Library Resources

Rutgers University Libraries [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu]

This web site gives access to all the print and electronic holdings purchased by the Rutgers University Libraries, plus resource lists and pathfinders constructed by information professionals across the system. You need to obtain a BARCODE
RU Connection Card
and a PIN number from a circulation desk in order to borrow or request any materials from the Rutgers system.

Connect from Off-Campus [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/how_do_i/connect_from_home.shtml]

Click on this link on the Rutgers University Libraries homepage to find out how to reach our resources from your home using your NetID.

Becoming an 'Expert' User

Want to maximize your use of Library resources? Check out Rutgers RIOT, the Libraries' interactive tutorial.

Find Books

Click on SEARCH IRIS AND OTHER CATALOGS.

The online catalog of the Rutgers University Libraries, IRIS, gives students and faculty ready access to over 3 million print volumes in 22 Rutgers collections, plus multimedia and many full-text electronic journals. You may limit searches to DANA. Use the DELIVER/RECALL BOOK button to intralibrary loan books or use the REQUEST ARTICLE/OTHER to obtain articles and non-circulating books from other Rutgers libraries.

Here are some sample searches. Note that Dostoyevsky's name can be transliterated as Dostoevsky, Dostoevskii, and probably many others. The spelling used throughout this guide is from the Library of Congress Subject Headings:: Simmel -- WORDS anywhere (This is a keyword search.); Religion and literature and Russia -- WORDS anywhere (This is a keyword search.); Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881 criticism and interpretation -- SUBJECT beginswith (Note that this is the author's name as a subject. This way you find items about the author.); Boredom in literature -- SUBJECT begins with; Russian fiction--19th century--History and criticism -- SUBJECT begins with; Nineteenth-Century Literature -- PERIODICAL TITLE begins with

Find Journal Articles

Click on FIND ARTICLES, then click on Indexes and Databases.

Literature Resource Center (Gale): The Literature Resource Center contains full text articles about authors and literary classics from many countries plus Web links to even more information. You may search by author, title, or genre (type of literature).
Try this: Title search: [title] Notes from Underground and [author] Dostoyevsky. For a broader view, just search Dostoyevsky from the home page [author search].

Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost): This multidisciplinary database indexes periodicals in many different fields and on many different levels, from general interest to scholarly. Students find it a handy place to begin searches because it is partly full text and because it covers so many different subjects. However, you might find that you need something more. Rutgers offers you more than 180 periodical indexes and databases in many subject areas. Don't stop here if you need additional information.
Try this: Advanced search: Notes from Underground AND Dostoyevsky. For a broader view, just search DE "DOSTOYEVSKY, Fyodor, 1821-1881".

Humanities Full Text: Humanities Full Text indexes core scholarly periodicals and specialized magazines in literature, history, film studies, mass media, philosophy, archaeology, music, folklore, art and photography, and journalism.
Try this: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881/Works/Notes from underground. For a broader view, just search DOSTOYEVSKY, Fyodor, 1821-1881.

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCOhost): The premier literary database from the Modern Language Association with coverage from 1963 to the present. International in scope; offers the broadest and deepest treatment of world literature in one database. Can be overwhelming because of its depth and complexity of source material.
Try this: Notes from Underground and DE "Dostoevskii, Fedor Mikhailovich"

Literature Online (LION): "Searchable full-text of more than 350,000 literary works in the English language-poetry, drama, and prose; 175 full-text literary journals; the Annual Bibliography of English Language and Literature; and reference sources including bibliographies, biographies, and dictionaries."--from the Rutgers website.
Try this: Keyword(s): underground AND Author/Subject(s): "Dostoevskii, Fedor, 1821-81" OR "Dostoevsky, Fyodor" OR "Dostoevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881" OR "Dostoyevsky, Fyodor Mikhaylovich, 1821-1881"

Find Newspaper Articles

ProQuest Historical Newspapers: the New York Times: Provides the full image of articles published in the New York Times from its first issue in 1851 until two years ago.
A few insightful reviews and lots of junk can be found by searching "Notes from Underground"

Four Ways to Find Articles

The article is linked to full text in your database.

Click on to search for the article in IRIS, the Rutgers catalog, automatically.

Consult the list of Electronic Journals [http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/rr_gateway/ejournals/ejournals.shtml]

Search IRIS, the Rutgers catalog, to find all owned copies of an article in a periodical in electronic, paper, or microform.

Go to the Rutgers University Libraries homepage.

Click on Search IRIS and Other Catalogs to find the periodicals owned by the Rutgers Libraries. Search PERIODICAL TITLE begins with; this title is often found in periodical indexes under "Source".
Look at the periodical record. (The online record for a given periodical title may be separate from the print record, but is usually found within the non-microform record as electronic access.)>/li>

Web Resources

"The Metropolis and Mental Life" by Georg Simmel (transcribed text with footnotes)

Searching and Evaluating the Internet

Internet Search Strategies (Rice University): Information about search engines, Web page evaluation, and citation of electronic resources.
[http://www.rice.edu/fondren/dmc/howto/search.html]

Evaluation of Internet Resources (Ka-Neng Au, Rutgers University): Clear and to the point, with great links to other evaluation pages. Emphasizes the evaluation of the whole web site, not just an individual page.
[http://newarkwww.rutgers.edu/guides/evaluate.htm]

Evaluate Web Pages (Widener University): Tate and Alexander, librarians at Widener University, were pioneers in the art of formal Web page evaluation. They advocated five basic criteria (accuracy, authority, objectivity, coverage, currency) with variations in approach for different types of Web pages. This is an updated version of their work.
[http://www3.widener.edu/Academics/Libraries/ Wolfgram_Memorial_Library/Evaluate_Web_Pages/659/]

Thinking Critically about World Wide Web Resources (Esther Grassian, UCLA College Library): Presents an excellent checklist of criteria and questions relevant to Web page evaluation.
[http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/college/help/critical/index.htm]

MLA Citation Style

MLA 2009 Formatting and Style Guide (Purdue University Online Writing Laboratory): Based on the print MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing, 3rd edition [Dana Reference Desk #276] and the MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 7th edition [DANA REF LB 2369 .G53 2009] from the Modern Language Association.
[http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/]

dianahacker.com (Website to accompany Bedford St. Martin's guides): Excellent, clear information about MLA style.
[http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_o.html]

Frequently Asked Questions about MLA Style: Up-to-date information from the Modern Language Association itself.
[http://www.mla.org/style_faq]