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GER/RUSS 600 Electronic Resources for Literature and Film. H. Calogeridis B. Menich UW Library October 20, 2006. Objective. To provide an overview of electronic resources supporting research in literature and film studies Journal Databases (UW) Newspaper Databases (UW) Internet Resources.
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GER/RUSS 600Electronic Resources for Literature and Film H. Calogeridis B. Menich UW Library October 20, 2006
Objective • To provide an overview of electronic resources supporting research in literature and film studies • Journal Databases (UW) • Newspaper Databases (UW) • Internet Resources
Session Outline • Subject specific journal databases • Interdisciplinary journal databases • Newspaper databases • Internet resources • Searching and finding tips
Journal Databases • Access from UW Homepage, right navigation bar, under Research Databases http://journal-indexes.uwaterloo.ca • Browse by Title • Browse by Subject
Subject Specific Databases • German: Germanistik, BDSL Online • Russian: ABSEES
Interdisciplinary Databases • Dissertations & Theses (PQDT) • Humanities Abstracts • Humanities FT • IBZ • JSTOR • MLA • Web of Science
How to Search with Keywords • Analyze your search topic: Treatment of laughter in literature from a feminist perspective • Identify the key concepts LAUGHTER LITERATURE FEMINIST • Provide other terms that are similar in meaning (synonyms) or related terms LAUGHTER MIRTH FUN FEMINIST FEMINISM • Combine terms using AND to narrow and OR to broaden (laughter OR mirth OR fun) AND literature AND feminis* Note: Umlauts and transliteration make a difference e.g. für/fuer; tolstoy/tolstoi
How to Search with Keywords (cont’d) Note the various database interfaces and search feature differences. Use ONLINE HELP. • truncation • descriptors • Boolean combination procedures • thesauri • indexes • limiting features (date, publication type, language, format, etc.)
Interpreting Search Results (Hits) • If the number too high, limit by language, date, type of material, etc. • If the number too low, expand by simplifying the search statement OR re- formulate you search statement OR switch to a different database • Check "peer-reviewed" hits
Getting the Research Material • Click on Get it @Waterloo link to access the full text or print information from TRELLIS • Search TRELLIS by the source title, e.g. the journal title, NOT the article title • For print sources, note the library holdings, call number and location
IBZ • Journal Articles from European journals • Multilingual, mostly English and German • Interface in English and German
JSTOR • Electronic archive • Full-text articles • Coverage excludes current 3-5 years (moving wall)
Web of Science:Arts & Humanities Citation Index • Journal articles and reviews • Search by citations • Multilingual
BDSL • 1985-1995 only • Equivalent of Bibliographie der deutschen Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft (Eppelsheimer/Köttelwesch) • Key database for German Studies
ABSEES • American Bibliography of Slavic and East European Studies • Includes book reviews
Newspaper Databases • interdisciplinary • popular sources of information • good source of reviews Factiva • Searchable in Latin and Cyrillic alphabets Lexis/Nexis Academic
Germany: Suddeutsche Zeitung Die Welt Berliner Zeitung Der Tagesspiegel Frankfurter Rundschau Stuttgarter Zeitung Austria: Die Presse Wirtschafts Blatt Switzerland: Neue Zurcher Zeitung Basler Zeitung Tages Anzeiger Russia: Vedomosti Kommersant Rossiiskaia gazeta Izvestiia Ekspert Factiva News Pages