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unpublished information (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.
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.
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!
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.
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:
Go to the library
homepage
Choose Library Services, then Interlibrary Loan. You will
find two request forms, one for books and the other for journal
articles.
Ask a librarian for help the first time you fill out one of these.
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:
Outline of
Aristotle's theory of tragedy: www.cnr.edu/home/bmcmanus/poetics.html
Chapter from Within
Nietzsche's Labyrinth, on tragedy:
www.williams.edu/philosophy/faculty/awhite/WNL%20web/tragedy.htm
The Free Expression Policy Project - art censorship:
www.fepproject.org/issues/artcensorship.html
A Canadian news site with links to recent censorship issues:
archives.cbc.ca/IDD-1-68-300/arts_entertainment/art_censorship/
National Coalition Against Censorship website:
www.ncac.org/art/
An essay with sections on art and beauty:
cse.ucsd.edu/users/goguen/misc/ab2.html
A report exploring aspects of creativity:
www.personalityresearch.org/papers/dickhut.html
Article on creativity:
filmsound.org/randythom/creative.htm
Excerpts on aesthetic taste:
www.marxists.org/archive/mehring/1899/xx/raids.htm
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
For example, you can find articles on aesthetic
taste and art censorship
here.
Proquest Research Library
MasterFILE Premier
JSTOR
Everything in this database is peer-reviewed and scholarly.
put in art censorship; tragedy, Aristotle; what is art? and creativity theories.
Selected Reference books
Encyclopedia
of Aesthetics
Here you will find lengthy articles on Aristotle and
Nietzsche,
articles on tragedy and both of those philosophers, censorship,
creativity, and all aspects of aesthetics you may want to research. |
R
111.8503 E56
4 volumes
|
The Encyclopedia of Censorship
There is information of art censorship in various
countries and by various religions on page 7.
|
R
098.1 G796e
|
The
Handbook of Western Philosophy
There is an excellent overview of aesthetics on page
831-856.
|
R
190 H236
|
Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Look in the index. There is material about Aristotle and tragedy,
Nietzsche and tragedy, censorship, creativity, art, and aethetic
taste. |
R100
R 869
10 volumes |
A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary
Theory
There is information on tragedy on p. 926.
|
R
803 C964d
|
The Dictionary of Art
Has much information on aesthetics.
|
R
703 D554
34 volumes
|
Encyclopedia of Chinese Philosophy
Has useful information under aesthetics and philosophy of
art on pages 1 and 511.
|
R
181.1103 E56
|
Encyclopedia of Asian Philosophy
|
R
181.003 E56
|
|
The following sources have
information on creativity
|
|
Encyclopedia of Human Intelligence
|
R
153.903 E56
2 volumes
|
Encyclopedia of Psychology
|
R
150.3 E56
7 volumes
|
Dictionary of Cognitive Science
|
R
153.03 D554
|
Magill's Encyclopedia of Social Science:
Psychology
|
R
150.3 M194
4 volumes
|
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