First Year English: Women & Culture Library Assignment
In preparation for your class meeting with me in the library, please read this assignment, watch the videos and answer the questions.  Submit your answers by 9a.m. on the day of your class library visit.  The assignment introduces you to the basics of doing research for your First Year English paper.  Please email me at lcoleman@barnard.edu if you have any major difficulties completing it; you will also have the opportunity during your library visit to ask me about any problems you encountered.  Thank you.  Lois Coleman, your Personal Librarian.
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Introduction to Scholarly Research
Course Reserves are books that are put aside for student use by the instructor of a certain class. Find out where the Barnard Course Reserves are kept: go to the Barnard Library website, library.barnard.edu, and click on "Borrowing and Reserves."   Select the best answer below. *
1. To borrow a Barnard Course Reserves book, you go to:
On the Barnard Library website, click on the link to Columbia Libraries (on the left at the bottom of the page), and then on the Locations list. Go to the page for Butler Library, and find the link for Research Services. Answer the following question. *
2. In which room in Butler is the reference desk where you can go for help with your research?
Watch this video: Epic Library Battles of History: Scholarly vs. Popular – vimeo.com/154340325.  Select the best answer below. *
3. "Peer review" for scholarly journals refers to:
Starting Your Research
Decide on a topic to use as practice for this assignment. It can be the topic you plan to write on for your research paper, or another topic related to the texts you have read in First Year English. Or you can do research on this topic: "A feminist approach to the character of Eve in Paradise Lost."   *
4. Write your topic here:
Looking at the topic you have chosen to research, what are the three main concepts that you can use as search terms? *
5. Write your search terms here:
Finding Books
Many of the books from Barnard Library are housed in Butler during the construction of the new Barnard Library. Watch this video: How to Find a Barnard Book in the Butler Library – vimeo.com/151956659.  Select the best answer below. *
6.  The Barnard books that are currently in Butler are housed in:
Read the Catalog Search Tips at library.barnard.edu/CLIO-Catalog-Search-Tips.  Use the search terms for your topic to find a book in CLIO that is available at Butler Library.  (If your initial search terms don't find anything useful, try dropping one of them to broaden your search.) *
7.  What are its title and call number?
Go to Butler Library and check out the book you found in CLIO.  If it isn't available, check out another one on the same topic. *
8. What is the title of the book you checked out at Butler?
Finding Articles
Read the Google Scholar Search Tips at library.barnard.edu/Google-Scholar-Search-Tips.  Go to scholar.google.com and find an article that looks as if it’s a good one for your topic.  (If your initial search terms don't find anything useful, try dropping one of them to broaden your search.) *
9. What is the title of the article?
Watch this video: EBSCOhost Advanced Search Tutorial - youtube.com/watch?v=kT1kzWfWxiE.  Go to EBSCOhost using this link: columbia.edu/cgi-bin/cul/resolve?clio6329559 and do a search to find an article that looks as if it’s a good one for your topic.  (If your initial search terms don't find anything useful, try dropping one of them to broaden your search.) *
10. What is the title of the article?
Any Questions?
(Optional) Please write below any questions or problems that you would like me to address during the library visit.  Thanks!  Lois
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