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Academic Research from the
KU Libraries
Contemporary American Literature
Lissa Lord [email protected] June 16, 2011
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KU Libraries Homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu
Dissertation Research Blog http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
Twitter at the Regents Center Library http://twitter.com/librarykuec
Regents Center Library Homepage http://www.lib.ku.edu/RCLibrary/
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If you know nothing about something
take a look at Wikipedia. My search contemporary american literature
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From Wikipedia: contempory american literature found : Jonathan Franzen who rose to prominence after the 2001
publication of his National Book Award- winning third novel, The Corrections . . .
Essay, "Perchance to Dream," in Harper's Magazine.
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From Wikipedia to the Library:
1. How do we find the essay, "Perchance to Dream," in Harper's Magazine? 2. How do we find out if the library has a copy of Franzen’s book, The Discomfort Zone? 3. How do we find reviews for The Discomfort Zone using a library database?
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Take your pick from this list of Databases that include the literary magazine, Harpers.
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Library Catalog: where are the books
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Library Catalog for How to find a book
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Do you want this book sent from Watson Library to Edwards Campus?
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Search Databases By Subject
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You will get a copy of this review, but not instantly. Request from the library. The link to the PDF article should (98% of the time from my experience) be in your email box tomorrow or at least within 48 hours.
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Usually, the text is already filled in. Here, I had to cut and paste from the database screen
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TLS historical archive includes 2006. . .(!) I found the review “the other” database said the library did not have!
Returning to the list of English Lit databases
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If you know the name of the database you want to search select the letter of its title
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Proquest research library
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Google Scholar now that you know how databases work, look here
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To search Google Scholar, go through the library so that the databases are connected to your Google search
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