How to Do Research at Paul Robeson Library: Foreign Languages and
Literatures
Liaison Information
Contents:
Finding Books (Back
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To Find a Book at the Paul Robeson Library Use:
IRIS the Rutgers University
Libraries Catalog
Tips on understanding call numbers
Selective List Reference Books Available at Paul Robeson Library:
Oxford Companion to Literature in English Translation (REF PR131 O94 2000)
Masterplots (REF PN 44 M3)
Critical Survey of Short Fiction (REF PN 3321 C7 2001)
For more detailed lists of Literature Reference Books see:
European
Writers
Latin American Literature
Books and Poems Available Electronically
Project Guttenberg
(Note: Search by Title. This collection is not concerned with the authenticity
of the edition but aims to make as many titles as possible available electronically)
Electronic Text Center – University of Virginia
The Oxford Text Archive
On-line Books Page
Celebration of Women
Writers
Finding Articles (Back
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Types of Articles
First, you need to know what kind of articles
your instructor wants you to use in your paper. There are two general
types of articles: those that come from general readership magazines
such as Time, or Newsweek or those that come from research journals or
scholarly journals such as Artforum International. For complete information
on how to recognize a scholarly journal, please go to “Types of Periodicals”
on the Paul Robeson Library Web Site ( http://www.libraries.rutgers.eduinstruction/typesof.html)
Using an Index for Popular Articles
Now that you know what you are looking for
you will need to use an index to find the article. Academic
Search Premier (EBSCO) is a good starting place. This database is
available on-line and has full-text of the articles from both general
readership magazines and scholarly journals. Search Tip: In order to find journal articles quickly, use the Guided Search instead
of the default, Simple Search, and check off the boxes for "Scholarly
(Peer Reviewed)" journals and "Full Text."
Scholarly Journals
At some point, you will need to use the
more specialized, scholarly indexes. A list of these indexes for Literature
along with descriptions can be found at the Rutgers University Libraries
Index Page.
The scholarly indexes may give you citations
to articles as your search result. A citation is not the complete article
but it gives you enough information to locate the article in our library
system. The best indexes to use
for literary criticism are:
How to locate the periodical using a citation:
- Use the Journal name to search in the Catalog (IRIS)
- When you enter the search term, click on “Periodical Title”
as your “Search Type.”
- The catalog will tell you if the periodical is at the same library
as you, at a different Rutgers Library, not owned by Rutgers at all,
or available on-line.
- Make sure that the search results match the date of the article you
are trying to locate.
- If the periodical is available on-line, the catalog will display a
link to use.
- If the periodical is available at a different Rutgers Library than
you are at you can click on “Request This Item’ to order it.
- If Rutgers does not own the periodical at all, you can request the
article through Interlibrary Loan.
- If you get confused, contact a Reference Librarian.
English Departments at Rutgers University (Back
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Other Recommended Sources (Back
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Call Number Ranges and Currently Received Journals (Back
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FRENCH
History: DC
Language: PC 2001 - PC 3761
Literature: PQ 1 - PQ 3999
Currently Received Journals:
L'Esprit Createur
L'Express (in French)
French Review (partially in French)
Paris Match (in French)
Revue des Deux Mondes (in French)
Romanic Review (partially in French)
Yale French Studies
GERMAN
History: DD
Language: PF 3001 - PF 5999
Literature: PT 1 - PT 1479
Currently Received Journals:
German Monitor
German Quarterly
Germanic Review
Germanistik (in German)
JEGP Journal of Germanic and English Philology
Der Spiegel (in German)
Der Unterrichtspaxis (partially in German)
Die Zeit (in German)
ITALIAN
History: DG
Language: PC 1001 - PC 1977
Literature: PQ 4001- PQ 5999
RUSSIAN AND SLAVIC STUDIES
History: DK, DB, DR 1 - DR 399
Language: PG 2001 - PG 2847
Literature: PG, PH
Currently Received Journals:
New Times (USSR)
Russian Review
Russian Social Science Review
Slavic Review
Sociological Research: A Journal of Translations from Russian
SPANISH
History: DP 1 - DP 402
Language: PC 4001 - PC 4977
Literature: PQ 6001 - PQ 8929
Currently Received Journals:
Americas
Americas Review
HAHR Hispanic American Historical Review
Hispania
Hispanic Review (partially in Spanish)
Journal of Latin American Studies
Latin American Theater Review
Nueva Revista de Filologia Hispanica
Review: Latin American Literature and Arts
Revista Hispanica Moderna (in Spanish)
Revista Iberoamericana (in Spanish)
AFRICAN STUDIES
History: DT
Languages and Literatures: PL 8010-8014 (excluding Francophone)
Currently Received Journals:
Africa
African Affairs
Journal of African History
Journal of Modern African Studies
Research in African Literatures
ASIAN STUDIES
History: DS
Languages and Literatures: PL 1 - PL 799
Currently Received Journals:
Asian Survey
Beijing Review
China Business Review
China Quarterly
Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific
Japense Economic Review
Journal of Asian History
Journal of Asian Studies
Korea Focus on Current Topics
Pacific Affairs
Please contact Julie Still (still@camden.rutgers.edu)
with with comments and suggestions. |
