English 201:

Research in the Disciplines

http://www.pace.edu/library/
Click on: Subject Guides,
then “Research in the Disciplines”
 Disciplines and Research

Taking a particular disciplinary

perspective on a topic is important to
your research because:
 Libraries (public and academic) are
organized by discipline.
 Many electronic search tools (i.e. library
databases) are discipline-specific.
Reference Tools
 To locate, search the library catalog by
Keyword, limiting your location to
“Mortola Reference”
 Note the Call Numbers!
 Look to see if the entry contains a
bibliography or list of works cited
 Try the Gale Virtual Reference Library
– encyclopedias online
The Pace Library Catalog
 Contains information about items in
all Pace University Library locations
 Request items from other Pace
campuses for delivery

 Connect NY – request books directly

from other college libraries around
New York State
 Scholarly Journal Sources
 Where do you find them?
 Discipline-specific databases
 General databases, with search limited to
“scholarly,” “academic,” or “peer reviewed”
 JSTOR
 OmniFile
 SAGE
 Directory of Open Access Journals
http://www.doaj.org/
 Google Scholar http://scholar.google.com
Finding Resources About
Films and Film Criticism

 Utilize the Library Subject Guide on Film Criticism:

 On the Library home page, under Library Services

 Click on Subject Research Guide
 Click on Film Criticism
Finding Resources About
Films and Film Criticism
Finding Reviews in Newspapers:

 New York Times Archive (1851 - 2005)

 New York Times (1980 - current)
 Lexis-Nexis Academic
 Includes major U.S. newspapers
Finding Resources About
Films and Film Criticism
Finding Reviews in the Library Databases:

 Academic Search Premier

 Research Library
 Film Literature Index
 Contains citations, not full articles
 Need to search “Print & E-Journals” to located the journal for full-text
articles
Finding Articles
 Use the service to
determine the subscription status of
the journal in which an article
appeared.

 If we do not subscribe to the journal,

InterLibrary Loan - ILLiad
 Articles will be e-mailed when possible
Elements of an MLA Article Citation

To cite a full text article from a library

database:

Lessig, Lawrence. “Privacy as Property.”

Social Research 69 (2002): 247-269.
Academic Search Premier. Web. 27 Jan
2009.
 Elements of an APA article citation
To cite a full-text item from a library database:
Trimmer, C. G., & Cuddy, L. L. (2008).
Emotional intelligence, not music training,
predicts recognition of emotional speech
prosody. Emotion, 8, 838-849.
doi:10.1037/a0014080
*If you can’t find a doi, use the journal home page URL.
Good Luck With Your Research!

Pace University Library Home Page:

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Mortola Library Reference Desk:

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