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WRT 001: Academic and Analytical Writing

Books and Reference

Lehigh Libraries subscribes to many specialized dictionaries. Use these resources to learn the terminology used in your field. You can find these specialized dictionaries by searching the Libraries' catalog. For example, the following subject search will retrieve books that will help you learn the terminology used in the study of poetry: poetry AND dictionary

This search will retrieve books like The Princeton Handbook of Poetic Terms.

 

Specialized dictionaries for studying historical figures or etymology:

Databases

Characteristics:

  • Cover numerous topics
  • May contain multiple types of sources (e.g. popular, trade, scholarly)
  • Audience = educated readership

Examples:

Characteristics:

  • Pertain to a particular discipline
  • Often contain scholarly sources, known as peer-reviewed articles
  • Articles are written and reviewed by experts in the field
  • Academic audience
  • Showcase original research

Examples:

Characteristics:

  • Written by columnists
  • Audience = general public
  • Full of images

Examples:

  • Sports Illustrated
  • Vogue

Characteristics:

  • Written by columnists, journalists, and/or reporters
  • Coverage = current events
  • Articles written at 8th grade reading level

Examples:

Library Single Search Tutorial

Accessing Resources Off-Campus

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Search Techniques

Figure describing boolean search operators AND & OR, truncation using asterisks and wildcards, and phrase searching with quotation marks.

To narrow your search results try:

  • AND
  • Quotation marks

To expand your search results try:

  • OR
  • Truncation symbol, which may be an asterisk (*)