Discovering Literary Works: Workshop Insights and Search Tips
Uncover valuable insights from a workshop on finding picture books, young adult books, and graphic novels. Explore search operators, catalogues like CLUES and WorldCat, and learn about genre headings and forms to enhance your literary searches.
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Library Workshop for ENGL 428 Vince Graziano English Librarian September 24, 2019
Workshop Outline How to find: Picture books Young Adult books Graphic novels
Catalogues Concordia Library Catalogue (CLUES) WorldCat: WorldCat is a worldwide union catalogue created and maintained collectively by more than 10,000 member institutions, including Concordia Libraries. Its resources span thousands of years and include lists of materials from books to recordings to archives. Documents indexed: Audiovisual Media, Books, Catalogues, Literary Works (poems, short stories, novels, plays, etc)
Search Operators AND OR juvenile AND pictorial juvenile OR young adult graphic novels Canad* (juvenile OR young adult) AND Canad* * ( )
Indexes within Catalogues Author Title Journal Title Call Number Subject Heading Genre Heading Created by Library of Congress It has a sub-division called GENRE/FORM, which is available in WorldCat GENRE/FORM and GENRE HEADING are crucial to finding literary works of specific genres
GENRE/FORM or GENRE HEADING Genre Heading in CLUES Genre/Form in WorldCat Features many genres, including Fiction Picture books Graphic novels Young adult In WorldCat, you can search for more than one genre For example: picture books and fiction
Help is Available At the Ask Us Desk Library website Literatures in English Subject Guide Ask a Librarian E-mail form Chat with a Librarian Ask Vince: 514-848-2424, ext. 7689 vince.graziano@concordia.ca Office hours: by appointment
