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What's a monograph? Peer review?
- A scholarly work
- That has been peer reviewed (see video)
- That is secondary scholarship
- On a single topic
- That is book-length, and not article or chapter length
Etymology for the linguists: from mono- "single" + -graph "something written."
- What is peer review? (video, 2:41)
Short video that describes what the peer review process is and why it's important, how the peer review process works, and how to locate peer reviewed articles. This process varies slightly by discipline.
Background theoretical concepts
New Dictionary of the History of Ideas by Call Number: ONLINE and REF CB9.N59 2005Availability and more information from Catalyst...
Not sure who Spivak is, or where the idea of public sphere came from? Look here! Each volume opens with a "Reader's Guide" that provides a general outline of the articles in the set, divided into four main sections: "Communication of Ideas," "Geographical Areas," "Chronological Periods," and "Liberal Arts Disciplines and Professions."
- Critical Race Conversations, Events, Readings, Webinars (Carleton History Dept)A collection of readings and events about the history and legacy of racism, compiled by faculty in the Carleton History Department.
4 Ways to use One Source
You can use one secondary sources (book, article) four ways!
- Go back in time: look at its footnotes and bibliography
- Forward in time: do Cited By searching
- Subjects: look for other sources with similar topics / subjects
- Methods: look for other sources that use similar methods
General Reference
A reference work can help you become acquainted with the literature on a topic if you are not aware of any works on your topic. The bibliographies of subject entries point you to the core work on a topic (as current as the publication of the book).
ADVANCED CATALYST SEARCH: Subject (contains) [general keyword] + bibliography
- Oxford Bibliographies This link opens in a new window
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This is a key starting place for research in several different fields, providing bibliographies on current scholarship on topics from the social sciences and humanities. - Oxford Reference Online This link opens in a new window
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Search across all of Carleton's online reference sources from Oxford University Press, including dictionaries, encyclopedias, maps, timelines, and quotations. - Cambridge Histories Online This link opens in a new window
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An authoritative full text collection of the history of scholarship in several different academic subjects. Includes over 260 volumes published since 1960 by Cambridge University Press. - Reference Universe This link opens in a new window
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Searches the indexes of our library's print reference books. When you find an entry you'd like to read, click the "Locate this book" button or put the title of the reference book into Catalyst to find the book's location in the Reference Collection.
