LTWL 123: Vampires in Literature

Database: MLA International Bibliography. Indexes mostly scholarly articles, book chapters, dissertations, etc. on British, German, American, and all other post-Classical literatures. Includes some coverage of film, particularly adaptations of literary works and themes. No full text in the database, but links to full text are provided.

Sample search #1: Stoker as Descriptor AND (rac* or ethnic*) as Descriptor = 11 hits (1 book, 1 dissertation, 6 chapters in books, 3 journal articles)

Sample search #2: Giaour as Keyword AND vamp* as Keyword = 2 hits

Sample search #3: Meyer as Keyword AND twilight as Keyword AND limit English = 5

Sample search #4: Murnau, F.W. as Descriptor OR Herzog, Werner as Descriptor AND Nosferatu as Keyword = 139 hits

Sample search #5: Murnau, F. W. as Descriptor AND Herzog, Werner as Descriptor AND Nosferatu as Keyword = 6 hits

Database: FIAF (International Index to Film Periodicals)

Sample search #1a: Nosferatu = 548 hits in 348 citations

Sample search #1b: Nosferatu limited to English language = 113 hits in 38 citations/p>

Sample search #1c: Nosferatu in the Film/Television Title search box = 110 citations

Sample search #2: vampire AND sexual* = 35 hits in 8 citations

Sample search #3: Dracula near.5 Stoker = 121 hits in 72 citations

Database: Academic Search Complete. Indexes a mixture of popular magazines, scholarly journals, and news sources. More than 50% of citations include full text.

Sample search #2: "True Blood" AND (TV or television) AND (sexual* or bisexual* or homosexual* or heterosexual* or straight* or gay*) = 10 (8 with full text)

Sample search #3: Blacula AND ("motion pictures" or film* or tv* or television*) = 3

Database: New York Times (Historical and Current). Full text of the entire NY Times from 1851 to the present. Particularly good for finding book, movie, theater, and television reviews as well as news of the publishing, theater, and film industries, including display ads.

Sample search #1: Dracula AND Herzog = 18

Sample search #2: "True Blood" and Review as Document Type = 5

Sample search #3a: "synthetic blood" and vampire in Citation & Abstract = 2

Sample search #3b: "synthetic blood" and vampire

Database: Literature Resource Center (see Biography, above)

Formatting Those Bloody Citations

Friday, August 13, Noon-1:30 p.m.

Wednesday, August 16, 9:00-10:30 a.m.

Both in the Library Classroom 1 (Room 274), Geisel Library

Take the RefWorks Tutorial at http://www.refworks.com/tutorial

Seek More Assistance (at your own risk)

Rob Melton Subject Specialist for Literature & Cultural Studies
Social Sciences & Humanities Library
(858) 534-7573
rmelton@ucsd.edu

LTWL 123: Vampires in Literature

Biting ROGER

Drawing Blood from OLD BOOKS & MAGAZINES (Primary Sources)

Resurrecting the LIVES of the DEAD (and UN-DEAD)

Sucking Meaning from the Text: Secondary Sources

Formatting Those Bloody Citations

Seek More Assistance (at your own risk)

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