TREX 1001 Geistman
Crime in Literature and Film
Prof Traci Welch MoritzPublic Services LibrarianAssistant ProfessorHeterick Memorial Library
What we’ll do today
• Figure out what search strategies to employ to satisfy assignment requirements
• Learn how to use library resources
• Learn how to identify best resources to use
How to remember all this stuff
The assignment• Crime in Literature and Film from 1840 to the Present
• Students will use primary and secondary sources to examine and discuss changes in the ways in which the detective, the police, criminals, or prisoners are portrayed in crime literature and film from 1840 to the present. Basically, you will discuss how, say, detectives . . .
• are presented in each of the eras we discuss in class • describe how they have changed over time, and • explain why they have changed • • To do this, you will rely on your class notes and texts, books on
the history of detectives, policing, and corrections that I will put on reserve, and books and journal articles that you will locate through library databases.
• • Requirements:• Cite from at least 3 of the reserve books[1] • Cite from at least 1 book that you locate in the library • Cite from at least 2 journal articles
What I need to know to begin this project
• Primary vs. Secondary resources
• Scholarly v. Popular• Finding Course Reserves• Identifying search terms
Finding course reserves
ONU ID is Library card
EVAEva Maglott00021559801
Eva Maglott
Please use all digits in your student ID number.
Research Strategy
• Finding the right search term• Start big and then use patterns
you see in the results list to narrow your topic
• Most resources will have built into their system a “thesaurus” or “subject” or suggested topics
links, use them• Ask a librarian or your professor for
suggestions
Finding Books
Oh no!!
There are so
many, and
they are so
big!!!
Books - Shortcuts
Hold on, I’ve got an idea!
Books - Shortcuts
Finding books
• POLAR• OhioLINK
Finding books
• Subject searching (literature)– Police in literature– Prisons in literature– Criminals in literature– Crime in literature– Detective and mystery stories --
history and criticism
Finding books
• Subject searching (film)– Film or motion picture or cinema?– Crime films– Film noir– Gangster films– Police films– Prison films– Film genres
• Periodical means the same as Magazine
Usually magazines are more “popular”
Scholarly v Popular
•JournalsScholarly or ProfessionalPeer reviewed
Finding articles
• Begin big– Academic Search Complete– Masterfile Premier– Arts and Humanities Index– MLA International Bibliography– JSTOR
• Move to the specific– Film and Television Literature Index – Television News Archive
Finding Databases
Academic Search Complete/MasterFile Premier
EbscoHost Databases
MLA
Film and literature database
Arts and Humanities
JSTOR
What about the internet
It’s like Roger says…"Doing research on the Web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly."
• Currency * The timeliness of the information.
• Relevance/Coverage *The depth and importance of the information.
• Authority *The source of the information.
• Accuracy *The reliability of the information.
• Purpose/Objectivity *The possible bias present in the information.
*The CRAAP acronym and descriptions are from Meriam Library at California State University Chico. Used with permission.
What about the internet
So what about Google Scholar!?
ONU buysFull-textdatabase
OhioLINKPermits
Google tolink to full-text
Google asksto link tocontent
ONU user sees licensed full-textarticles
Run GoogleSearch
What about the internet?
Bibliographic Citation Software
REFWORKS
• Ask at the Front Desk• Phone the Reference Desk – 2185
(see library page for available hours)
• Contact by E-mail • [email protected]• Use Chat Help feature or the IM
QUESTIONS?