English 168: Cultural Studies

English 168: Cultural Studies
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	Library Homepage Reference Sources Library Catalog Article Databases Requesting items that are not available at Cornell Evaluating your sources Citing your sources Getting HELP
Library Homepage The Cornell University Library Gateway is the Library's homepage on the World Wide Web. The Gateway lists information about the CU Library and provides access to library resources and services. Return to top Reference Sources Encyclopaedia Britannica Online Encyclopedia of Sex and Gender: Men and Women in the Worlds' Cultures. edited by Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember. 2 vols. New York : Springer, c2003. Olin Library Reference, HQ16 .E53 2003 + Encyclopedia of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender History in America. [online] Marc Stein, editor in chief. 3 vols. New York, NY : Charles Scribner’s Sons/Thomson/Gale, c2004. The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality. Edited by Robert T. Francoeur ; prefaced by Timothy Perper ; introduction by Ira L. Reiss. 4 vols. New York : Continuum, c1997- . Olin Library Reference, HQ21 .I68x 1997 For more resources, see Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies: A Research Guide: The Human Sexuality Collection and Olin Reference Return to top Searching the Library Catalog To locate items held at Cornell (books, journals, etc.) Search by title Search by keyword Search by Library of Congress Subject Heading BorrowDirect and Interlibrary Loan (To request items not available at Cornell) Search by title in the Library Catalog: From the Library Gateway, choose the Library Catalog: Enter the first several words of the title. Leave off leading articles such as "a" or "the". To find *Blending genders : social aspects of cross-dressing and sex changing, type: Blending Genders* Note the library location and call number. Check a stacks directory to locate the call number in the stacks. To find related titles, open the Long View of the record for the item and click on the Subject Heading links. Search by keyword in the Library Catalog: The Guided Keyword search is another approach to finding materials on a topic. From the Library Gateway, select the Library Catalog In the Library Catalog, select the Guided Keyword search Combine search terms by using the pull-down menus to search all of a given set of terms [all of these], or any of a given set of terms [any of these], or to search for your terms [as a phrase]. Search for variant endings by truncating terms with a ? mark; ie., transsexual? picks up transsexual, transsexuals and transsexuality Don't forget! When you find titles that look promising, click on the Long View button to see the Subject Headings links. Searching by Library of Congres Subject Heading in the Library Catalog. A Subject Heading search relies on a controlled vocabulary -- the Library of Congress Subject Headings. As outlined above, one way to identify useful subject headings is to start with either a Title search or a Guided Keyword search. Once you have found a promising title, click the Long View button to view the subject headings. For more information on LC subject headings, see: Human Sexuality Collection: Finding Transgender & Intersex In the Library . Return to top Finding Articles Periodical indexes (now available as online databases) identify and locate the articles published in magazines, journals and newspapers. Many databases also index essays, book chapters and monographs. Some databases provide the complete article online (the full-text). When full-text articles are not provided, click on the Get it! Cornell link to determine if the library owns the periodical you need, or search the Library Catalog directly for the book or journal title. Note: The Find it! feature on the Library Gateway allows you to perform a very simple search across multiple databases. For more precise searching, it's best to search the databases individually. See the recommended databases below. Recommended Databases A partial list of databases that may be useful for this topic. Ask a Librarian for additional suggestions. General Article Indexes Specialized Indexes Selected Databases: General Article Indexes Academic Search Premier. Ipswich, MA : EBSCO Publishing, 1984 - . Provides citations and abstracts for articles from over 4,140 journals, and includes full text from over 3,170 journals. Proquest Research Library. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University Microfilms International, . 1986 - . Available as part of the ProQuest Direct system, Periodical Abstracts indexes and abstracts over 1500 periodicals, covering general interest magazines and scholarly journals in the social sciences, humanities and sciences. The ProQuest Direct Web interface provides the full-text, in several formats, of many articles contained in the database. Selected Databases: Specialized Indexes Anthropology Plus. [online] Dublin, Ohio : OCLC, 1993? - . Provides worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. AltPressIndex. Baltimore, MD : Alternative Press Center. Indexes journals covering cultural, economic, political, and social change. Coverage is international and interdisciplinary, with citations drawn from alternative, radical, and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Includes selected abstracts from research journals. Subjects covered include anarchism, democracy, ecology, feminism, gay and lesbian issues, indigenous peoples, labor, national liberation, and socialism. GenderWatch Stamford, CT : SoftLine Information, 1970 -. A full text database of publications that focus on the impact of gender across a broad spectrum of subject areas. The database provides in-depth coverage of the subjects that are uniquely central to women’s lives, including family, childbrith, birth control, daycare, domestic abuse, work and the workplace, sexual harassment, aging, aging parents, body image, eating disorders and social and societal roles. Historical Abstracts. Santa Barbara, CA : ABC-Clio, Inc., c1998 -. Covers over 2000 journals, including historical journals from almost every country and selections of journals in the social sciences and humanities for researchers and students of history. Sociological Abstracts. Wellesley Hills: Silver Platter, 1974- . Sociological Abstracts indexes and abstracts the world's leading journals in sociology. It covers articles published since 1974. It is the online version of Sociological Abstracts, San Diego: Sociological Abstracts, Inc. 1952/53-. (Olin Ref + Z7163 .S67). Note the earlier coverage of the print version. Return to top Requesting items not available at Cornell Borrow Direct If Cornell does not have the book you need, or if the book is currently charged out to another user, search the BorrowDirect system to locate a copy. See Interlibrary Loan, below, for article delivery. BorrowDirect is a book request and delivery system that enables Cornell faculty, staff, and students to request items from the combined collections of Brown, Columbia, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Princeton and Yale. If an item is available through BorrowDirect, delivery can be expected in approximately 4 days. Please note: BorrowDirect can only be used for books and printed music. For journals, see Interlibrary Loan, below. Interlibrary Loan Services To request electronic delivery of articles from journals not held at Cornell, or to request books and other items that are not held at Cornell and are not available through BorrowDirect, use Interlibrary Loan. Please note: Unlike BorrowDirect, Interlibrary Loan cannot be used for a book the library owns, even if the book is currently checked out to another user. Return to top Evaluating your sources Evaluating the sources you find is a crucial step in the process of scholarly research. The questions you ask about books, periodical articles, or multimedia sources are similar whether you're looking at a citation to the item or have the item in hand. How to Critically Analyze Information Sources Lists some of the critical questions you should ask when you consider the appropriateness of a particular book, article, media resource, or Web site for your research. Distinguishing Scholarly from Non-Scholarly Periodicals: A Checklist of Criteria Shows how to evaluate periodicals by looking at their format, intended audience, and appearance. Evaluating Web Resources Lists ways to analyze the Web sites you find. Return to top Citing your sources MLA citation style (Modern Language Association) MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers (6th ed.) Olin and Uris Libraries Z253 .M68 2003 (located at the Reference Desks) MLA citation style (CUL Gateway Help pages) Cornell University Code of Academic Integrity Return to top Getting Help Library Gateway Help CU Library Catalog Help Reference Desk Directory Reference Desk Schedules in Olin and Uris Libraries Olin Library Reference phone number: 255-4144 Uris Library Reference phone number: 255-2339 Writing Walk-in Service (Knight Institute) -- Sunday - Thursday, 7pm - 10pm in Olin Library, room 403. Lynn Thitchener 11/5 /2007

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