Italia, P Corbetta, 18_ Library of Congress RLG Cultural Materials

Barnard College Library Research Guide V3993 Italian Senior Thesis & Research: Spring 2006   Professor Ariella Lang Librarian: Karen Dobrusky

Contents
Reference Books | CLIO | Databases & Indexes
 Interlibrary Loan & Other Libraries | Selected Websites | RefWorks & EndNote
 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 contemporary italian culture              journal title: modern language journal

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

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: dante and exile
keyword: ital? and immigra? and albanian
keyword: ital? and (sport? or soccer or football)

Subject search: use Library of Congress (LC) subject headings
subject: italy history
subject: italy social life and conditions
subject: italian literature
subject: italian poetry
subject: albanians italy
 

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:

Historical Abstracts 
Index to articles in world history excluding the U.S. & Canada. Historical time period 1450 to present. Articles, books and dissertations, 1954 to present.
Search Tips: Use " " for a phrase; * for 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

Social Sciences Full Text
General social sciences. Includes social history, anthropology, economics, foreign affairs, international relations, political science, psychology, sociology and more, includes citations and some links to some full-text from 1983 to present.
Search Tips: use keywords, "  " for phrases, * for truncation

International Bibliography of the Social Sciences 
Core social sciences, includes history, demography, foreign affairs, international relations, psychology and social issues. Includes international journals. Citations and some links to full-text, 1951 to present.
Search Tips: phrase assumed, * for truncation

Sociological Abstracts
Abstracts and indexes the international literature in sociology and related disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences. The database provides citations from 1963 to the present to journal articles, book reviews, books, book chapters, dissertations, and conference proceedings.
Search Tips: 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

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

British Humanities Index
Indexes articles in more than 320 humanities journals and weekly magazines published in the U.K. and other English speaking countries, as well as quality newspapers published in the U.K., 1962 to present.
Search Tips: Phrase is assumed - use "and" if not a phrase; * for truncation

Francis: International Humanities and Social Sciences
A multilingual and multidisciplinary and  bibliographic database with international scope, covering humanities: archaeology, history of art, history of science, linguistics, literature, philosophy, prehistory, religions; & social sciences: administration, Latin America, computer and law, education, ethnology, geography, health, sociology; Economics: economy, energy economics, management, 1984 to present.
Search Tips: Use keywords; ? for truncation

International Bibliography of Periodical Literature: IBZ
Worldwide index of literature, primarily humanities and social sciences. Indexes some European periodicals.

PAIS International (Public Affairs Information Service database)
Citations and abstracts for articles, books, conference proceedings, government documents, book chapters, and statistical directories about public affairs, 1972 to present
Search Tips: Phrase is assumed - use "and" if not a phrase; * for truncation

International Political Science Abstracts
Abstracts for articles in the field of political science, including public administration, political theory and international relations, published in journals and yearbooks worldwide, 1989 to present
Search Tips: phrase assumed, * 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

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 "Scholarly Journals" after receiving search results 
Two words phrases are assumed to be a phrase;  use " " for phrases of more than two words.  Use * for truncation

SELECTED WEBSITES

• Italian Department Barnard College
• Italian Department Columbia University
• Italian History and Literature:Humanities and History:Guide to Butler Reference
• Digital Dante: Columbia University
• Antologia (frammentaria) della Letteratura Italiana
• Western European Studies Section:Italian Studies Web, ACRL
• Italy History _Italian History Index
• Internet Public Library - Literary Criticism
• Voice of the Shuttle: Italian
• Virtual Italia
• Societa Dantesca Italiana
   

REFWORKS & ENDNOTE: Bibliographic Software at Barnard and Columbia
Click here for information about using EndNote and RefWorks for managing citations

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 2/9/06
Karen Dobrusky
Reference Librarian
Barnard College Library
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