Liberal Studies 300 Dr. Joseph Gonzalez

Cynthia Bruns, Instruction Librarian cbruns@fullerton.edu Pollak Library http://www.library.fullerton.edu

Use the Library at home: All Library databases can be searched at home by CSUF students
       If you have any difficulties, get technical assistance from the Titan Help Desk... 657 278 7777 

What to do if library does not own what you need:
        Interlibrary Loan...Books and Articles from other libraries, 5-10 day turnaround, free
        Your CSUF card is valid at al CSU libraries, local community colleges and some private.       

Online bibliographic management service for storing and organizing citations, and producing bibliographies. Also, it can be used writing the paper when you add the plug-in Write-N-Cite. All current CSUF people may register for a free account    For more Information and tutorials

How locate books on your topic:
 Library Catalog http://opac.fullerton.edu database of books, journals, newspapers, recordings, atlases, more   
 
Keyword: Love and Middle Ages...leads to:
Subject: Love in literature or Literature,  OR Medieval -- History and criticism  
              OR Marriage customs and rites, Medieval
Author and Subject: Spenser, Edmund      

Databases and books that offer background information and research topic ideas:
Gale Virtual Reference Library
     sample search: Renaissance and love
Literature Resource Center
     sample search: Geoffrey Chaucer
Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages [electronic resource]
The Oxford dictionary of the Renaissance [electronic resource]
Encyclopedia of Comparative Iconography Ref N 7560E52 vol 1, see chapter on Love
Dictionary of the Middle Ages Ref  D114 .D5 1982 vol 1-14
Women in the Middle Ages : an Encyclopedia Ref  HQ1143 .W643 2004

What is a Scholarly Journal? sample scholarly journal article

Sample citation: how to locate...
Gonzalez, Joseph M., Sleeping Bodies, Jubilant Souls: The Fate of the Dead in Sweden 1400-1700. Canadian Journal of History v. 40 no. 2 (August 2005) p. 199-227.   

How to locate articles on your topic:   
Databases: Access to articles and MORE:
Academic Search Premier: (EBSCO) General article database, contains journals, magazines and more.
Sample search: Edmund Spenser and Faerie Queene, limit to per reviewed

MLA International Bibliography (EBSCO) International Literature database
Sample search: Shakespeare and Marriage

Humanities Full Text (Wilson)
Sample search: Cupid

Art Full Text (Wilson)
Sample Search: Venus and Titian

Art and Humanities Full Text (Wilson)
Sample search: courtly love

ITER Bibliography
Sample search: middle ages and love

Historical Abstracts (EBSCO)
sample search: beauty and women and Renaissance

Student Guide to Avoiding Plagiarism   The Campus statement on the avoidance of plagiarism

Citing your research and Using MLA Style Guide

How do I Cite Sources  All sources of information must be cited for any work you turn in on campus.  
   
Pollak Library Quick Guide to the MLA Citation Style

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed. 2003
       a copy of this book is kept at the Reference Desk   

Diane Hacker Research and Documentation Online