WR 506: Graduate Seminar

Catalogs

OSU Libraries Catalog
A catalog of the holdings of the OSU Libraries, including Guin Library in Newport and Cascades/COCC in Newport.

Summit (Orbis Cascades) Catalog
A catalog of the holdings of academic libraries in Oregon and Washington.  Request books not at OSU (or checked out) and have them sent here in 3-4 working days.

OCLC WorldCat
A catalog of the holdings of libraries worldwide.  Use to identify books not at OSU or in Summit and request through InterLibrary Loan. 

 

Submit recommendations for books you'd like the library to purchase:  

Course Librarian

• Librarian: Loretta Rielly
• Office Location: Valley Library, 4th floor
• Office Hours: Tuesdays: 3:00 - 4:30 or by appointment
• Chat: vlibloretta
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Research Databases

MLA International Bibliography

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Project Muse (full text university press journals)

JSTOR (archive of scholarly journals)

Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts

and more 

Borrowing from other libraries

Books:

First see if a book is available through Summit.   If it's not, request it through InterLibrary Loan .  

Articles in journals:

Request through InterLibrary Loan .  Articles are delivered electronically, so the turnaround time is frequently very short. 

Primary Source Databases

American Periodicals Series , 1740-1900

Renaissance Women Online

Women Writers Online, 1400-1850

Middle English Compendium (also includes dictionary and bibliography) 

Other Online Resources

John Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory  & Criticism

OED (Oxford English Dictionary)

Oxford Reference Online 

LitFinder : poems, plays, short stories, essays

Citation Databases

In  cited reference searching, you are searching works cited pages in scholarly articles.  You can trace the influence of ideas and writers, find more recent articles on your topic.

 

Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Social Sciences Citation Index

Science Citation Index

Google Scholar cited by...  Incomplete but you may find some useful leads. 

Dissertations and Theses

Scholar'sArchive :  Electronic copies of OSU theses and dissertations.  2007 - present. 

Dissertation Abstracts   Dissertations and Masters Theses completed at US institutions.  If you find a dissertation you're interested in, use ILL to request it. Be aware, though, that not all libraries will lend them.  If you can't borrow a dissertation from another library, you can purchase a copy from Proquest/UMI.

Workshops and other events Literature Review Workshops: Willamette Room, 3rd floor, Valley Library

• Tuesday, Oct 23, 8:30-10:30am
• Wednesday, Oct 24, 5-6:30pm

EndNote Workshops: Autzen Classroom, Main floor, Valley Library.  

• Tuesday, Nov 6, 9-10:30
• Monday, Nov 12, 2:00-3:30 

EndNote Web Workshop (free version of EndNote): Autzen Classroom, Main floor, Valley Library.

• Tuesday, Nov 13, 11:30-1:00 

 

 

 

 

Managing Your Research

Ingenta   Register and receive notifications of new issues and their content.   You can also create "search alerts" and receive notifications if articles match searches you've registered. 

EndNote & other bibliographic managment software

Search Alerts   Many databases let you save and return to searches and receive updates when new information is published on your topic(s)  

Keeping Current with Research .  Information about RSS feeds, social bookmarking, and more.