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The Lamont News-List lamont(a)fas.harvard.edu
November 9, 2004
http://hcl.harvard.edu/lamont
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Did you know? Lamont Library maintains a "Harvard Lingo" page. If you've
ever wondered how the Kroks got their name, what the "Statue of Three
Lies" is, or where the "Whispering Arches" are, you'll find your
questions
answered here:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/lamont/resources/lingo.html
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IN THIS ISSUE:
-- Power Searching Tip
no. 1: Searching for films in the HOLLIS catalog
-- Language Dictionaries
Easy ways to track them down on our Reference Shelves
-- Cool Tool for Finding Articles
A great first stop for research in just about any academic
subject
-- The Visiting Committee Prize for Undergraduate Book Collecting
Calling all bibliophiles!
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POWER SEARCHING TIP
no. 1: Searching for films in the HOLLIS catalog
Last year, the College approved a new film studies concentration. Over
the summer, Morse Music & Media--which contains, among other things, a
really fine collection of films--moved from the 4th floor of the Hilles
Library to the 2nd floor of Lamont. Both events have meant that Lamont
librarians are fielding more and more questions about tracking films down.
A few recent examples from our Reference Desk:
"I'm trying to find a movie version of _Macbeth_. But when I do a
title search in HOLLIS, I get more than 300 results."
"Does the library have any films that show healing ceremonies or ritual
trances or spirit possession?"
"My TF told me that Harvard might have films of Nelson Mandela giving
speeches. How do I look for them?"
"Can I really get the entire 4th season of _The Sopranos_ here?"
There's an easy solution to each of these questions: limit your HOLLIS
search to VISUAL MATERIALS. Here's how:
1. Open the HOLLIS catalog. But before you do anything else, click on
the EXPANDED SEARCH link at the top of the search screen.
2. Now enter one or more terms in the search boxes that display.
3. Under the "Limit Search to" options, look for FORMAT.
5. Select "visual" from the format menu list. Now click on the SEARCH
button.
And by the way: you can indeed get DVDs of _The Sopranos_, and videos
which capture the healing rituals of indigenous peoples. You'll even find
several Macbeths this way--including Akira Kurosawa's adaptation,
_Throne of Blood_, Roman Polanski's famous 1971 movie, and a 1948 film
version starring Orson Welles.
Interested in finding film reviews or film criticism? Lamont Library has a
handy online guide:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/lamont/resources/guides/film.pdf
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LANGUAGE DICTIONARIES
Easy ways to track them down on our Reference shelves
Dictionaries of all kinds--including English language ones--are among our
most requested items in Lamont, but students aren't always sure how to
locate them quickly on their own.
One solution to the problem, of course, is to construct a keyword search
in HOLLIS: just combine the language name with the word "dictionaries."
In Lamont, however, there's an even simpler way to proceed. Next time
you're working here and find yourself suddenly in need of a good
dictionary, think REFERENCE ROOM first. Then think "P."
The call number system we use in Lamont groups language materials
(including dictionaries) in the P-PM range. But in order to help you
better target what you're after, we've also posted charts in this area of
the Reference stacks. They list call number sequences in more detail, so
you can identify which particular language dictionaries are where: French
and Spanish in the PCs, for example, English in the PEs, Hindi in the PKs.
Reference books can't be checked out, although you can take them to your
workspace while you're in the Lamont building. But here's a tip: to find
out if Lamont has a language dictionary that you can borrow, go to the
same call number range in the regular ("circulating") book stacks.
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COOL TOOL FOR FINDING JOURNAL ARTICLES
A good first stop for research in just about every academic subject!
Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
http://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:hul.eresource:ebscoasp
Research projects will frequently require that you use journal articles to
support your claims. Academic Search Premier is an online resource that
helps you track this information down. You can access it directly, at the
address listed above, or link to it from the "Quick Jump" list on the
Harvard Libraries E-Resources page (
http://lib.harvard.edu/e-resources).
Academic Search Premier is a periodical database, which means that it
compiles and makes searchable the contents of several thousand scholarly
journals and general interest ("popular") magazines. In doing so, it
offers you access to a kind of information that the HOLLIS catalog does
not supply. HOLLIS will only help you determine which journal titles
Harvard owns (and in which library to find them).
Academic Search Premier, on the other hand, provides details about the
articles inside them: what topics they cover, who wrote them, in what
issue they appeared, on what date, and so forth. Many of the articles in
this database, especially those that were published in 1990 or after, are
available in full-text.
Lots of the online resources you'll use at Harvard will focus deeply on a
single academic field and the literature about it. Academic Search
Premier, by contrast, covers the whole spectrum of knowledge. Its
multi-disciplinary emphasis is, in fact, its strength.
A database of such breadth is an excellent starting point for research in
just about any area of the sciences, humanities, and social sciences
(and everything in between). Current, quality magazine and journal
information at your fingertips: Academic Search Premier delivers this--and
more!
Another tip: you can use Academic Search Premier to locate specific kinds
of articles. Book and movie reviews, editorials, obituaries, and even
transcripts of some speeches are included in its mix.
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THE VISITING COMMITTEE PRIZE FOR UNDERGRADUATE BOOK COLLECTING
An annual Library event for bibliophiles of every kind
Do you collect books of a certain type, on a particular topic or theme, or
for a special reason? If so, you should consider entering this year's
Undergraduate Book Collecting Prize Competition. First Prize is $1000;
Second Prize is $750; and Third Prize is $500. Winning collections in
past years have centered on the Berlin subway system, ocean liner books
and memorabilia, antique cookbooks, autographed books, and "labyrinthine"
literature.
Last year's winning collections are displayed in the exhibit cases on
Level 5 in Lamont.
More detailed information about the Visiting Committee Prize, including
rules for applying, can be picked up in Lamont, Hilles or Cabot or from
House Masters, House Librarians, Senior Tutors, and Freshman Deans.
You'll can also find out more online:
http://hcl.harvard.edu/lamont/vcbookprize/flyer.html
http://hcl.harvard.edu/lamont/vcbookprize/rules.html
If you're interested in entering the Competition, you should notify
Heather Cole, the Librarian of Lamont, of your intention to apply by
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2004.
The deadline for submitting an essay and annotated bibliography
describing your collection is FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2005.
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HAVE A TOPIC you'd like to see us cover in a future issue of the Lamont
News-List? A research question you need answered? A tip you want
to pass along to other Lamont News-List readers? All suggestions welcome!
Send your thoughts and comments to sgilroy(a)fas.harvard.edu.
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