskin, In Kay,
Christian J., Carole Hough and Irené Wotherspoon
(eds.), New Perspectives on English Historical
Linguistics Selected papers from 12 ICEHL,
Glasgow, 2126 August 2002. 2004. xii, 273 pp.
(pp. 140)
Icehl persp? wother?
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Location and collection

• Dewey numbers answer 2 question
• Where is the book?
• What is the book about?
• Look at the books on the same shelf. Those books
• may be on the same topic or on related topics

Studying literature
Kay Hough Wotherspoon
427 Int/2
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No articles in BIBSYS!Search for the book
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A reference to an article in a journal
TI A New History of Early English. AU Benskin,
Michael SO Norsk Lingvistisk tidsskrift 19 (1)
93-122 PY 2001 IS 0800-3076 PT Review article
Clue Volume issue numbers 2 titles indicate
a journal article
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A journal the print version
volume 33, issue 1- 4 Foto Zsuzsanna Kiss
NEW LITERARY HISTORY 33 (2) 279-289 SPR
2002 vol. no. date
pages 33Issue No. 1 (Winter 2002)
1-192 33Issue No. 2 (Spring 2002) 193-
401 33Issue No. 3 (Summer 2002) 402-606 33Issue
No. 4 (Autumn 2002) 607-808
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Search BIBSYS for the journal title
english language and linguistics?
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Journals in BIBSYS electronic or printed version
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Make sure that you have access to the
volume you need
Access from 3(1999) If you need earlier volumes
Check the printed version!
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The printed versionCheck the location and dates
of the librarys holdings.Printed issues 1980-gt
on U floorPrinted back issues (pre 1980) are
often in the stacks
Ask the staff for back issues in the the stacks.
UHS holdings from 1(1997-) UHS is still
subscribing You go and get them
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No articles in BIBSYS!Search for the journal
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Finding book reviewsHow to select a database

• Loyn, H.R. -The Vikings in Britain. Oxford
  1994.
• Opprinnelig utg. London, 1977.
• Weinreich, Uriel. - Languages in contact
  findings and
• problems. The Hague, 1963
• Gordon, E.V. An introduction to Old Norse.
  Oxford, 1957. Opprinnelig utg Oxford, 1927.

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FAQ

• Why do I need so many bibliographies and
  databases?
• After searching. Have I got everything, now?
• Have I got all the important stuff?

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3 articles by Michael BenskinWhich databases do
you think refer to them?

• A New History of Early English, Norsk Lingvistisk
  Tidsskrift, 19 (2002) pp 93.122
• (reviewing Nielsen, H.F. A Journey through the
  History of the English language, Odense
  University Press, 1998..)
• Bedes Frisians and the Adventus Saxonum, NOWELE,
  North-Western European Language Evolution,
  41(2002) pp. 91-97. University Press of Southern
  Denmark.
• 3. Chancery Standard/ by Michael Benskin, In
  Kay, Christian J., Carole Hough and Irené
  Wotherspoon (eds.), New Perspectives on English
  Historical Linguistics Selected papers from 12
  ICEHL, Glasgow, 2126 August 2002. 2004. xii, 273
  pp. (pp. 140)

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