Library News for Comparative Literature

Dictionary of Literary Biography--AVAILABLE ONLINE

 Dictionary of Literary Biography is now available online. It includes biographical and critical essays on the lives, works, and careers of the world's most influential literary figures from all eras and genres. Besides the biographies, each entry includes bibliographies of primary and secondary literature.

This is an excellent resource for undergraduates and others beginning research on an author. See the sample entry below.

Elfriede Jelinek

Volumes are published on topics, genres, or groups of authors from a specific period (e.g. Writers of the French Enlightenment) . Besides searching, you can also browse by volume or browse by author. You can link to specific articles or specific volumes.

Questions? Contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu; IM; 5-4824)

 

 

 

Don't sweat research problems or library questions! Ask Brian!

If you have research questions, library-related questions, or any book/DVD purchase suggestions, please contat me. I'm around for most of the summer. As always, I'm happy to meet with you in-person as well.

Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 935-4824 ; IM)

NOTE: I'll be gone from June 23-July 4. For immediate reference assistance during that time, please contact the Olin Help Desk: (314) 935-5410; ref@wumail.wustl.edu or via chat.  Feel free to continue to email me and I'll respond upon my return. 

Zotero 101 class--Thursday, June 16, 2011, 12noon-1pm--REGISTER NOW

This class meets Thursday, June 16th from 12noon-1pm in the Arc on level A in Olin Library. Registration required. Sign up here.

Zotero is a free, easy-to-use tool to help you collect, organize, cite, and share your research sources. It lives right where you do your work—in the web browser itself. We will cover account creation, installation, gathering references, organizing your references, creating citations and sharing or working collaboratively. For more info, see http://www.zotero.org/

Questions, ask Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 935-4824 ; IM)

Work on WUSTL Connect-Sat. 6/11--6-10pm will affect access to library systems

On Saturday, June 11, maintenance will be done on the WUSTL Connect service by the WU Information Services and Technology staff.  WUSTL Connect is the service which lets you use your WUSTL Key to log in to various Library services (as well as WebSTAC and other University services).  From 6pm to 10pm you may reach various login pages, such as for the proxy server, My Catalog, ILLiad, Ares, and Find it!, but not be able to log in.  Our apologies for the inconvenience.

New Books (CompLit/Gen Lit), May 2011

A selected lists of new books relevant to Comparative Literature, and Literary Theory. For a list of all new books, see the New Title Feature Lists.

If you're having trouble find a book, please ask at the Olin Help Desk or contact Brian.

 Almost silent / by Jason. Seattle, WA : Fantagraphics Books, 2009.

 The Cambridge introduction to modernism / Pericles Lewis. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

 Digital domains : a decade of science fiction and fantasy / edited by Ellen Datlow. [Rockville, Md.] : Prime Books ; London : Diamond [distributor], c2010.

 The femme fatale : images, histories, contexts / edited by Helen Hanson and Catherine O'Rawe. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, c2010.

 Graphs, maps, trees : abstract models for a literary history / Franco Moretti. London ; New York : Verso, 2007.

 A history of literature in the Caribbean / edited by A. James Arnold. Amsterdam. Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, 1994-c2001. ADDED VOLUME: Vol. 1 Hispanic and francophone regions

 Men in African film & fiction / edited by Lahoucine Ouzgane. Oxford ; Rochester, NY : James Currey, c2011.

Novel translations : the European novel and the German book, 1680-1730 / Bethany Wiggin. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press : Cornell University Library, 2011.

 Peter Bagge's Other lives. New York : Vertigo, c2010.

 Stuck rubber baby / by Howard Cruse ; [with a new introduction by Alison Bechdel]. New York, NY : Vertigo, c2010.

 Sweet tooth : out of the deep woods / story & art, Jeff Lemire ; colors, Jose Villarrubia, letters, Pat Brosseau. New York : Vertigo/DC Comics, c2010.

 Temperance / Cathy Malkasian. Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics Books ; [New York] ; Distributed in the U.S. by W.W. Norton & Co., c2010.

 Wally Gropius : the flush bobby soxer / Tim Hensley. Seattle, Wash. : Fantagraphics, 2010.

Shirley K. Baker, dean of WU Libraries, to retire June 30, 2012-- search committee formed

A search committee to identify candidates for the position of dean of University Libraries has been appointed by Provost Edward S. Macias, PhD, executive vice chancellor and the Barbara and David Thomas Distinguished Professor in Arts & Sciences.

Shirley K. Baker, vice chancellor for scholarly resources and dean of University Libraries, will retire after 23 years of service to WUSTL on June 30, 2012.

Full article in the Record.