Chris Nugent (nugent@warren-wilson.edu,
extension 3061)
I will be at the information desk in the library Wednesday and Thursday
evenings.
What do
these library words
mean?
Source: Adapted,
with permission,
from Hunter Library, Western Carolina University.
Bibliography - A list of the resources you used to write your
paper. An
annotated bibliography
also gives brief information about the content of each resource and its
usefulness for the paper or project.
Call Number - A specific combination of letters and
numbers assigned to a book that indicates the book's location on the
shelf. Each book has its own unique call number. You find the
call number on the bottom of the screen in our catalog. You need
the entire number to find the book.
Citation - Information about a source
that contains the author, year of publication, volume number, page
numbers, title of periodical, etc. A periodical index or database will
provide a list of citations. The library catalog gives a list of
citations of books. Your bibliography will be a list of citations of
sources you used for your paper.
Copyright - According to the
United States Copyright Office in the Library of Congress, copyright is
"a form of protection provided by the laws of the United States (title
17, U.S. Code) to the authors of “original works of authorship,”
including literary, dramatic, musical, artistic, and certain other
intellectual works." Copyright law protects both published and
unpublished information (
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html#wci).
Database - "An organized
collection of information, data, or citations stored in electronic
format that can be searched for specific information or records by
techniques specific to each database." -from the University of Texas,
San Antonio Library. Examples of scholarly databases are ATLAS,
JSTOR, and the Humanities Index.
Full Text - The entire text of the article (or
other
document) is available from the database, ready to print from your
computer.
Journal - A periodical containing a collection of
articles, usually written by scholars, presenting information in a
particular area. Examples:
Buddhist-Christian
Studies,
Catholic
World, Hinduism Today, Jewish Journal etc.
Literature Review - A
summary and evaluation of the important works that have been written on
a given topic. This is usually the first part of a paper and
indicates that the author is building on previous knowledge.
Plagiarism - Taking information from another
source and passing it off as your own. This may be done by not giving
credit for a quote or a passage of information or by deliberately
copying a written work or downloading a paper from the Internet.
Reserves - An item that has been
selected by your
instructor for you to read. The items are located in our circulation
area. You check them out, but can generally use them only in the
library for a few hours. Careful, there are fines for late return!
Scholarly Journal - Also referred to as
"Peer-Reviewed" or "Refereed," a scholarly journal features articles
that usually contain original research (qualitative or quantitative),
citations of other works, and have been reviewed and selected by other
scholars in order to be published.
Source or Resource - This can
be a book, a journal article, a video, a website, a CD etc. We
distinguish between primary and secondary sources.
Follow
these guidelines for your annotated bibliography
From
the Purdue University online writing lab
Use these tools for help with researching your
topic
For a refresher on how to do
library research
go to Painless
Library Research
To evaluate what you find on
the Web
go to Evaluating
Web Resources (from Widener University). Look in the
left-hand column under "evaluate web pages" for relevant links.
If you want to learn this and have some fun at the same time, check
out
the Internet
Detective!
To recognize and avoid
plagiarism
work with these sites:
Plagiarism,
its nature and consequences (from Duke University Libraries)
Plagiarism,
what it is and how to recognize and avoid it (from Indiana
University)
To
get books and journal articles from other libraries
use our Interlibrary Loan Service. It works like this:
If you need a journal article, check first if we have it. Go
to Journal Finder to
do this.
If there is no access to the journal, go to the library
homepage.
Select Library Services, then Interlibrary Loan. You will
find two request forms, one for books and the other for journal
articles. Fill out the journal articles form.
If you need a book, go to WorldCat
Type in the title of the book.
Look for the ILL icon on the screen, on the upper left-hand
banner. A template will appear. Fill in your personal
information and submit.
Note that it may take one week or longer for the materials to get
here.
Also, make sure you do not have any overdue books or outstanding
fines. Everything must be cleared up before interlibrary loan
requests are processed.
To cite your sources in APA style
Use the online
guide from Duke University Library
or the
Landmark
Citation Machine.
To find Web resources
on
your topic
Use Google,
advanced search.
You can find other search engines and Internet Directories on this page.
Here are a few websites to get you started:
Personal identity:
Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy
The Tomorrow Project--"a
site dedicated to helping individuals and organisations understand what
is shaping their lives."
(click on the tab, individuals,
identity and values)
Gender/sexual identity:
feminism.eserver.org/sexual-gender-identity.txt
(a page from a
Feminism and Women's Studies website on sexual and gender identity)
www.gender.org.uk/about/index.htm
(a website on gender - roles, variance, identity, etc.)
jcmc.indiana.edu/vol10/issue2/huffaker.html
(an essay on gender, identity, and language use in teenage blogs)
Ethnic identity:
www.pc.maricopa.edu/departments/library/guides/DiversityEthnic.html
(summary of ethnic identity, with resources and a guide to further
searching)
www.ac.wwu.edu/~trimble/ethnicity_identity.htm
(an academic paper on ethnic identity)
Scholarly
paper on White Privilege
Ecological identity:
The Greening
of Idenity (scholarly paper)
access denied as of 9/12/07
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-11/gsoa-cci110303.php
(anarticle on how climate change affects vineyards)
http://www.arcticpeoples.org/2006/10/26/indigenous-leaders-highlight-development-climate-change-as-arctic-council-priorities-2/
(the effect of climate change on Arctic cultures)
Work identity:
www.imdiversity.com/Villages/Asian/business_finance/lam_work_identity_culture.asp
(an article on work identity in different cultures)
www.monthlyreview.org/0306huws.htm
(an article on work, identity, and labor)
diversity.monster.ca/8103_en-CA_p1.asp
(a short article on changing work identity after 40)
Institutional identity:
www.stanford.edu/~eckert/PDF/transition.pdf
(a paper on institutional identity)
To find books on your
topic
MCLN
Catalog
WWC E-Books
WorldCat
To
find journal articles on your topic
The databases listed below
are a good start.
These are big, full-text databases that cover all subjects.
You must specify that you want to retrieve only peer-reviewed,
scholarly articles.
Academic
Search Premier
Proquest Research Library
MasterFILE Premier
JSTOR
Also search these
databases. They are specifically geared toward research in
Psychology.
PsycINFO
The
PsycINFO database covers the professional and academic
literature in psychology and related disciplines including medicine,
psychiatry, nursing, sociology, education, pharmacology, physiology,
linguistics, and other areas.
PsycINFO's coverage is worldwide,
and includes references and abstracts to over 1300 journals in more
than 20 languages, and to book chapters and books in the English
language. Over 50,000 references are added annually. Also indexes
dissertations.
PsycARTICLES
The full-text article database from the American Psychological
Association. Includes the full text of around 40 journals, most from
1988 to the present.
Selected Reference books
| Wimmin,
Wimps & Wallflowers: an Encyclopaedic
Dictionary of Gender and Sexual Orientation Bias in the United States |
R 306.764097303 H538w 2001 |
| Work in
America: an Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society |
R
331.097303 W926 2003 V.1 and 2 |
Encyclopedia of Multicultural
Psychology [article on ethnic identity development on page 178]
|
R 155.82 E56 2006
|
Encyclopedia of Bioethics
[article on sexual identity in volume 4, page 2434]
|
R 174.95703 E56 2004
|
International Encyclopedia of
the Social & Behavioral Sciences [article on social, group, and
collective identity in volume
11, page 7166] |
R 300.3 I61 2001
|
Class in America [good stuff on
class identity, class formation, and class struggle in volume I, on
page 134]
|
R 305.50973 C614 2007
|
Encyclopedia of Activism and
Social Justice [info on identity politics in vol. II, page
725. See also the index on all kinds of identity-related topics,
such as gender equity movement in schools, labor culture, and living
wage movement]
|
R 303.484 E56 2007
|
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Last updated: October 29, 2007