Unit 1: Database and electronic libraries for English Studies

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Unit 1: Database and electronic libraries for English Studies
  1. Part I. Information Literacy
    1. Database and Bibliographic Platforms
      1. Databases:
        1. Other databases not subscribed by UNED:
          1. Generic bibliographic databases:
            1. Other generic databases:
              1. Open Online Resources
                1. Open Access Libraries
                  1. ---- Gutenberg Project: compiling classic books in English.
                    1. ---- Open Library:
                      1. ---- European
                        1. ---- Luminarium
                          1. ---- ItunesU
                          2. ---- Google Scholar: you can keep references/create alerts.
                            1. ---- Google books: check books.
                              1. ---- E-journals: through the UNED Library.
                                1. ---- E-books:
                                  1. ---- Ebrary: owned by ProQuest.
                                    1. ---- Safari Books.
                                      1. ---- Eisevier/ Science Direct.
                                    2. ---- Science Direct: acquire Elsevier and Scopus recently.
                                      1. ---- EBSCO: world’s leading information and publishing company.
                                        1. ---- REBIUN: collective catalogue comprised by most Spanish University Libraries where you can find the exact location of a resource from anywhere.
                                          1. ---- LINCEO: meta-searcher with searches in several databases at the same time. It is based on Summon, a ProQuest product.
                                            1. ---- The European Library.
                                              1. ---- Early English Books Online.
                                              2. ---- Dialnet.
                                              3. ---- Linguistics Collection: full coverage of phonetics phonology, morphology, syntax and semantics.
                                                1. ---- Linguistics Abstracts Online
                                                  1. ---- America: History and Life.
                                                    1. ---- Early English books online
                                                    2. ---- MLA (Modern Languages Association). 2 Databases:
                                                      1. · International Bibliography
                                                        1. · Directory of Periodicals.
                                                        2. ---- ERIC (Education Resources Information Centre).
                                                          1. ---- J-STOR.
                                                            1. ---- Literature Online (LION): full-text works in English.
                                                          2. · American Library Association (ALA) defined Information Literacy as a skill or an ability to “recognize when information is needed and have the ability to locate, evaluate, and use effectively the needed information” in 1989. · Now: “The set of integrated abilities encompassing the reflective discovery of information, the understanding of how information is produced and valued, and the use of information in creating new knowledge and participating ethically in communities of learning”. · “Ethics”: to mention the source of our findings. · “Communities”: conceived as spaces to share and enrich our knowledge.
                                                          3. Part II. Web Syndication as a research tool
                                                            1. Web Syndication: is a form of syndication (arrangement) in which website material is made available to multiple other sites. Most commonly web syndication refers to making web feeds available from a site in order to provide other people with a summary or update of the website’s recently added content. The term can also be used to describe other kinds of licensing website content so that other websites can use it.
                                                              1. This is done adding XML (Extensible Makeable Language) that readers can use. Readers are alerted automatically thanks to RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technique.
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