This guide is designed to help you get started with your library research.

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What are Secondary Sources?  Journal articles & chapters etc... written about a work of literature and offering a critical view of that work are called literary criticism.

What are Primary Sources?  Original works of literature and uninterpreted information about an event or period of time.

Beware Wikipedia! It can't be cited in academic essays (avoid sites where authors aren't accountable for contributions). 

Evaluate! Evaluate! Evaluate!
Don't believe everything you read.

Avoid Plaigiarism
That's using an author's work or ideas without referencing it (yes, even if it's not directly quoted & you've changed the words)

'New Titles Received' Lists   

Learning language & culture via public Internet discussion forums - Barbara Hanna & Juliana de Nooy

ISBN: 0230576303

Public Internet discussion forums offer vast possibilities for interaction with speakers of other languages, with newspaper websites from many countries proposing forums on a smorgasbord of topics from travel to tertiary education to techno music. These sites provide opportunities both for authentic foreign language practice & developing intercultural competence. However, public forums are largely ignored by language educators in favour of purpose-built exchanges between learners.

Correct your French blunders : avoid 99% of the common mistakes made by learners of French - Véronique Mazet

ISBN: 0071468862

Tired of making the same old mistakes of switching genders, confusing tenses, & mixing up idioms? This book warns you of 100s of typical errors learners make & explains the reasons behind them, so you can correct yourself in the future.

Integrated Chinese = [Zhong wen ting du shuo xie]. Level 1. Part 2 - Yuehua Liu [et al.]

ISBN: 0887276385

Helps you understand how the Chinese language works grammatically, and how to use Chinese in real life—how to understand it on the street, speak it on the telephone, read it in the newspaper, or write it in a report.

Japanese words and their uses - Akira Miura

ISBN: 0804816395

Ideal for beginners & intermediate students. Covers the proper application of 250 prevalent terms in the Japanese language, while seeking to eliminate mistakes commonly made by pupils at this level. Offers the stepping-stones of language acquisition, while incorporating more kanji into their learning.

Kaleidoskop : kultur, literature & grammatik - Moeller

ISBN: 0618668829

A learner-centered approach that promotes communication & focuses on the literature & culture of the German-speaking world. Reading plays an important role in this text, with exercises for listening, speaking & writing revolving around the wide range of authentic reading selections.

Encyclopedia of Indonesia in the Pacific War

ISBN: 9004168664

Reflects the different experiences & historiographic traditions of Indonesians, Japanese & Dutch. The aim is to present the developments in the Indonesian archipelago in a rational & dispassionate way, taking into account regional & social variations & interpreting them within the international context of pre- & post-war trends.

 

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