Reinventing
Literary History: Women and Culture
Professor Andrea Andersson Fall 2009
REFERENCE BOOKS:
Medieval England: an Encyclopedia. DA129 .M43 1998
Oxford Classical Dictionary. DE5 .O9 2003 & online
Civilization of the Ancient Mediterranean. 3 vol. DE59. C55 1988
Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in
World History. HQ1121.093 2008 &
online
Women and Gender in
Medieval Europe: an Encyclopedia. HQ1147 .E85 W66 2006
Ancient Writers Greece and
Rome. 2 vols. PA3002 .A5 1982
Japanese Women Writers: a Bio-Critical Sourcebook. PL725 .J37 1994
Dictionary of Literary Themes and
Motifs. PN43 .D48 1988
Companion to Literary Myths, Heroes and Archetypes. PN56. M95 D4813
Feminist Literary Theory.PN98 .W64 .E53 1997
Feminist Encyclopedia of French Literature. PQ149 .F47 1999 & online
Spanish American Women Writers: a Bio-bibliographical Sourcebook. PQ7081 .S63
1990
Oxford Companion to Chaucer. PR1924 .099 2003g
*The library catalog for Columbia
University, including Barnard College. CLIO can be searched by title,
author, subject, keyword and other options.
TITLE SEARCH:
*try: title: as you like it
*note: retrieves items beginning with the phrase “as you like it”. This is called “truncation”
*note: different editions, multiple locations, visuals and sound recordings.
*note: capitalization is not necessary.
JOURNAL TITLE SEARCH:
*note: journals are also listed in CLIO
* try: journal title: greece and rome
*note: *locations: both Barnard & Butler own this journal
*holdings: must click or record or link to see what the library owns
*note: full-text electronic journals are also listed in CLIO
AUTHOR SEARCH:
*try: author: freud sigmund
*note: freud’s works are listed alphabetically
KEYWORD SEARCH:
*try: keyword: sheba solomon
keyword: “sei shonagon” OR “pillow book”
keyword: shakespeare and (women or feminis?)
SUBJECT SEARCH: must use LC (Library of Congrss) subject headings
*try: subject: mythology african
*try: subject: women—japan--history
*try subject: sor juana ines de la cruz (note “criticism and
interpretation” division)
you may want to use both keyword and LC subject modes of searching
•DATABASES AND INDEXES: from the A-Z listing, can be searched on both the Barnard and
Columbia University libraries’ home pages. The Database list includes library catalogs, reference books
and more. Databases relevant for this class project are: MLA Bibliography, Humanities Full Text, LION,
JSTOR and Project Muse. You may also want to try additional databases such as ProQuest and Gender
Studies.
•MLA BIBLIOGRAPHY:
This database is a comprehensive literature and language database and includes folklore. Includes
journal articles, books, articles in books. Use keywords. * is the truncation symbol.
*try: sor juana
*try: sor juana AND church OR nun*
*try: marie de france AND bisclavret
•HUMANITIES FULL TEXT:
This database can locate articles in the humanities including literature, history, art, classics, music, religion and other humanities topics. Use “and” between keyword terms. * is the truncation symbol.
*try: “sor juana”
*try: “sor juana” AND church OR nun*
*try: “wife of bath” AND chaucer
•LION: Literature Online:
Primarily
English language literature database. Many full- text articles. *is the
truncation symbol
Literatures other than English language are now being included. Includes a library of literary texts online.
*click on: “criticism and reference box”.
*Type “as you like it” in “keyword” box and “shakespeare in “author/subject” box
•JSTOR: Searchable e-journal collections. Full text articles; excludes recent years. Includes literature, history, African American studies, Latin American Studies, sociology and other areas of study.
*use advanced search for more precise searching. & is the truncation sign
*type: "pillow book shonagon” in the “all of the words box” and perform a search.
•PROJECT MUSE: Searchable collection of journals full text: includes current years only.
Includes literature journals such as Marvels and Tales, Modern Fiction Studies, as well as the Journal of
the History of Sexuality and more. *is the truncation symbol
*try: marie de france AND lais
•PROQUEST DIRECT:
Multidisciplinary database which includes many full text articles. Some literature
journals are included. After doing a search & retrieving results, find scholarly journals by clicking on
the “scholarly articles” tab.
*tip: put “and” between search terms or put terms in separate boxes. *is the truncation symbol.
*try: ovid AND metamorphoses AND creation*
*try: sophocles AND antigone
•GENDER STUDIES DATABASE: 1972 to present.
This database which can locate citations to articles in the social sciences including anthropology,
psychology,
politics and sociology. Includes Women’s Studies. Use “and” between keyword
terms.
*try: carl jung AND women
*try: femin* AND shakespeare
*note: try various searches and multiple databases 10/20/09 kdd kdobrusk@barnard.edu