ENG 8/21/08 presentation

[Note: This entry was posted to support an oral presentation at the English Graduate Student Orientation. If you are in the UTA English department and have any questions, please contact me]

Hello!

Library Website

Subject guide - ENG

How to find STUFF

...... look in Databases!

.....online in DEEP WEB (AKA Invisible Web)
WHAT is the deep web? WHERE is it?

• Google can't search it!
• It costs $$$$!
• Allows for more complicated searches!
• Signal to noise ratio is better! (stuff you want is more likely to be there then RANDOM STUFF)

....for books, look in catalogues!

• Ours!
• Everyone else (more or less)! Also, Google Books?
• ILL!

Looking for ARTICLES
Google Scholar? (Scholar Preferences in Library Links)
BUT issues with sorting...

UTA "Find Articles" page
E-Journals page ...search for journals "Powered by SFX"

What are DATABASES?

Pros? Cons?

JSTOR

How to search... ESP game!

Advanced searching....(expand, exclude)

Call Numbers (LOC) (ex PE1112 .G578 1993 )

.....other Subject Guides

Refworks

UTA LibX or LibX. Example!

Also... Special Collections

[note: originally posted in different blog]