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MAJOR WORKS OF ENGLISH & AMERICAN LITERATURE
INSTRUCTOR: DR. RENZ
LIBRARIAN: JANET SWIFT

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Research Strategy

TOPIC: Hemingway

2. Brainstorm a list of keywords relevant to your topic so that that your search is not too broad or too narrow. List author, title and any keywords that are related to your topic, such as criticism. Knowing terminology and subjects will give you greater flexibility when you search for books and articles on your topic. Terminology changes over the years. For example, "homelessness" in current times was referred to as "vagrancy" and "hobos." in the 1960s.

3. Keep track of your resources so that you may cite them accurately in your bibliography and works cited pages.

• For books, make note of the title, the author, the publisher, the date, city of publication, and the page number(s) of any information you intend to use in your paper.
  
• For articles, make note of the title of the article, the author, the title, the series number, the volume number, the date of the publication, and the page number(s) of any information you intend to use in your paper.
• For Internet sites, make note of the author, the title of the document, the title of the complete work, the date of publication or last revision, the URL, and the date that you accessed the site.

• HOMER to find books and journal titles held by the libraries.
• Databases to find resources that will direct you to articles.
• eJournals to track down journals that are available online.
• Document Delivery/Interlibrary Loan (DD/ILL) to request books and articles that are not available to you at your campus libary

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HOMER provides access to the University of Connecticut Libraries' collections on the Storrs and regional campuses through the UCAT catalog. The Simple Search is your quickest way to search HOMER. Type in your search terms in the box labeled "Search Terms" and choose the type of search you wish to perform using the "Type of Search" option box. Use limit to in HOMER (UCAT) to locate books in your own campus library. Limits will not apply to Author, Subject Heading, Call Number, or Prolific Author/Composer search types.

Keyword -- Relevance Search

To view How to do a Simple Title Search click here.

Keyword--Relevance Searching allows you to:

• truncate, by using the ? : critic? finds critic, criticism
• mark essential terms, use +: +Hemingway +biography
• mark important terms, use *: *Hemingway +critic?
• search phrases, by using quotes: "African stories"
  

To view a Keyword Relevance Search click here.

Some titles on your topic held at the Waterbury Library are:

Title	Call Number
Ernest Hemingway A to Z: the essential reference to the life and work	PS3515.E37 Z7484 1999
The snows of Kilimanjaro, and other stories	PS3515.E37 S62 1961
Hemingway: a collection of critical essays	PS3515.E37 Z94
Ernest Hemingway	PS3515.E37 Z58416 1999
Ernest Hemingway : five decades of criticism	PS5315.E37 Z916

Click here to learn more about How to Use HOMER UCAT.

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Locating Articles

Journals, Magazines, and Newspapers are all generally referred to as PERIODICALS (or serials) because they are issued at regular periods To locate specific articles on your topic, access databases from the library homepage. UConn subscribes to over 240 Web-based databases. Full Text Databases include: Infotrac, WilsonWeb OmniFile.

Keyword Searching lets you match words in the articles themselves in a full-text database.

From the Library Homepage click on Shortcuts to access several popular databases, including Infotrac and MLA.

Featured Database: MLA

Indexes critical literary scholarship and provides access to over 6,000 journals and serials published worldwide, as well as books, essay collections, working papers, proceedings, dissertations, and bibliographies. It is not full-text.

Other Databases: To access more specialized databases click Databases for your subject.
For a handout on the the difference beween journals and magazines click here: Journals & Magazines: How to Tell the Difference.

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Tracking Down Full Text Materials

If only an abstract or extended citation is available, locate the full text of the article by clicking these options and then searching for the title of the publication:

eJournals to check if a magazine or journal is available online

HOMER to see what is available in the library; search by journal title

DD/ILL to request an article or book that is not available in the library
Be sure to submit requests well in advance. The standard time for material to arrive is about seven to fourteen days after your request is submitted.

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Citing Sources

For English classes, use the following style:

MLA Citations

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Web Resources

The internet offers a wide range of information --from primary documents that have been digitized and are available online to an abundance of sources whose accuracy, currency, accountability may be questionable. Keep in mind that full text articles from peer-reviewed journals are not readily available on the web and can only be accessed through UConn databases.

When using internet webpages as resources for research papers, evaluate whether the information is reliable, if a reputable organization or expert is behind it. Question the URL domain (.edu, .com, .org, .gov, etc). Is the page a tool for advertising? If so, information might be biased. Scrutinize the design and purpose of the page, noting whether the information seems valuable enough to cite in your research.

Hints on Evaluating Websites

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