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Barnard College Library Research Guide BC3997 Senior Seminar: Fall 2005 Courtship & Marriage in the Works of Chaucer Professor Timea Szell Fall 2005 Librarian: Karen Dobrusky

Contents
Reference Books | CLIO | Databases & Indexes
 Interlibrary Loan & Other Libraries |Selected Websites
 Consultation Request

REFERENCE BOOKS

Use for:

• an overview of a topic
• background information
• factual information
• bibliographies
• located in the Barnard Reference Department, 2nd Floor of BC Library

CLIO

CLIO (Columbia Libraries Information Online) is the on-line catalog for the Barnard & Columbia Libraries. CLIO can be searched by author, title, subject and keyword.  Help for searching CLIO is available on the Web CLIO opening screen.  Click on: "Connect via WWW". 

• You can enter CLIO from the Barnard Library home page or from the Columbia University LibraryWeb
• Help with searching (called "search tips") is available on the bottom of the opening search screen
• The holdings of the Health Sciences Library as well as the Union Theological Seminary are included in CLIO
• The Law Library's catalog is Pegasus, Teacher's College catalog is Educat and JTS' catalog is Aleph
• To search CLIO, Pegasus and Educat simultaneously click on the "Search all CU catalogs" tab on the opening CLIO screen
   

Sample Searches:
Title search: leave off the initial article (the, an, la, etc.)
title: encyclopedia of the middle ages               journal title: speculum

Author search: put last name, then first name
author: chaucer geoffrey

Finding a book about a person or a subject: start with a Keyword search using the most distinctive words associated with the topic. Then look for useful subject headings and do a Subject search.

Keyword search: use and, or not between the terms, or quotes for a phrase, and use ? for truncation (to find variant endings of a word)
keyword: chaucer and love
keyword: chaucer and "great britain"
keyword: arab? and love and poetry

Subject search: use Library of Congress (LC) subject headings
subject: chaucer geoffrey
subject: courtly love
subject: women england history middle ages
subject: civilization medieval
subject: social history medieval
 

Limiting to books in Barnard Library: use the Pre-Select Limits or Post Limit option

Call numbers: Overview of the Library of Congress Classification Outline

Note that although the Barnard Library is in Lehman Hall, CLIO location Lehman means the Social Sciences library at Columbia; Barnard books have the location Barnard.

DATABASES & INDEXES: for locating periodical &journal articles

On the Databases (reference works & indexes) list, which you can access from the Barnard Library home page, there are links to many indexes which give citations, abstracts and some full-text for articles in various disciplines. Many databases have e-links which will search to see if the full-text of a particular item is available online through CULibrary Web. If you are unable to locate an item full-text search CLIO directly for the journal title. 

The following indexes and databases will probably be the most relevant to your research:

Feminae: Medieval Women and Gender Index
Indexes journal articles, book reviews and essays about women, sexuality and gender in Europe, North Africa and the Middle East from 450 C.E. to 1500 C.E.
Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; use keywords; Do not use "and"; implicit right-hand truncation.

Humanities Full Text
Citations and abstracts for articles in the humanities, including history, literature and more, 1984-present.
Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation, Use keyword option.

International Medieval Bibliography
Covers all aspects of Medieval Studies with a date range of 400-1500. Europe, Middle East and North Africa, 1967 to present.
Search Tips: Use keyword searching in "All Index Terms" box; Phrase is assumed - use "and" if not a phrase; * for truncation.

JSTOR: The Scholarly Journal Archive
A full text database of articles from over 1,000 scholarly journals, from the beginning of the journal but excluding the most recent 3-5 years; includes: history, language and literature, philosophy, classical studies and more.
Includes Speculum and Renaissance Quarterly.
Search Tips: Use the Advanced Search for more precise searching; Use "  " for a phrase, & for plurals; See "Searching" for more help.

LION: Literature Online
English and American poetry, drama, prose, biographies, and secondary sources, from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 20th century.
Search Tips: To find critical articles click on "Search criticism and reference." 
Phrase is assumed - use "and" if not a phrase; * for truncation.

MLA Bibliography
Major database for literature, language, linguistics and folklore. Citations for articles, dissertations, books, book chapters, etc. from 1963 to the present.  
Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation.

Project Muse
Full-text articles from more than 200 scholarly journals published by university presses in the arts, humanities, sciences, and social sciences. Includes: Essays in Medieval Studies, Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies and more.
Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for truncation.

ProQuest Direct
Online journal articles and citations, Indexes: Medium Aevum, Speculum and more.
Search Tips: Select scholarly materials by clicking on "Databases selected" then select "Research Library." 
Two words phrases are assumed to be a phrase;  use " " for phrases of more than two words.  Use * for truncation.

Women's Studies International
Citations for materials on women's studies, gender studies, feminist theory and criticism, from 1972 to the present. 
Search Tips: Use * for truncation.

Additional Databases: Article First (general), ATLA Religion Database, Bibliography of the History of Art, History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Historical Abstracts (for late Medieval & Renaissance), Philosopher's Index, Index Islamicus.

SELECTED WEBSITES

• Ancient & Medieval Studies: Columbia University
• Internet Resources for Medieval Studies from Western Connecticut State University. Megasite
• Internet Medieval Sourcebook, Paul Halsall
• Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies, Georgetown University
• ORB: Online Reference Book for Medieval Studies, Kathryn Talarico
• WWW Virtual Library History Index: Medieval Europe, Michael George
• Digital Scriptorium: Image Databse of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts
• Celebrating the Liturgy's Books: Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in New York City
• Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Literature: Voice of the Shuttle
• Chaucer Name Dictionary
• Electronic Canterbury Tales, Daniel Kline, University of Alaska
• Canterbury Tales Project: University of Sheffield & De Ment Fort University
• Chaucer MetaPage
• Labyrinth Library Middle English Bookcase: Includes Chaucer
• Geoffrey Chaucer: Harvard University

INTERLIBRARY LOAN & using other libraries

Click here to see search Other Library Catalogs other than Columbia.   CATNYP is the online catalog of the NYPL research library and LEO is the online catalog of the NYPL Branch Libraries.

Through  Request It one can obtain books and photocopies of items that are not available at the Barnard or Columbia Libraries through Borrow Direct or Interlibrary Loan with no charge. Instructions and more information are provided on the Request It page. A Columbia UNI is needed for these services.

To locate items that are located at other libraries, check the Eureka and WorldCat links listed below.
Eureka is the online collective catalog of many major research and academic libraries, archives, museums and more.

WorldCat is the online collective catalog of OCLC members around the world.

CONSULTATIONS with Reference Librarians
Click here to complete a consultation form which you can e-mail to the library requesting to meet individually with a reference librarian. Forms are also available at the Reference Desk on the second floor of the Barnard Library.  To contact a reference librarian, e-mail refdesk@barnard.edu or call 212-854-3953. If you need immediate assistance it is better to go directly to the Reference Desk on the 2nd floor of the Barnard Library.
Reference Desk hours are: Monday-Thursday: 9-9, Fridays: 9-6, Saturdays: Noon-5, Sundays:1-9 
You may contact Karen Dobrusky directly at kdobrusk@barnard.edu

Last Modified 9/8/05
Karen Dobrusky
Reference Librarian
Barnard College Library
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