German Graduates Orientation Part 2:

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1 A. Journal Articles German Graduates Orientation Part 2: Finding Journal Articles and Refworks Search for articles and article citations in journal indexes and databases. How to Select a Database Each index deals with a specific subject area. If you need to find an article, first check which one to use. From the library homepage click Articles Select By Subject or Title This is the main literature database for modern languages Points to remember about Journal Articles: Look for the year you want and record its location and call number. Journals can be on microfilm, paper, or online in fulltext. Current print journals (periodicals) and bound journals are on the 2 nd floor of Stauffer Library. Do not search QCAT by journal author or article title. Only the journal title is listed in QCAT To improve a search, check the descriptors or subject headings in the record Principles for searching databases: Identify Keywords (gender, literature, German, Austrian Literature, etc.) Find out if a phrase needs quotations (depends on the database) (if in doubt, click on the HELP button to find out how to effectively search a database). Find out how to get different word endings. For example, is * (an asterisk) used for different word endings or is it? (a question mark) Do words need to be connected with and, or, not? Look for subject headings or descriptors in a useful record for more keyword ideas. Selecting the Get s button does NOT imply that the article will be online/fulltext x75566 Page 1

2 German Literature Collection German Literature Collections is a full text collection of the works of Goethe, Schiller, Kafka, Brecht. It also includes Die Deutsche Lyrik which adds five centuries of German poetry, and Digitale Bibliothek Deutscher Klassiker, which covers "German literature, philosophy, politics and history from the eighth century to the twentieth". Each of the collections can be accessed separately or can be searched across the entire collection x75566 Page 2

3 C. Other databases of interest available at Queen s Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft A major, international bibliography for German literary studies. Less emphasis on linguistics than on literary studies. (BDSL Online wird von der Universitätsbibliothek Frankfurt am Main als Schwerpunktbibliothek für Germanistik erstellt. Sie ist die wichtigste bibliographische Informationsquelle für Germanisten mit dem Schwerpunkt Literaturwissenschaft.) DaSinD Online - Die Bibliographische Abteilung der Datenbank Schriftstellerinnen in Deutschland 1945 ff. Indexes the works of female German writers and translators x75566 Page 3

4 Arts and Humanities Citation Index (Web of Science) A multidisciplinary database covering the journal literature of the arts and humanities as well as major science and social science journals. Updated weekly. Citations only Literature Online x75566 Page 4

5 Factiva Articles from many worldwide news and business sources, in many languages. Many are available up to the current day. D. RefWorks If you haven t already done so, create your individual account in RefWorks. Save citations in your personal Reference Citation Database (RefWorks) x75566 Page 5