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Library Info Skills
Michelle Ward, September 2006Okanagan College Penticton, Librarywww.okanagan.bc.ca/library
Getting Started !Defining your topic, approachIdentifying keywordsMargaret Laurence Stone Angel
William Shakespeare Hamlet
Next step! Library Websitewww.okanagan.bc.ca/library
Searching Library CatalogueLibrary CatalogueOC WebpageLibrary Webpage
Searching Library CatalogueVoyager main page Course Reserve search
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Critical material on an author of a literary work! authors family name first! look for handy sub-headings, to aspects such as biography, characters, criticism, outlines, title of specific work
Discussion of literary genres, periods, themesWomen novelists, Canadian - 20th centuryTheater England History 16th , 17th centuryTragedy
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Reference sets for Literature
Use Gale Literary Index [online]
Dictionary of Literary Biography [online]
Gale Literary Criticism reference sets [online & print]
Contemporary Literary Criticism Ref PN771.C59Shakespearean Criticism Ref PR2965.S43Shakespeare for Students Ref PR2987.S47www.okanagan.bc.ca/library
Reference sets for LiteratureSearch in Article Databases for Humanities
Reference sets for LiteratureGale Literary Index
Reference sets for LiteratureOn Reference Shelves in the Library
Need more
Back to Library Website !www.okanagan.bc.ca/library Find ArticlesHumanities Online Resources Gale Literary databases Academic Search Premier CBCA Full-Text Reference MLA International Bibliography Humanities Index
! try out all those keywords, try different combinations! watch for full-text and Where can I get this ?
Acknowledge & Cite !
Keep Records of your Sources References
AuthorsBook & chapter Titles, Video TitlesPublishers/Producers, Place & Date of PublicationArticle titles, newspaper/magazine/journal titlesVolume, Issue & Page numbers
Plus for internet sites Retrieval datesLibrary Database namesWebsite urlsWebsite titles, authoring responsibilities
Acknowledge & Cite !MLA StyleStyle Guides
MLA StyleBook
Peck, John and Martin Coyle. How to Study a Shakespeare Play. 2nd ed. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave, 1995.
Chapter in a Book
Bertz, Doug. Some Notes on the Stone Angel. Challenging Territory: the Writing of Margaret Laurence. Ed. Christian Riegel. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1997. 170-178.
MLA StyleJournal ArticleWoodcock, George. Many Solitudes: The Travel Writings of Margaret Laurence. Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d'etudes canadiennes 13.3 (1978): 3-12.
When Article is retrieved from a Library DatabaseAdd : name of Library database accessed and the online subscription service, name of Library, city where Library is located and date retrieved
Contemporary Literary Criticism-Select. Gale. Okanagan College Lib,, Penticton. 27 Sept. 2006.
Info Skills Replay ! listing Keywords
searching Library Catalogue
checking Reference books (print/online)
finding Articles on databases
recording References
using MLA style
Need help ?Ask Us ! Come to Library Reference DeskLibrarians Anne Cossentine, Michelle WardAsk Us (reference help)From library webpage
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