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Introduction to Literature: Library Resources
Frederic Murray M.L.I.S.Instructional Services [email protected]
Wikipedia
Wiki: A Web application that allows users to add content to a collaborative hypertext Web resource (coauthoring), as in an Internet forum, and permits others to edit that content
(open editing).
Wikipedia
• Jimmy Wales January 15, 2001• No Original Research• NPOV (Neutral point of view)• No owners, multiple anonymous
authors• Anyone with Internet access can
create or edit an entry…Anyone
Wikipedia
• Contributors: male, English speaking, denizens of the Internet.
• Problem is not that it disregards the facts, but that it elevates them above all else.
• Most of the content is discussion/history of edits & not the entries themselves.
Rosenzweig, Roy. “Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the
Past.” The Journal of American History 93.1 (2006): 117-146.
Wikipedia
• Participation maps popular, not academic concerns
• It is a working community…but is it a good historical resource?
• Lack of Critical Analysis• Problematic as a sole source of
information • Like all encyclopedias…ok to start,
terrible place to stop. • Benefits are to its active participants,
not its readers.
Goals
• Highlight Background Resources
• Explore Three Literary Research Databases
Background Resources
• One volume literary encyclopedia.
• Brief entries describing authors, books, characters, genres.
• R 803 B435 1996
Background Resources
• Discusses and defines various literary terms.
• Provides a solid foundation for understanding terms common in the discussion of literature.
• R 803 H731h6
Background Resources
• Bibliography of Literary Criticism 1st Floor Reference R
016.8 M272m
• Reference Guide to World Literature1st Floor Reference R 809 R259
• Dictionary of World Literature: Criticisms, Forms, and Technique
1st Floor Reference R 803 Sh6da
Goals
• Look at Useful Print Resources
• Explore Three Literary Research Databases
Literary Databases
• Lion: Literature Online Complete
• Literary Resource Center
• JSTOR
LION: Literature Online Complete• This database
contains a full library of up-to-date, fully searchable criticism and reference resources.
Literary Reference Center
• LRC is a completely full-text database that combines information from over 1,000 books, major literary encyclopedias, reference works, and hundreds of literary journals.
JSTOR
• JSTOR is a full-text scholarly journal archive. Searching is possible within each title and across the whole database.
Goals
• Look at Useful Print Resources
• Explore Three Literary Research Databases