ONLINE
TUTORIAL IN
LITERARY RESEARCH
1. DEFINE AND REFINE YOUR TOPIC
IDEAS
FOR RESEARCH PAPERS
NARROW
OR BROADEN YOUR SEARCH
2. GET BACKGROUND INFORMATION
USE REFERENCE BOOKS. FIND A LIST OF
REGINA LIBRARY’S RESOURCES IN
LITERATURE
3.
FIND BOOKS THAT CIRCULATE
USE THE LIBRARY’S CATALOG
GUIDE TO USING
THE CATALOG
4.
FIND
JOURNAL ARTICLES
GUIDE
TO KEYWORD SEARCHING USING
EBSCOhost
BOOLEAN SEARCH STRATEGY
REFRESHER
TYPES OF PERIODICALS CHART
NEED
INTERLIBRARY LOAN ?
5.
SEARCH
THE INTERNET
INTERNET
TUTORIAL
SEARCH ENGINE FEATURE CHART
SELECTED INTERNET RESOURCES IN
LITERATURE, LITERARY
CRITICISM,
ELECTRONIC
TEXTS, and POETRY.
GALE’S LITERARY
INDEX
NEW
YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
EVALUATING
INTERNET RESOURCES
6.
READ & EXTRACT RELEVANT
INFORMATION
CRITICALLY EVALUATE WHAT YOU HAVE
FOUND
7.
SYNTHESIZE, ORGANIZE, & PRESENT
INFORMATION
LINK TO
WRITING CENTER
CITE THE SOURCE
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