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Class Guide: ENG 205: Approaches to the Study of Literature
- How to Find Books in Randall Library
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- Where Books Are Located in Randall Library
- Where Periodicals Are Located in Randall Library
- Scholarly Periodicals
- Book Review Indexes
- Searching Library Databases for Reviews
- Book Reviews on the Web
- Citing Resources
How to Find Books in Randall Library
Go to Randall Library's Home Page; click on "Search Catalog."
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Where Books Are Located in Randall Library
Most books are located in the General Collection, upstairs. Those materials may be checked out. Other materials are located in the Reference Collection, downstairs, and may not be checked out. However, you are encouraged to use those materials in the library, as they contain good, current information.
Where Periodicals Are Located in Randall Library
Newspapers, magazines, and journals are located on the ground floor of the library:
CURRENT JOURNALS are located in the area on your left as you enter the building. Some of the most popular titles are shelved in the reading area near the coffee shop. Issues are kept until sent to the bindery, which varies with each title. Newspapers are shelved in the coffee area, on the shelving located to the left and right of the coffee counter.
BOUND JOURNALS have been returned from the bindery and are shelved at the back of the first floor in the Bound Journals Section. If a relatively current journal is not bound yet and is not on the current shelf, you can check the record for the title and see when to expect it back from the bindery.
MICROFORMS Some periodicals come in microfilm or microfiche and are housed in cabinets just outside the Viewing and Listening Room on the first floor.
ONLINE JOURNALS are journals that the library receives full-text online. If you search for a journal title in the library catalog and it lists as a location "UNCW Full Text Online," be sure to look at the "Library Has" line directly under it. There will be a link(s) in this section that will detail the name of the database that hosts the online journal and the dates that it retains; this link(s) will connect you to the appropriate database to access the journal.
Scholarly Periodicals
(AKA professional journals, scholarly journals, refereed, or peer-reviewed journals)
Analyze the periodical in which you are interested according to the following table:
| APPEARANCE | Dull, few ads--often sponsored by an academic society |
| AUTHOR | Academic credentials--do not make living as writers |
| CONTENT (TOPIC & DOCUMENTATION) | Highly specialized; many footnotes and/or charts and graphs |
| LANGUAGE (VOCABULARY) | Learned reading level--specialized vocabulary |
| AUDIENCE | Scholarly and professional |
Limiting Your Search to Peer-Reviewed Articles in EBSCOHost:
- In EBSCOHost click to put a check mark in the box labeled "Peer Reviewed."
For more information about analyzing periodicals, please see this guide:
http://library.uncw.edu/web/research/topic/articletypes.html
Book Review Indexes
The Reference Collection is located on the first floor, to the right as you walk in the building.
The Index Collection is located on the first floor, to the right (as you face the back of the building), just past the reference desk.
Monthly review that "provides citations to and excerpts of reviews of current juvenile and adult fiction and nonfiction in the English language." Entries are listed in alphabetical order by primary author name. Subject and Title indexes located at the end of each volume.
"Provides access to reviews of thousands of books, periodicals and books-on-tape. Represents a wide range of popular, academic, and professional interests." Entries arranged alphabetically by the primary author name or by book title if there is no primary author.
Essay-reviews of 200 outstanding books published in the United States each year.
Book reviews are listed alphabetically in the "Books and Literature" section of Index. The New York Times is also indexed and available in full text via the following databases: ProQuest Newspapers, Lexis-Nexis Academic, and New York Times Archive.
Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature
Book reviews listed in separate section in the back of the Index. Entries listed alphabetically by author's last name. Readers' Guide Retrospective provides indexing online for the years 1890 - 1982.
Searching Library Databases for Reviews
When searching for book reviews in any of the Randall Library databases, perform a SUBJECT search using the term "book reviews" for a general listing of all reviews. When looking for a specific title, refer to the Search tips listed below for each individual database. View a complete database list at http://library.uncw.edu/web/research/databases/index.html or from the Library Homepage by clicking "Databases & Articles."
CHOICE reviews significant current books and electronic resources of interest to those in higher education. Each year CHOICE publishes more than 6,500 reviews by subject experts.
Sept. 1988 - present
Search tips:
Select the following EBSCOHost databases:
- Academic Search Premier
- MasterFILE Premier
- Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
- Newspaper Source
Each one contains some full-text articles. Find reviews using the following search format: "title of book in quotes" and book. An example search would be typing "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and book in the search box, which would provide you with reviews for the book entitled Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets.
ERIC - available through EBSCOhost
Educational Resources Information Center. Search tips: Choose the Advanced Search option and search by the title of the book using a Title search. For reviews on a topic or genre, Keyword search using this format: book reviews AND science fiction.
This database can be searched either by book title or author.
Humanities International Index
Search Tips: This database can be searched either by combining a book title with the phrase, book review, or can be searched by searching by genre and the phrase, book review.
Other Information for Librarians
Archive of selected scholarly journals in ecology, economics, history, mathematics, music, political science, statistics, and other humanities and social sciences.
Other Information for Librarians
Search tips: Try searching the "title of your book in quotes" connected with the phrase "book reviews." So an example might be: "Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets" and "book reviews"
Other Information for Librarians
MLA International Bibliography
Search tips: Add "review-article" in the search box combined with a topic, author or genre. The format would appear like this: review-article and science fiction.
Book Reviews on the Web
AcqWeb Directory of Book Reviews on the Web
Links to all book reviews on all genre and in all formats.
The online counterpart of the American Library Association's magazine devoted to book reviews. The full-text of a current selection of reviews and a cumulative index to the printed Booklist is available.
The New York Review of Books' online counterpart which includes the free full-text of book reviews published in the magazine since 1996. A fully searchable index is also available.
The free full-text of book reviews published in the NYTBR in the last week.
Citing Resources
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers
New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2003. 6th edition.
Several Copies are located at the Reference Desk: LB2369 .G53 2003
Randall Library's MLA Citation Guide
Last Update: 20 November, 2007 14:21