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A guide to help students use research sources in literature and filmWhat makes a good research topic in a literature class? What does your professor mean by "peer-reviewed" sources? What should you do if you can't find enough material? This approachable guide walks students through the process of research in literary studies, providing them with tools for responding successfully to course assignments.Written by two experienced librarians, the guide introduces the resources available through college and university libraries and explains how to access the ones a student needs. It focuses on research in literature, identifying relevant databases and research guides and explaining different types of sources and the role each plays in researching and writing about a literary text. But it also contains helpful information for any student researcher, describing strategies for searching the web to find the most useful material and offering guidance on organizing research and documenting sources with MLA style.Extensively updated and revised, the second edition emphasizes digital resources that can be accessed remotely, offers critical thinking strategies for evaluating sources, and includes more information on writing about audiovisual as well as written works.This book contains an introduction and the chapters "Starting the Research Process," "Searching Your Library Discovery System or Catalog," "Searching Subject-Specific Databases," "Searching the Internet," "Finding Reviews," "Using Contextual Primary Sources," "Finding Background Information," "Managing Sources and Creating Your Bibliography," and "Guides to Research in Literature Written in English" as well as a bibliography of sources for studying literature in English and a glossary of terms.
Contents
Introduction
1. Starting the Research Process
Understanding Your Research Paper Assignment
Developing a Topic
Developing a Search Strategy
The Research Process: Five Top Tips for Doing Better Research
2. Searching Your Library Discovery System or Catalog
Is This like Google? Your Library's Discovery System
The Library's Special Language: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Moving beyond the Basics
Using Materials from Other Libraries
Choosing the Right Library Sources for Your Assignment
3. Searching Subject-Specific Databases
How to Select the Right Database
Subject-Specific Databases
Advanced Searching in the MLA International Bibliography
Interdisciplinary Databases
4. Searching the Internet
Finding Scholarship on the Internet
Accessing Scholarship Online
Searching Smarter: Search Engine Advanced Tools
Evaluating Internet Sources
Evaluating Library Sources
5. Finding Reviews
6. Using Contextual Primary Sources
What Is a Primary Source?
Periodicals as Primary Sources
Audiovisual Media as a Primary Source
Using Primary Sources in Literary Research
Finding Primary Sources Using a Library Database or Catalog
Finding Primary Sources Using the Internet
7. Finding Background Information
Library Sources for Biographical and Historical Information
Internet Sources for Biographical and Historical Information
Finding a Definition or the Source of a Quotation
8. Managing Sources and Creating Your Bibliography
Creating In-Text Citations and a Works-CitedList
Organizing Your Research
9. Guides to Research in Literature Written in English
Harner's Literary Research Guide
Series on Literary Research from Scarecrow Press
Appendix: A Selected Bibliography of Research Sources for Literature and Literary Studies in English
Glossary
Index
