Library News for Comparative Literature

Manage your Citations w/ RefWorks--1-hr. workshops-9/24 & 10/2

Brian will be offering one-hour workshops to get you started with using RefWorks, a citation manager. Remember,  RefWorks is available on- and off-campus.

What can you do with RefWorks?

• easily and quickly import citations from databases and catalogs
• manage citations in your personal database
• create bibliographies in citation styles (MLA, APA)
• cite as you write your articles and papers

Brian's workshops -- register NOW-SPACE IS LIMITED.

• Thursday, Sept. 24, 4:30-5:30pm (REGISTER ONLINE FOR THIS SESSION)
• Friday, Oct. 2, 2:30-3:30 (REGISTER ONLINE FOR THIS SESSION)

All workshops will be held in the ARC Lab. You will receive an email confirmation. If you can't make any of these times, Brian will set up individual sessions. Email if interested: bvetruba@wustl.edu

For questions about the workshops or about RefWorks, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824; IM/Chat: http://libguides.wustl.edu/profile.php?uid=2787)

Oxford Lang. Dictionaries Online grows & new resources

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, which provides bilingual dictionaries for Chinese, French, German, Italian, Russian, and Spanish, continues to grow with over 850 words added to the French, German, and Italian sections. See some notable examples below:

French
podcaster: to podcast
réseautage social: social networking
radio-crochet: singing competition on the radio
indice de masse corporelle: body mass index
frappe aérienne: airstrike

German
Kostenschub: price increases, cost inflation
nachbessern: to amend, patch up (colloquial)
Steuererleichterung: tax relief
Billigflieger: budget airline
havarieren: to go badly wrong (figurative)

Italian
cancellazione del debito: debt relief
bloggare: to blog
elettronucleare: nuclear power
esternalizzazione: outsourcing
riconteggio: re-count

With Oxford Language Dictionaries Online, you can search as well as browse through dictionary entries. Entries include idiomatic expressions. You can also print, email, cite, or directly link to entries.

Oxford also offers a number of teaching and language resources for all languages. Some new resources include: "Living in France" , "Varieties of Present-day Spanish" and "Writing Effectively in English" (for Spanish speakers).

Questions, ask Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 5-4824).  

WorldCat.org and WorldCat in FirstSearch

 WorldCat.org  

• Available to anyone, anywhere. Don't need to use proxy.
• GetIt! and ILLiad under "Services from Washington University Libraries"--NO red or green icons
• Multiple search options and limits.
• Can use search box from Libraries' website. More info.
• Can make lists of items for yourself.
• Can specify your favorite libraries so they'll appear at the top. 
• Can export citations into RefWorks and Endnote

   WorldCat using FirstSearch

• Only available to WU users. Off-campus, need to go through the proxy server.
• For ILLiad (ILL)-- look for the red-colored icon.
• More detailed search options.
• Can save, email, print citations.
• Can export citations into RefWorks and Endnote.

For other questions, contact Brian (bvetruba@wustl.edu ; 935-4824; IM: wulibgerman)