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CPLT 201- Other Medusas Abjection and (Un)Gendered Life in the Caribbean

This guide is intended to help the students in Dr. Mendoza-de Jesús's Fall 2024 Semester class with their research

Find Books at Emory

Keyword Search: Use keyword searching on a single term or to combine concepts (X AND Y) and to search for particular words or phrases that might appear in titles or notes or subjects: See examples below:

 Caribbean literature; Cuba and gay; queer and Caribbean; gender and Puerto Rico

Subject Search  In the library catalog, books, videos and other materials are assigned Library of Congress (LC) subject headings based on their content. If you find a book that looks useful go into the record for that book and look at the subject headings used to describe the book -- click on any of them -- these are hyperlinks that will take you to a list of books with that particular subject heading that we have at Emory.  Here is a sample list of relevant subject headings for this course.

Feminism – Caribbean Area

Gender identity--Caribbean Area

Homosexuality--Caribbean Area

Kincaid, Jamaica--Criticism and interpretation

Medusa (Gorgon)

Sexual minorities--Caribbean Area

Women--Sexual behavior--Caribbean Area

 

CALL NUMBERS

Items in the Emory Woodruff can be found using Library of Congress call numbers. This system groups items with similar subjects together. Each book has a unique call number that can usually be found on the spine of the book. When researching a certain topic, you will be able to find items of interest in the same area

Here is short guide to reading Library of Congress Call Numbers

PS First Letters: The first letters represent the general subject. 
3568 Numbers that follow the letters: Following the letters is a 1-4 digit number sometimes followed by a decimal point. These numbers define the subject of the book
U3615 L684 Cutter Number: The cutter number indicates the author, title, or subject of the book.
2016 Year number: The edition of a book is the next part of a call number. The year of publication follows the cutter number to indicate the edition.

 PS3568.U3615 L684 2016 - Lovecraft Country by Matt Ruff

WOODRUFF LIBRARY CALL NUMBER LOCATIONS

Stacks Tower Level

10       Rose Library
9         Closed 
8         A - DC
7         DD - HD2499
6         HD2500 - JK & N-NX
5         JL - LT, P - PR999
4         PR1000 - Z

Lobby Wing Level (Music and Media Library)

4         M - MZ 

Science Commons

QD

Health Sciences Library

QH, QM, QP, QR, SF, W