Essential Library Skills Graduate Research Methods Seminar (2) School of English Isolde Harpur Subject Librarian imharpur@tcd.ie October 2009 Trinity College Library Dublin, College Street, Dublin 2
Learning Outcomes By the end of this session, you should be able to: Name some key printed sources Locate film and microfilm collections in the catalogue Identify useful databases Conduct a search in a database Access information about EndNote Connect to the SIF Information Literacy Tutorial
Key Printed Sources Key Printed Sources
Key Printed Sources Irish University Review: a Journal of Irish Studies Shelved in the Periodicals Reading Room, Ussher Basement at PER 891.6 2003 edition has index covering 1970-2000 Sources For The History of Irish Civilisation: Articles in Irish Periodicals/Edited by Richard J. Hayes Shelved in the Iveagh Hall, Berkeley Library. Consists of 9 volumes divided into Dates, Persons, Places and Subjects. Irish periodicals catalogued range in date of publication from about 1800 to 1969. Includes articles, poems and reviews in periodicals in Ireland which contain material of value for research into every aspect of Irish history and culture
Film Collections Film Collections
TCD Library, Trinity College, College Green, Dublin 2
TCD Library, Trinity College, College Green, Dublin 2
Film Collections LEN- 2 day loan No LEN Prefix- 1 week loan All films are available from the Multimedia Area in Iveagh Hall. Viewing facilities are in the Assistive Technology Information Centre (ATIC).
Microfilm Collections Microfilm Collections
Microfilm Collections More info on these titles available from www.adam-matthew-publications.co.uk Abolition And Emancipation First Line Index Of Manuscript Poetry In The Folger Shakespeare Library First Line Index Of Manuscript Poetry In The Huntington Library Foxe And The English Reformation, c1539-1587 Gothic Fiction Nineteenth Century Literary Manuscripts Renaissance Commonplace Books From The Huntington Library Renaissance Man Women Advising Women Women, Education And Literature Women s Autobiographies
Microfilm Collections Oscar Wilde Collection Filmed from the holdings of the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library of the University of California at Los Angeles
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Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2
TCD Library, Trinity College, College Green, Dublin 2
Databases Databases
Definition of Databases Definition of Databases Databases are electronic indexes of articles, books, or information which can be searched with their own search engine; they cannot be accessed through a common search engine like Google
Types of Databases Databases can be classed as follows: SUBJECT: Focusing on a particular subject area such as History or English UNIQUE FORMAT TYPE: e.g. Journals or Books or Newspapers or Theses BIBLIOGRAPHIC: Citations only FULL TEXT: Citations plus full text
Search Strategy Tips Search Strategy Tips A search strategy is an information seeking plan so Determine what the keywords are Identify alternative terms for these keywords (if necessary) Refine the search (by date etc.) Use Boolean Searching, e.g. connect keywords with AND, OR, AND NOT and NEAR(or WITHIN) Literature and Yeats (retrieves documents containing both words) Poetry or Verse (retrieves documents containing either keyword useful when there are several common synonyms) Literature and not Poetry (excludes unwanted terms) Literature near 10 (or any number) Yeats (the two terms are required to occur within 10 words of each other)
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Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Subject Guides
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Subject Guides
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 All Databases for English
Search Example Using a Library database, find information by or about Hilary Mantel, winner of the 2009 Man Booker Prize for Fiction
TCD Library, Trinity College, College Green, Dublin 2
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Subject Guides
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Web of knowledge
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Web of knowledge
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Web of knowledge
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Web of knowledge
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Web of knowledge
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 Check TCD e-journals
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 The New York Review of Books
The New York Review of Books - Archives Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2
The New York Review of Books - Archives Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2
The New York Review of Books - Archives Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2
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Web of knowledge Additional Features Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Author Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Author Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Author Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Author Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Text Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Text Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Text Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Text Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Text Search
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline Poets on Screen
Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 LIterature ONline My Archive
LIterature ONline Do Your Own Search Choose your own topic and search for it in LION
EndNote The Library manages the campus licence for the bibliographic reference manager, EndNote. Current staff and students are permitted to install a copy of the software on Institutionowned or operated machines EndNote can be used to store, manage, organise and format bibliographic references to be used in your research papers and publications EndNote classes take place on Mondays at 2pm and Fridays at 10am. All postgraduates and staff are sent an email about classes. First of the sessions starts on November 2 nd at 2pm. Places are booked online via the link in the email
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Trinity College Library, College Street, Dublin 2 EndNote
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You should now be able to Name some key printed sources Locate film and microfilm collections in the catalogue Identify useful databases Conduct a search in a database Access information about EndNote Connect to the SIF Information Literacy Tutorial