ENGL 1302 @ NLC Library - Riske

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NLC Library Pre-test

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Session I. 

HANDOUTS

• Library Essentials

• Developing a Search Strategy 

• Got Books?

 

Activity:

Narrow your topic  (University of Washington Libraries Research 101)

 

Want books? Use:

ALAMO LIBRARY ONLINE CATALOG 

 

Fun Activity - Try this on your own

• Search Smarter, Search Faster - YouTube Video

 

Evaluate your sources:

• Evaluating web sites (MS Word, PDF) (Handout)
• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: or why it is a good idea to evaluate web sites

 

Do this assignment before the next session: Assignment_ENGL1302_ evaluate_website.pdf

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Session II.

 

ACTIVITIES:

A.  Website evaluation review - What do YOU think?

Online Literature

The Ambrose Bierce Project

 

B.  Criticism, Review or Something else? 

1. "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner

2. "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

3. "A Dollhouse" by Ibsen  

 

HANDOUTS

• Using Online Databases

 

Want articles? Use:

ELECTRONIC DATABASES

Databases by Subject - Biography

• Biography Resource Center

 

Databases by Subject - Literature

• Literature Resource Center (GALE)
• Literary Reference Center (EBSCO) 
• Literature Criticism Online
• JSTOR
• MLA International Bibliography

 

Off-campus Access -- Proxy Login

SEARCH STRATEGIES 

• Boolean - AND, OR, NOT
• Field searching - Subject, Author, Title
• Quotation marks for exact phrase
• Truncation - root + variants (*) 
• Database Limiters: date, publication type, peer-reviewed, etc.

 

 

OPTIONS FOR FULL-TEXT - Where is the actual article???

• PDF or HTML in database
• A to Z Online Journal Locator
• We don't have it?  Try: ILL/IDB/TexShare

 

 

NLC Library Post-Test

 

 

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