Background Information: Modernity and Its Discontents
The Cambridge Companion to Modernism
Addresses the key themes being researched, taught and studied in modernism today, including the major literary genres, the intellectual, religious and political contexts, and parallel developments in film, painting and music.
Encyclopedia Britannica 1926
A three-volume update to the classic encyclopedia reflecting a contemporary look at “the march of events, the progress of knowledge and the innumerable changes of the world’s aspects, thoughts, activities, in the years from 1910 to 1926.”
Dictionary of Literary Biography Two sources of biographical information on authors, artists, philosophers, and others from different periods and different fields.
To search for books on other topics, go to BU Libraries Search and enter search terms. On the results screen, click on “Books” under Refine My Results.
Finding Scholarly Articles
Scholarly articles on topics related to modernity and modernism can be found in journals in many disciplines or subject areas. The databases below are excellent places to search.
It shouldn’t come as any surprise that Google keeps improving Google Scholar. There’s a new link from Scholar to BU Libraries Search that will allow you to easily find our eBooks, which was not previously possible.
In the recent past, as long as you had Google Scholar settings set up to activate the “Library Links” to Boston University, you would see “View It @ BU” like this:
That was the best way to get from Scholar to BU Libraries Search – but the link would never appear for book results! As a result, many users habitually missed out on items we actually do have, sometimes even as eBooks.
Now, the situation is different. Check out this 2014 book result.
Click on the “More” link above to expose the new “Get It @ BU” link, as below.
The “Get it @ BU” link will send you right to the correct BU Libraries Search record!
Click on the ebrary link and you’ll be into this 2014 eBook that is available to us at BU.
Pretty great, right? It’s definitely a great improvement for access to our books. If you are curious to know a bit more about how this works, feel free to ask me about it.
Sign In after your first search. This allows you to keep a record of your search strategies and results using the e-Shelf – simply click the image by each record you want to save (saved items = )
BULS searches for books, articles, and other formats such as government documents, dissertations, short news articles and images. The results list will be a combination of formats sorted by relevance. Each result indicates that it is available either in print or online — or sometimes, both. = print
BULS does not search most newspapers (such as the New York Times); BUT we have other databases that cover newspapers and more.
Focus you search using AND to combine concepts, quote marks for phrases; expand your search with OR between like terms, * to retrieve variations on a term.
rover AND “aphra behn”
(comed* OR farce) AND “aphra behn”
To maximize your results, click on Expand. This will add some non full-text results that may be only in print; may be chapters in books; or articles that you can request (for free!) from Interlibrary loan.
Search the titles of cited references for best results (both book titles and article titles).
BioMed Central, the open access publisher, will be visiting Boston on Thursday, March 26th, 2015, as part of its publishing roadshow program. This free one day event will be aimed at early career researchers looking to get an inside look into the publishing world.
Topics include:
The nuts and bolts of the peer–review process
Current trends in scientific publishing
Understanding publishing ethics
The event is taking place at The Double Tree Suites in Cambridge. The event is free, but registration is required. For additional information and registration, visit: http://roadshow.biomedcentral.com/boston/
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The following databases all contain a large number of articles pertaining to biology and the life sciences. To find articles on topics relating to environmental science, try searching these first.
Congress.gov online access to current and past legislation, committee reports, the Congressional Record, and other material produced by the Legislative Branch of the US Federal Government.
Toxnet The Toxicology Data Network from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Library of Medicine provides access to research on Toxicology and Hazardous Materials Research.
Science.gov
a gateway to government science information and research results. Science.gov provides a search of over 50 scientific databases and 200 million pages of science information with just one query, and is a gateway to over 2100 scientific websites including DOE, DOD, EPA, and NASA.
SciTech ConnectSciTech Connect consolidates the contents of OSTI’s Information Bridge and Energy Citations Database, full text scientific and technical reports.
Energy Information Administration, US Government
A statistical agency of the US Department of Energy. Publishes energy statistics, articles, and analysis, covering various fuels (including renewables) and countries, with a focus on the United States.
EnviroLink
Online environmental community uniting hundreds of organizations and volunteers around the world with millions of people in more than 150 countries dedicated to providing comprehensive, up-to-date environmental information and news on a large variety of environmental topics.
EPA’s Water Home
This Environmental Protection Agency site provides information about groundwater, water science, wastewater management, wetlands, oceans and watersheds.
Red List of Threatened Species
This list, compiled by IUCN – The World Conservation Union, provides taxonomic, conservation status and distribution information on taxa that are facing a high risk of global extinction.
UNESCO Water Portal
This web site is intended to enhance access to online information related to freshwater and provide information about UN programs dealing with water.
Water Resources of the United States
This government web site provides a wealth of reliable, impartial, and timely information needed to understand the water resources of the United States.
Sign In after your first search. This allows you to keep a record of your search strategies and results using the e-Shelf – simply click the image by each record you want to save (saved items = )
BULS searches for books, articles, and other formats such as government documents, dissertations, short news articles and images. The results list will be a combination of formats sorted by relevance. Each result indicates that it is available either in print or online — or sometimes, both. = print
BULS does not search most newspapers (such as the New York Times); BUT we have other databases that cover newspapers and more.
Focus you search using AND to combine concepts, quote marks for phrases; expand your search with OR between like terms, * to retrieve variations on a term.
“press coverage” AND “Tet offensive”
(news* OR media) AND vietnam*
To maximize your results, click on Expand. This will add some non full-text results that may be only in print; may be chapters in books; or articles that you can request (for free!) from Interlibrary loan.
Search the titles of cited references for best results (both book titles and article titles).
Each day teachers teach, students learn, researchers advance knowledge, and consumers access copyrighted information due to exemptions in copyright law, such as fair use in the United States or fair dealing in Canada and other jurisdictions.
Fair use and fair dealing allow the use of copyrighted materials without permission from the copyright holder under certain circumstances. For libraries, educational institutions, and the public, the fair use doctrine is the most important limitation on the rights of the copyright owner—the “safety valve” of US copyright law.
Fair Use Week is an annual celebration of the doctrine of fair use and fair dealing. It celebrates the important role fair use plays in achieving the Constitutional purpose of intellectual property rights in the US: to promote the progress of science and the useful arts. The flexible nature of the fair use doctrine has permitted copyright to adapt to new technologies and changes. Similarly, in Canada, fair dealing is a critical right of the user intended to facilitate balance in copyright law and accommodate freedom of expression.
While Fair Use Week 2015 will be celebrated February 23–27, we believe that every week is fair use week. Indeed, fair use is employed on a daily basis by students, faculty, librarians, journalists, and all users of copyrighted material. Fair Use Week is simply a time to promote and discuss the opportunities presented by fair use, celebrate successful fair use stories, and explain the doctrine. (CC-BY / http://fairuseweek.org/what-is-fair-use-week/)
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