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Types of Periodicals in Literature. Professional Scholarly Literary. Types of Scholarly Articles. Analysis and interpretation Pedagogical Linguistic Textual. Scholarly Press vs. Popular Press. Purpose/content Audience Acceptance/rejection practices.
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Types of Periodicals in Literature • Professional • Scholarly • Literary
Types of Scholarly Articles • Analysis and interpretation • Pedagogical • Linguistic • Textual
Scholarly Press vs. Popular Press • Purpose/content • Audience • Acceptance/rejection practices
Peer Review Process • New information • Fresh interpretations • Innovative critical approaches
Peer Review Process • Acceptance • Conditional acceptance • Potential acceptance • Rejection
Reasons for Rejection • Poor marketing • Rehashed material • Flawed conclusions • More opinion & less evidence • Sloppy writing
MLA Coverage The MLA database is a collection of records that identify: • Periodical articles • Books & monographs • Essays & festscriften • Conference proceedings • Dissertations • Review essays
MLA Database Basics A MLA database record is divided into fields.
Keyword Searches: Problems Simple keyword searches often retrieve: • too many items • irrelevant items • zero items
Boolean Searching • Write a clear statement about the topic. • Divide the topic statement into concepts. • Select words to express each concept. • Truncate appropriate words.
Step 1: State research question Are there any critical discussions on the various editions of Dickens’ Bleak House?
Step 2: Divide the topic statement into concepts. Are there any critical discussions on the various editions of Dickens’ Bleak House?
Step 3:Select words to express each concept. Are there any discussions on the various editions of Dickens’ Bleak House?
Synonyms • Lectures • Database Thesauri • Reading
Step 4: Truncate appropriate words • Truncation allows the computer to search for variant forms of a word: • Term: edition • Variants: edition, editions, edited, editor • Truncated term: edit*
Examples of Truncation Conrad*: Conrad, Conrad’s, Conradian Sexism: Poetry: Masculine:
Boolean Searching: Summary • Write a clear statement about topic • Divide topic statement into concepts • Select words to express each concept • Truncate appropriate words