Davidson College Library Research Guide for English 101W

Experimentation Professor MacKenzie Fall 2005 Reference Works Books Articles Starting Points Indexes for Language & Linguistics Other Databases Book Reviews Film Reviews RefWorks Tips & Further Help Questions? Please contact Susanna Boylston (704.894.2494). Reference Works General Works on Experimentation | General Works on Language & Linguistics English-Language Dictionaries | Etymology | Idioms, Usage, & Slang | New Words General Works for Experimentation American National Biography. Ed. John A. Garraty and Mark C. Carnes. 24 vols. New York: Oxford University Press, 1999-2002. Reference R 920.073 A512 Biography Reference Bank. H.W. Wilson, 2003- . The Columbia Guide to America in the 1960s. David Farber and Beth Bailey. New York: Columbia Univ. Press, 2001. Reference R 973.923 C726 Contemporary Authors. Gale, 2001- . The E.H. Little Library also has copies of the print volumes from 1967-2003; they are shelved in Reference at call number R 928 C76. Dictionary of American History. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 10 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2003. Reference R 973 D554 2003 Dictionary of Art. Ed Jane. Turner 34 vols. New York: Grove’s Dictionaries, 1996. Reference R 703 D554 Dictionary of Scientific Biography. Ed. Charles Coulston Gillispie. 18 vols. New York: Scribner, 1970- . Reference R 925 D554 Encyclopedia of American Cultural and Intellectual History. Ed. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton and Peter Williams. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 2001. Reference R 973.04 E564 Encyclopedia of American Social History. Ed. Mary Kupiec Cayton et al. 3 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1993. Reference R 301.097 E56 Encyclopedia of the United States in the Twentieth Century. Ed. Stanley I. Kutler. 4 vols. New York: Scribner's, 1996. Reference R 973.03 E562 International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers. Ed. Tom Pendergast and Sara Pendergast. 4th ed. 4 vols. Detroit: St. James Press, 2000. Reference R 791.43 I611 2000 New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. Ed. Maryanne Horowitz. 6 vols. Detroit, MI: Scribner's, 2005. Reference R 901.9 D554 2005 The Library also has a copy of the first edition, the Dictionary of the History of Ideas, edited by Philip P. Wiener (5 vols.; New York: Scribner, 1973-1974), shelved in Reference at call number R 901.9 D554. The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians. Ed. Stanley Sadie. 2nd ed. 29 vols. New York: Grove, 2001. Music Library Reference 780.3 N532 2001 New York Times Encyclopedia of Film. Ed. Gene Brown. 13 vols. New York: Times Books, 1984. Reference R 791.43 N532 New York Times Film Reviews. New York: New York Times, 1913/68- . Library has 1913 to present Reference R 791.43 N53 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. ed. H.C.G. Matthew and Brian Harrison. 60 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2004. Reference R 920 N2111 A Timetable of Inventions and Discoveries from Pre-History to the Present Day. Kevin Desmond. New York: M. Evans, 1986. Reference R 609 D464t General Works on Language & Linguistics The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. David Crystal. 2nd ed. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 2003. Reference R 420 C957c The Cambridge History of the English Language. Ed. Richard M. Hogg. 6 vols. New York: Cambridge Univ. Press, 1992-2001. Little Library Stacks 420.9 C178 An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Language and Languages. David Crystal. Oxford: Blackwell, 1992. Reference R 410.3 C957e Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Ed. R.E. Asher. 10 vols. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1994. Reference R 403 E56 International Encyclopedia of Linguistics. Ed. William J. Frawley. 2nd ed. 4 vols. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 2003. Reference R 410.3 I61 2003 Oxford Companion to the English Language. Ed. Tom McArthur. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992. Reference R 420 M116o Routledge Dictionary of Language and Linguistics. Hadumod Bussmann. New York: Routledge, 1996. Reference R 410.3 B981r English-Language Dictionaries The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 3rd ed. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1992. Reference R 423 A512 1992 The Oxford English Dictionary (OED). Ed. J.A. Simpson and E.S.C. Weiner. 2nd ed. 20 vols. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989. Reference R 423 O98m The online version also contains entries being prepared for the third edition. The complete second edition is also on CD-ROM (ask at Circulation Desk). The first edition of the OED is still a useful resource; see A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles, edited by A.H. Murray et al. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1888–1928), shelved at Reference R 423 O98. Webster’s Third New International Dictionary of the English Language. Ed. Philip Babcock Grove. Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam, [1971]. Reference R 423 W38n3, 1971 Use in conjunction with 6,000 Words: A Supplement to Webster’s Third New International Dictionary (Springfield, MA: G. & C. Merriam, 1976), shelved at Reference R 423 S625. Etymology In addition to the dictionaries listed above, see: The Barnhart Dictionary of Etymology. Ed. Robert K. Barnhart. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1988. Reference R 422 B262 Dictionary of Word Origins. John Ayto. New York: Arcade, 1991. Reference R 422.03 A988d Idioms, Usage, & Slang The Cassell Dictionary of Slang. Comp. Jonathan Green. London: Cassell, 1998. Reference R 427 G796c Dictionary of American Regional English. Ed. Frederic G. Cassidy. 4 vols. to date. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 1985- . Reference R 427.973 D554 Dictionary of American Slang. Ed. Robert L. Chapman. 3rd ed. New York: HarperCollins, 1995. Reference R 427 C466d3 Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Eric Partridge. 5th ed. London: Routledge, [1961]. Reference R 427 P27d5 For other works by Eric Partridge, see Usage and Abusage: A Guide to Good English (New York: Norton, 1995), shelved at Reference R 428 P275u, A Dictionary of the Underworld, British & American (London: Routledge, 1964), shelved at Reference R 427 P27di, and Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English, 3rd. ed. (New York: Macmillan, 1961), shelved at Reference R 422 P27o. English Dialect Dictionary. Ed. Joseph Wright. 6 vols. London: Frowde, 1898-1905. Reference R 427 W95e Harper Dictionary of Contemporary Usage. William Morris and Nancy Morris. 2nd ed. New York: Harper & Row, 1985. Reference R 423.1 M877h Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang. Ed. Clarence Major. New York: Penguin, 1994. Reference R 427.973 J91 New Fowler’s Modern English Usage. Ed. R.W. Burchfield. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996. Reference R 423 F78m, 1996 For earlier editions of H.W. Fowler's works, see A Dictionary of Modern English Usage, 2nd. ed., rev. by Ernest Gowers (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1965), shelved at Reference R 423 F78d2, and The King's English, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1930), shelved in the Little Library Stacks at 428.3 F78k. The Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang. John Ayto and John Simpson. New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1992. Reference R 427 O98 Random House Historical Dictionary of American Slang. Ed. J.E. Lighter. 2 vols. to date. New York: Random House, 1994- . Reference R 427.9 H673 New Words In addition to the OED Online, consult the following: Facts on File Dictionary of New Words. Harold LeMay. New York: Facts on File, 1988. Reference R 423 L549f The Oxford Dictionary of New Words. Ed. Elizabeth Knowles. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 1998. Reference R 423.1 O981 Third Barnhart Dictionary of New English. Ed. Robert K. Barnhart and Sol Steinmetz. Bronx, NY: H.W. Wilson, 1990. Reference R 423 B262 Books Library Catalogue Includes information about books, government documents, and journals, magazines, and newspapers in the Library. Note: To locate appropriate Library of Congress Subject Headings, start with a keyword search and then browse records. To locate works about a person, do a subject search for the person's name (last name first). To locate bibliographies on a person or topic, do a keyword search and add the following: su bibliography. Search Syntax Truncation: use a dollar sign $. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. WorldCat Indexes books, periodicals, and other materials held by libraries around the world. Search WorldCat to identify additional books on your topic and then order the books on interlibrary loan. Note: It can be helpful to identify relevant Library of Congress Subject Headings in the Library Catalogue first; you can then do a subject search in WorldCat to find additional items with these subject headings. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: insert a "w" between the words in a phrase (for example, "cold w war"). Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Articles Starting Points | Indexes for Language & Linguistics | Other Databases Starting Points Academic Search Elite (1984 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also includes citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. InfoTrac OneFile (1980 to present) Indexes popular and scholarly articles in a broad range of subject areas; also included citations to book reviews and citations to articles in several national newspapers. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an exclamation point !. LexisNexis Academic (Approx. 1980 to present) Includes the full text of articles from local, national, and international newspapers, magazines, and trade journals as well as the text of newswires, patents, legal documents, and transcripts of radio and television broadcasts. Search Syntax Truncation: use an exclamation point. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Wildcard: use an asterisk *. OmniFile Full Text Mega (1982 to present) Indexes articles from over 3,000 scholarly and popular periodicals in the humanities, social sciences, and sciences; also includes the full text of selected articles from over 1,650 of these periodicals. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Readers' Guide Abstracts (1890 to present) Indexes articles in popular periodicals; also includes citations to book and film reviews. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Indexes for Language & Linguistics Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present. Search Syntax Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. MLA International Bibliography (1963 to present). Indexes journal articles, books, and doctoral dissertations in the fields of English, American, European, Asian, African, and Latin American linguistics, modern languages and literatures, film studies, and folklore. Note: To locate articles from earlier time periods, consult the MLA International Bibliography, 1925-1962 (Reference R 016.4 M16m). Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: use a question mark ?. Other Databases Art Abstracts (1929 to present). Indexes over 370 periodicals, including journals, yearbooks, and museum bulletins. Subjects covered include art history, archaeology, architecture, decorative art, film, folk art, graphic art, industrial design, interior design, landscape architecture, museology, photography, and sculpture. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Essay & General Literature Index Indexes essays published in books and edited collections. Covers the fields of art, economics, education, history, law, linguistics, literature, music, philosophy, political science, and religion, among others. Particularly strong in the humanities and social sciences. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Film Indexes Online (1893 to present) Contains both Film Index International (FII) and The American Film Institute Catalog (AFI). Includes full production and cast information for films from over 170 countries as well as plot summaries, production notes, and citations to reviews, criticism, and articles on film and film personalities. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: automatic. General Science Abstracts (1984 to present) Indexes articles in over 250 English-language periodicals in a variety of science disciplines, including physics, astronomy, biology, chemistry, environmental science, mathematics, and medicine. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Humanities Abstracts (1907 to present). Indexes articles in over 500 English-language journals in the fields of archaeology, art, classics, communication, film, folklore, history, languages and literatures, music, philosophy, religion, and theatre. Also includes citations for book, theatre, and film reviews as well as interviews, obituaries, and some original creative works. Includes the full text of selected articles from 1995 to the present. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. JSTOR Includes pdf copies of scholarly articles from a core collection of journals; also includes book reviews. Note: JSTOR does not contain articles from the most recent 3-5 years. Search Syntax Truncation: use a plus sign +. Phrase searching: automatic. Project Muse Includes pdf and HTML copies of journal articles published by university and scholarly presses. Search Syntax Truncation: use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks " ". Social Sciences Abstracts (1907 to present [publication date of articles indexed]) Indexes journal articles and some book reviews on all social sciences subjects, including history, political science, international relations, law, economics, area studies, gender studies, anthropology, psychology, and sociology. Search Syntax Truncation: unnecessary when using "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use an asterisk *. Phrase searching: use double quotation marks "". Wildcard: do not use with "All - Smart Search"; otherwise, use a question mark ?. Finding Book Reviews For tips on finding book reviews, please see the Library guide How to Find Book Reviews. Finding Film Reviews For tips on finding film reviews, please see the Library guide How to Find Film Reviews. Using RefWorks Need help managing your references? Try RefWorks! You can use it to organize your citations, keep track of your notes on books and articles, and generate bibliographies. Find out more; consult our guide on Using RefWorks. Connect to RefWorks Tips & Further Help How to Narrow or Broaden your Search How to Identify a Scholarly Article How to Search the Web: Tools & Tips How to Evaluate Web Resources Research Planner (pdf document) Research Log (pdf document)

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