WRIT 100-05:

Library Research

Mackenzie Brooks

Assistant Professor & Digital Humanities Librarian

English Department Liaison

brooksm@wlu.edu // Leyburn 218

October 18, 2016

By the end of this session, you will...

  1. Understand how a library works.

  2. Be able to "search everything."

  3. Start conducting research for your next assignment

How the Library Works

How the Library Works

Collections + People

https://www.flickr.com/photos/8601342@N03/4549779936/

Libraries Before the Internet

Libraries After the Internet

Search Everything is:

  • a discovery tool/system/service
  • something we pay for
  • potentially biased
  • one of the best of its kind
  • still not perfect
  • constantly changing

Everything =

  • 4,548,831 e-books
  • 94,735 e-journals
  • 589,510,494 records
  • 975,050 catalog items (mostly print)
  • 1.5 billion citations
  • 90 content types

Remember

You have to tell Search Everything that you know what you're looking for.

A word on Google Scholar...

A word on Annie, the library catalog...

Also

If Search Everything is too much, try a discipline-specific database.

 

A-Z Database > limit by subject

English databases

- Literature Online (LION)

- MLA International Bibliography

- Literature Resource Center


Zotero is your friend.

library.wlu.edu/zotero

Library Research Tasks worksheet

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