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SPA 325 lntroduction to Latin American/Latino Literature (Cohen, Fall 2019)

Secondary Source Assignment

By the end of today's class, you should be able to:

1. Execute a search to find literary criticism by doing an advanced search in Library One Search with:

            a. Author as SUBJECT

            b. Work as SUBJECT

            c. Topic as keyword (or SUBJECT)

            d. Removing  the title of the work to execute a broader search on the author and the desired topic

2. Discern whether an citation is a book, book chapter, or an article.

3. Use subject vocabulary to inform/refine your search.

4. Use source types and other categories (facets) to limit your search, such as limiting to Spanish under "Language."

5. Obtain a copy of the article or book/book chapter either in full text, in the library, or through interlibrary loan services ( ILL).

6. Identify the database in which your citation is indexed.

You can set Discipline limiters before you search:

  • Language and Linguistics
  • Literature and Writing

s before your search.  Choose

You can limit by items the library immediately has access to, in print and online.

 

If you limit to "Peer Reviewed," you are selecting articles only, and will eliminate possibly helpful books and book chapters from your search.

You can limit by source type:

You can limit by language: