IDENTIFYING RESOURCES

Lesley Watts (Librarian)King Edward VI School

March 2014

Literature in EnglishSixth Form

Cambridge Pre-U

Plan your strategySaves time, more effective and should give better results

Write a precise definition of what you are looking for

Make a list of keywords, phrases, synonyms and names

Be prepared to narrow or broaden your search as you go along

Avoid plagiarismBe methodical - list all the places or sources you are going to

search and tick them off as you check them.

BOOKS: Note the author, title, place of publication, publisher and date of publication.

JOURNALS: Note the author, year of publication, title of the article, title of the journal, volume or part number and page reference.

Avoid plagiarismINTERNET PAGES: Note the author, year the site was published/updated, title of the site, the URL and the date you accessed it. If you can’t find an author, just the title will be enough.

Use different coloured ink or a different font for your own thoughts.

Avoid plagiarismCite Them Right: the essential referencing guide. Copies in the School Library

Keep track of websitesMinimum: cut and paste URLs into a Word

document

Use a social bookmarking site such as:

Stumbleupon https://www.stumbleupon.com

School Library Diigo https://www.diigo.com/user/wattsl

Searching the web

Photo by Will Lion, via Flickr

Library section of MoodleThe Modern American novel – a collection of websites on Scoop.it

http://www.scoop.it/t/modern-american-novel?sc_source=http%3A%2F%2Fkes-stratford.org.uk%2Fmoodle%2Fcourse%2Fview.php%3Fid%3D67

Organising websites Evernote http://www.Evernote.com/ lets you

highlight parts of web pages and save them.

Everclip – related app for phones and tablets

Livebinders http://livebinders.com/ lets you organize your web sites in tabbed online binders.

School library catalogue Eclipse.net

Go to Internet Explorer.Library catalogue is in the list of favourites.

Books, journals, DVDs, weblinks

Use your public library

http://librarycatalogue.warwickshire.gov.uk/ABwarwick/

Search the catalogue online

If you are a member you can reserve books online

Join online for free

University librariesAston University

http://www1.aston.ac.uk/library/additional-information-for/visitorinfo/

University of Birmingham http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/libraries/fesupport/visits.aspx

University of Warwick http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/search/

University librariesPlan your visitCheck the catalogue before you go

University librariesFor more information go to the Library section of Moodle – Sixth Form library guides – other libraries

University of Warwick Library OPEN: Monday to Sunday 08:30 – 00:00 (Check website in case of holiday

closures. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/

Take introductory letter from school on headed paper

Take photographic identification such as driving licence

Register at the Welcome Point as a ‘day visitor’ between 9am and 9pm

Register at the Help Desk as a ‘reference user’ – issued with a card that gives access for 12 months

University of Warwick LibraryTake cash for car parking

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/campus-support/carparks/

Print out a map of the campus or directions here: http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/about/visiting

Online searchingBe methodical, have a search strategy and keep looking

Online searching Google Scholar http://scholar.google.co.uk/ searches scholarly literature but

not comprehensive and often impossible to read the whole article.

Google Books http://books.google.co.uk/ helps you discover books but not necessarily read them online.

Amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk Can often look inside books at contents and chapters

Blackwells lets you search by keyword and academic level http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/index.jsp?route=home&dept=Home

Useful websitesLiterary Resources on the Net (Rutgers University,

U.S.A. https://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

“Index of literary resources available on the Web, focusing on those of interest to scholars. Searchable and organized by period and topic”

Description on Google

Useful websitesVoice of the Shuttle http://vos.ucsb.edu/

Created by Alan Liu from the English Department of the University of California. Subject gateway for humanities resources online

Useful websitesLiterary criticism for British and American authors of the 19th and 20th centuries

http://www.literaryhistory.com/

Useful websitesAmerican Literature sites (Washington State University)

http://public.wsu.edu/~campbelld/amlit/sites.htm

Useful websitesPAL: Perspectives in American Literature http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/home.html

Comprehensive site on American literary figures and movements

Useful websitesLitLinks (Bedford/ St. Martins)

http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/litlinks/Pages/Main.aspx

MOOCS Massive Open Online Courses

Open Yale Courses: The American Novel since 1945

http://oyc.yale.edu/english/engl-291

MOOCS Futurelearn

https://www.futurelearn.com/

Coursera

https://www.coursera.org/

MOOCS Open Culture – Literature: free courses online

http://www.openculture.com/literature_free_courses

Subscription sitesEmagazine http://www.englishandmedia.co.uk/emag/

We have a subscription – login details on Moodle

The End

Thank you for listening.