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Pamela Harris, Outreach and Instruction Librarian (SC)
Bronwen Densmore, Reference & Instruction Intern (SC)

Sections:

special privileges for thesis students
how to write a literature review
find books (& other stuff from anywhere around the world)
find journal articles
dictionaries
assembling your bibliography & citing sources,
getting more help

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FREN 091 : Senior Colloquium (SC)

special privileges for thesis students:

Register for special privileges

Find out more about reserving a carrel, getting a library locker, and having end-of-semester due dates.

how to write a literature review:

The craft of research

Author: Booth, Wayne C. Colomb, Gregory G.

Publisher: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2008.

The literature review

Author: Ridley, Diana, Dr.

Publisher: London : SAGE, 2008.

find books (& other stuff from anywhere around the world)

Tripod library catalog.

The library catalog of Bryn Mawr, Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges.

WorldCat

Provider: OCLC

A catalog of the holdings of books, journals, and other materials held by OCLC (Online Computer Library Center) member libraries. Includes manuscripts, maps, films and sound recordings. Covers works published before 1,000 BC-present.

Use E-ZBorrow or Interlibrary loan to request materials, free of charge, that are not available at your library!

Books, request them from a regional partner and receive them in 3-5 days. Let us track it down for you! Books and journal articles, received in 5 - 10 days through interlibrary loan.

Is there a limit to the number of requests I can make?

There is no limit to the number of requests. Please place your requests in order of need since they might not all be processed in the same day.

How long does Interlibrary Loan take?

Most interlibrary loan items are delivered within five to ten business days.

How do I get my Interlibrary Loan items when they arrive?

After you are notified your item has arrived, pick it up at the circulation desk in McCabe Library. Some items must be used in the library. Journal articles are sent to you in campus mail or electronically through the Ariel system.

find journal articles:

MLA international bibliography

Provider: ProQuest

One of the definitive sources for literature and language. Areas covered include literature, language, linguistics, film, theatre and folklore. Covers 1926-present.

Literature On-line (Chadwyck-Healey)

Provider: Chadwyck-Healey

A full-text collection of poetry, drama, and prose. Includes complementary references sources. Claims to search across the MLA International Bibliography and JSTOR - theoretically providing one-stop-shopping for all things literary, bibliographies, biographies, and literary criticism.

JSTOR

Provides full-text and page images from many of the top journals in most academic disciplines. Coverage is from the inception of the journal through three to five years ago.

Google Scholar

Persee

PERSEE is the website for scientific journals in social and human sciences, established by the Ministry of State Education, Higher Education and Research; the PERSEE website has as its mission the digitisation and online distribution of back collections of a vast corpus of periodicals. Wider availability of this rich scientific heritage will benefit French research by making it freely and publicly accessible.

Project Muse

Provides access to journals published by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Disciplines covered are humanities, social sciences, and mathematics.

Subject Portal

Use the Subject Portal to find databases that are specific to your topic! More information than you will ever need to use...........

dictionaries:

The concise Oxford-Hachette French dictionary

Le grand Robert de la langue française.

Author: Robert, Paul, 1910-1980. Rey, Alain. 1910-1980

Publisher: Paris : Dictionnaires Le Robert, c2001.

assembling your bibliography & citing sources,

OWL at Purdue University

This website offers excellent, clear examples on formatting papers in the MLA style.

MLA handbook for writers of research papers.

Publisher: New York : Modern Language Association of America, 2009.

EndNote Web

Interested in using EndNote Web and Cite While You Write to collect citations and format your thesis? Schedule an individual appointment with pharris1@swarthmore.edu

Paraphrasing & citations

This page is from the Writing Center - if you have any questions about documenting your research, check here. There are good examples of when and how to paraphrase and use in-text citation.

getting more help:

Contact Information: Pamela Harris, pharris1, x2056

For additional tresearch assistance, I can be found at McCabe Research & Information Desk on Tuesdays 7:00-10:00 PM and Fridays 10:00-12:30. Or make an appointment to meet in my office, on Level 1 of McCabe. turn right at the French Dictionaries!

MEDIEVAL BESTIARY from Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, KA 16, Folio 93r