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Meaning
of Words | Obscure
References | Books | Reviews
& Articles | Cite
Sources | Research
Skills Quiz |
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FIND
THE MEANING OF WORDS
| Reference
Source |
Call
Number/Access |
Oxford
English Dictionary
The "OED" is the standard historical dictionary of English.
If you're just checking a quick meaning, either print or database
will do. More complex searching requires use of the database. |
ref
PE 1625 .O87 1989
online
database |
FIND
AN ONLINE TEXT
| Reference
Source |
Access |
Lion
(Literature Online)
Fully
searchable library of more than 330,000 works of English and American
poetry, drama and prose, plus biographies, bibliographies and key
criticism and reference resources |
click
here |
FIND
THE MEANING OF AN OBSCURE REFERENCE
Starting
Places -- Or
what to do when you have no clue what that means
| Reference
Source |
Access/Call
Number |
| Oxford
Reference Online |
click
here |
| Cambridge
Collections Online |
click
here |
People
Use
these sources to find the facts about a life including lists of writings.
| Reference
Source |
Reference
Call Number |
| Dictionary
of Literary Biography - See esp. Vol. 329, Nobel Prize Laureates
in Literature, Part 1 includes Coetzee's Nobel Lecture, Nobel award
press release, and much more. |
ref
PN 451 .D53 |
| Dictionary
of National Biography |
click
here |
| American
National Biography |
click
here |
| Biography
Resource Center |
click
here |
Literature
| Reference
Source |
Call
Number |
| Handbook
of Literature |
ref
PN 41 .H355 2006 |
| New
Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics |
ref
PN 1021 .N39 1993 |
FINDING
BOOKS
Search
in the Five College Library
Catalog using the SUBJECT BEGINS WITH search - e.g.:
Wyatt,
Thomas, Sir, 1521?-1554
Morrison, Toni
American literature (or English literature) women authors
FINDING
REVIEWS AND ARTICLES
Reviews
Humanities
and Social Sciences Index Retrospective 1907-1984
Book
Review Digest Retrospective 1905-1982
New
York Times Historical 1851-2002
New
York Review of Books 1978+
Times
Literary Supplement Centenary Archive 1902-1990
Articles
Academic
Search Premier 1965+
Humanities
Abstracts 1984+
MLA
Bibliography 1926+
JSTOR
(back issues excluding the most recent 2-5 years)
CITE
YOUR SOURCES
For
guidance on citing sources correctly visit the Libraries' Style
Manuals page. See especially links to MLA (Modern Language Association
of America) style. See
how to get to Citation
Help.
TAKE
THE RESEARCH SKILLS QUIZ
Once
you have had a library session please connect to Moodle
and log into the Research Skills for Students class. Please take the two
brief quizzes on Research Skills and the Plagiarism Challenge. (If you
wish you may take these as many times as you like to get a perfect score).
WHAT
DID YOU THINK ABOUT THIS LIBRARY CLASS?
Let
us know your thoughts. Please fill out the brief Feedback
Form.
CONTACT
THE REFERENCE LIBRARIAN
Contact
Bruce Sajdak, the instructor for your library session: bsajdak@email.smith.edu
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