Electronic Resources in Languages and Literature

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Welcome to
Electronic Resources in Languages and Literature
By Denis LacroixFrench, Spanish Latin American
Studies Librarian
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Objective

• To provide an overview of library resources
  available in electronic format that support
  research in modern languages and literatures,
  including databases, e-journals and selected
  Internet resources.

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Subject Librarians

• Consult the following subject librarians for
  in-depth research help in your respective
  language areas
• http//www.library.ualberta.ca/subjectlibrarians/h
  ss/index.cfm
• Erika Banski Slavic and Germanic studies
• Wanda Quoika-Stanka Italian studies
• Denis Lacroix French, Spanish, Latin American
  Studies, and Film Studies

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Session Outline

• Where to find E-resources
• E-resources in the NEOS catalogue
• Periodical Databases
• Subject Guides
• Interdisciplinary databases
• Subject specific databases
• Newspapers E-books
• Searching and finding tips
• RefWorks citation manager
• Contacting librarians chat, E-reference

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E-Resources in NEOS

• Advanced Search in NEOS catalogue
• limit by Format Electronic Resources
• E.g. Any Field German literature
• E.g. Any Field German and dictionar
• or limit by Location Reference, instead of
  searching by dictionar, especially when
  searching for non-electronic resources
• limit by E-resource Type in Advanced Search
• e.g.Any Field Latin AmericaE-resource Type
  E-journal
• find PDA resources
• E.g. Any Field GermanAny Field expansion
  card
• Browse Databases by type e-books, e-journals
• http//www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/

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Periodical Databases

• Databases are subdivided by subject
• Subject tab Humanities and Social Sciences
  Languages Literatures
• Databases are searchable by name
• Click on the Databases tab
• Databases are searchable by type and content
• e.g. Full-text or Indexes and abstracts
• http//www.library.ualberta.ca/databases/

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Finding the Appropriate Database

• Click on More Info under the link to the
  database in the librarys catalogue.
• Check Ulrichs International Periodicals
  Directory to know where your favourite
  periodicals are indexed
• E.g. Cuban Studies
• Search for title
• Click on Document Access tab
• Scroll down to Abstracting Indexing Services

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Interdisciplinary Databases

• General Humanities MLA, Humanities Abstracts,
  Web of Science, IBZ, American Humanities
  Index, PCI full-text, PAIS, Literature Resource
  Center.
• Films Film Indexes Online, Art Index,
  Communication Mass Media Complete
• Sociological Resources Sociological Abstracts
• Womens Studies Womens Studies International.
• World-wide or Rare Resources (books articles)
  Centre for Research Libraries (CRL), OCLC.
• Theses DAI, Index to Theses. Limitable by
  Book Review

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Linguistics and Translation

• Linguistics LLBA, Archive of indigenous
  languages of Latin America, Base de données
  lexicographiques panfrancophones
• Translation Termium, Le Grand Dictionnaire
  terminologique (GDT), Eurodicautom, Oxford
  Reference Online Premium
• Bibliography of Translations Index Translationum

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Subject Specific Databases

• French Repère, Choix, DAVID, Termium, GDT
• Spanish Latin American Studies HAPI, HLAS,
  Latin Americanist Research Resources Project,
  Clase
• Italian Italinemo
• German Bibliographie der Deutschen Sprach und
  Literaturwissenschaft, IBZ
• Slavic Studies ABSEES, EBSEES, Russian National
  Bibliography, IBZ, Literature Resource Center

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Newspapers

• Find Newspapers guide
• Interdisciplinary Factiva (see next slide for a
  sample search)
• French Paper of Record, CBCA, CPI.Q, Biblio
  Branchée, Eureka/Newscan
• Spanish Paper of Record, Info-Latinoamérica
• German Newspapers
• Slavic Languages Current News Sources

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Click on News Pages tab to view most recent
issues.
Select periodical from list organized by
language, for example.
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E-Books

• French Project Gutenberg, ABU, ARTFL, La
  Bibliothèque virtuelle, Gallica, JulesFerry.com,
  E-texts
• Spanish Project Gutenberg, Biblioteca virtual,
  E-texts
• Italian Project Gutenberg, E-texts
• German Project Gutenberg DE, E-texts, Sophie
• Slavic Languages Project Gutenberg

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How to Search I

• Analyze your search topic(s)
• e.g. the title of your paper is Female
  characters in Zolas works
• Identify the key concepts i.e. keywords
• Zola, female characters
• Come up with as many synonyms for the key
  concepts as you can
• Zola characters protagonists female
  characters women

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How to Search II

• Combine the key concepts connecting them with
  AND, OR, or NOT
• Zola and (female characters or female
  protagonists or women)
• Be aware of the various database interfaces and
  their search feature differences. Use Help files.
• Truncation -- Limiting features (dates,
• Subject headings publication type, format)
• Boolean combination procedures
• Thesauri

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MLA
Input 1 concept/box
Search Default Fields first, then limit results
through other fields, if necessary
Limit results further by choosing the following
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New LLBA search interface
Current LLBA search interface
Consult Thesaurus for Descriptors or Subjects
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Give it a Try!

• Search one of the following databases in your
  subject area and use the next 4 slides as a
  guide.
• IBZ (German Studies)
• Repère (French Studies)
• HAPI (Spanish or Latin American Studies)
• ABSEES (Slavic and East European Studies)
• Use the search terms on the slides or search a
  topic of your choice.

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IBZ
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Repère
Advanced Search
Find use a subject heading for a more precise,
but limited search
Et Ou are French Boolean operators
Search button
Search by subject, title, or abstract for more
inclusive results
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HAPI
Truncated term
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ABSEES
Use for phrases. Truncation missing letters
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How to Retrieve and Interpret Search Results I

• After you performed your search you will retrieve
  a number of results (hits)
• if the number seems too high (e.g. 400 hits) you
  can limit them by various elements, including
  language of the source, date, type of material,
  journal title, etc.
• if the number seems too low, you can expand by
  simplifying your search statement
• See previous MLA example

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How to Retrieve and Interpret Search Results II

• Skim through the list of your hits.
• Select and mark the ones you find relevant.
• In many databases you can choose to either print,
  download or e-mail the selected items.
• Identify the type of material you have to find in
  the library journal article, book, essay/chapter
  in a book, dissertation, book review

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How to Retrieve and Interpret Search Results III
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How to Retrieve and Interpret Search Results IV
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E-mail, Print, or download records here!
Dissertation Abstracts International
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Find article using Get It!
Subjects
New LLBA results list
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Give it a Try!

• Using your previous search in
• IBZ (German Studies)
• Repère (French Studies)
• HAPI (Spanish or Latin American Studies), or
• ABSEES (Slavic and East European Studies)
• Choose a record from your search and interprete
  it.
• Revise your search in light of the new subject
  headings you discovered in your chosen record,
  thereby
• expanding your results, or
• restricting them.

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IBZ
Use Review tab to combine your searches
N.B. Subject headings and Classification terms
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Repère
Full-text
Full journal information
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HAPI
Add to send by e-mail.
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ABSEES
N.B. Use Subject headings to expand or restrict
your search.
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How to find the literature I

• 1. UA Library
• Click on or the
  full-text link within a database /or
• consult the NEOS Libraries Catalogue.
• Search for the source title of the item you want.
• if it is a book, search for the book Title.
• if it is a journal article, search for the
  Periodical Title, NOT for the article title.
• If the UA Library has the item, note
  availability, location and call number.

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NEOS Periodical Record
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How to Find the Literature II
http//www.library.ualberta.ca/getit/citation/inde
x.cfm
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How to find the literature III

• 2. NEOS Libraries other than U of A
• Note availability, location and call number.
• Have the item sent to the campus library of your
  choice by clicking on Request/Hold This Item OR
• go directly to the NEOS library to find the title.

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How to find the literature IV

• 3. InterLibrary Loan
• If the item is not in any of the NEOS Libraries
• If the item is a periodical located in a non-UofA
  NEOS library (e.g Edmonton Public Library)
• request item through the free UA InterLibrary
  Loan service online or in person.
• expedited service 4 working days (e.g. Calgary,
  Toronto)
• otherwise minimum two weeks

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Give it a Try!

• Using your previous search results in
• IBZ (German Studies)
• Repère (French Studies)
• HAPI (Spanish or Latin American Studies), or
• ABSEES (Slavic and East European Studies)
• Choose a record from your search.
• Find out how to access the document.

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Organizing your Records through RefWorks

• RefWorks is a web-based citation manager.
• Click on Citation Guides under Find on the
  Librarys main Web page.
• Click on RefWorks
• RefWorks for New Users
• RefWorks Tutorial

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Exporting Files to RefWorks from MLA
Click on Bibliographic Manager when e-mailing or
saving in MLA
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Click on Bibliography
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Select Output Style, File Type, and Reference
Location before Creating Bibliography
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Place imported records into new folder
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RefWorks Bibliography
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Ask Your Librarian

• This slide show is downloadable
  athttp//www.library.ualberta.ca/instruction/hss
  /index.cfm
• Contact Librarians through Chat reference,
  E-mail reference, telephone reference, or
  in-person at the reference desk
  http//www.library.ualberta.ca/helpdesk/
• Make an appointment with me or another subject
  librarian for subject-specific and in-depth
  searching assistance.
• All the best in your searches!

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