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LTWL 123: Vampires in Literature Biting ROGER Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings: Individual Authors/Directors Bürger, Gottfried August, 1747-1794—Lenore Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824—Criticism and Interpretation Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834—Christabel Ewers, Hanns Heinz, 1871-1943—Criticism and Interpretation Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 1749-1832—Bibliography ―Characters ―Criticism and Interpretation Herzog, Werner, 1942Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873—Criticism and Interpretation Matheson, Richard, 1926-Criticism and Interpretation Meyer, Stephenie, 1973- Twilight Saga Series Murnau, F. W. (Friedrich Wilhelm), 1888-1931 Polidori, John William, 1795-1821—Vampyre Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912—Bibliography ―Criticism and Interpretation ―Dracula—Criticism and Interpretation ―Film and Video Adaptations William of Newburgh, 1136-1201—Historia Rerum Anglicarum Sample Library of Congress Subject Headings: General Topics Vampires—Drama Vampires—Fiction Vampires—History Vampires—[Place Name, e.g. Romania] Vampires—Psychological Aspects Vampires in Literature Vampire Films—History and Criticism

Vampires on Television Horror in Literature Horror Tales—[American, English, German]—History and Criticism ―Film and Video Adaptations Horror Films Dracula, Count (Fictitious Character) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Fictitious Character) Dracula Films—History and Criticism Nosferatu (Motion Picture) Gothic Fiction (Literary Genre), English—History and Criticism Racism in Literature Racism in Motion Pictures Sex Role in Literature Sex Role in Motion Pictures Sex Role on Television Romanticism—Great Britain Romanticism—Germany Technological Innovations ―Great Britain—History—19th Century Phonograph—History Eastman Kodak Company Motion Pictures and Literature Film Adaptations—History and Criticism Sex in Popular Culture Homosexuality in Literature Homosexuality in Motion Pictures Gays in Literature Gays in Motion Pictures Queer Theory Examples of cases to use a Keyword search: “Blacula,” “Giaour,” “Blade movie” (not in quotes), “’True Blood’” (in quotes)

Drawing Blood from OLD BOOKS & MAGAZINES (Primary Sources) NOTE: All databases mentioned below are available from the SSHL Home Page (sshl.ucsd.edu)

Database: ECCO (Eighteenth-Century Collections Online) Search “vampyre” Database: C19: The Nineteenth Century Index Search by “vampyre” and “vampire” Database: Literature Online Search Texts by vampyre (41 poems, 12 plays, 16 prose works) or vampire (350 poems, 124 plays, 56 prose works)

Resurrecting the LIVES of the DEAD (and UN-DEAD) Database: The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (primarily for British Dead) Examples: Le Fanu, Stoker, Polidori, Byron, Coleridge, Rymer, William of Newburgh. Database: Literature Resource Center Examples: Goethe, Byron, Coleridge, Stoker, Polidori, Meyer, Tieck, Hoffman, Bürger, Matheson, Let the Right One In (title).

Sucking Meaning from the Text: Secondary Sources Database: MLA International Bibliography. Indexes mostly scholarly articles, book chapters, dissertations, etc. on British, German, American, and all other post-Classical literatures. Includes some coverage of film, particularly adaptations of literary works and themes. No full text in the database, but links to full text are provided. Sample search #1: Stoker as Descriptor AND (rac* or ethnic*) as Descriptor = 11 hits (1 book, 1 dissertation, 6 chapters in books, 3 journal articles) Sample search #2: Giaour as Keyword AND vamp* as Keyword = 2 hits Sample search #3: Meyer as Keyword AND twilight as Keyword AND limit English = 5 Sample search #4: Murnau, F.W. as Descriptor OR Herzog, Werner as Descriptor AND Nosferatu as Keyword = 139 hits Sample search #5: Murnau, F. W. as Descriptor AND Herzog, Werner as Descriptor AND Nosferatu as Keyword = 6 hits Database: FIAF (International Index to Film Periodicals) Sample search #1a: Nosferatu = 548 hits in 348 citations Sample search #1b: Nosferatu limited to English language = 113 hits in 38 citations Sample search #1c: Nosferatu in the Film/Television Title search box = 110 citations Sample search #2: vampire AND sexual* = 35 hits in 8 citations Sample search #3: Dracula near.5 Stoker = 121 hits in 72 citations Database: Academic Search Complete. Indexes a mixture of popular magazines, scholarly journals, and news sources. More than 50% of citations include full text. Sample search #1: Meyer AND Bree = 18 Sample search #2: “True Blood” AND (TV or television) AND (sexual* or bisexual* or homosexual* or heterosexual* or straight* or gay*) = 10 (8 with full text) Sample search #3: Blacula AND ("motion pictures" or film* or tv* or television*) = 3 Database: New York Times (Historical and Current). Full text of the entire NY Times from 1851 to the present. Particularly good for finding book, movie, theater, and television reviews as well as news of the publishing, theater, and film industries, including display ads. Sample search #1: Dracula AND Herzog = 18 Sample search #2: “True Blood” and Review as Document Type = 5 Sample search #3a: “synthetic blood” and vampire in Citation & Abstract = 2 Sample search #3b: “synthetic blood” and vampire Database: Literature Resource Center (see Biography, above)

Formatting Those Bloody Citations Sign Up for a RefWorks Workshop at http://libraries.ucsd.edu/services/instruction/ Friday, August 13, Noon-1:30 p.m. Wednesday, August 16, 9:00-10:30 a.m. Both in the Library Classroom 1 (Room 274), Geisel Library Take the RefWorks Tutorial at http://www.refworks.com/tutorial

Seek More Assistance (at your own risk): Rob Melton Subject Specialist for Literature & Cultural Studies Social Sciences & Humanities Library (858) 534-7573 [email protected]

1. Introduce to SSHL Home Page. Show: a. How to get to course reserves page b. Tab for Catalog c. Link to Databases A-Z d. Guides-Classes === Bibliographic Software Support === Register for Workshops AND Tutorial 2. Difference between Google searching (keyword only) and controlled vocabulary (more scholarly—human thought behind subtle differences; merging of variant spellings or synonymous words and phrases. a. Library of Congress Subject Headings b. Individual Names c. Subdivisions for “big” authors, including individual works (novels, movies). d. Topics more problematic. e. Cross-references (e.g., Sexuality – See Sex) f. Topics divided by nation, or language, or time period, or type of resource, or more than one, e.g.: Horror Tales, English—History & Criticism— Bibliography. 3. Some cases where it is better to use a Keyword approach, e.g. for very new topics or topics not likely to have an entire book written about them, e.g. “Blacula” “True Blood” 4. With the True Blood book, describe EBOOKS and PATRON-DRIVEN. 5. C19 Search “Vampyre” Under Periodicals, click on #9 Full Text link. (article in “The Atheneum”) Note that the information in brackets is by the editor; the Byron piece starts on page 2. 6. Oxford DNB Search. Authors of articles are scholars or at least experts. Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan and Stoker, Bram Note the listing of additional sources at the end. Also, the “wealth at date of death.” 7. MLAIB Searches 1) Stoker in DE AND (rac* or ethnic*) in DE = 11 1. Chapter in book – we have 2. Chapter in book – we have 3. Journal article – don’t have journal 4. Dissertation – show Preview 5. Journal article – Yes (JSTOR) 6. Book – we have 7. Chapter in book – we have in PRINT and E-BOOK 8. Paper in collection of scholarly papers – NO – Berkeley has 9. Chapter in book – we have 10. Chapter in book – we have 11. Journal article – YES (but UC elinks doesn’t show it) 2) Giaour as KW AND vamp* as KW ---2 hits 1. Journal article = have in print 2. Journal article = UC Davis has in print

3) Meyer as KY and Twilight as KW AND Limit to English = 5 Note that only 1 of the articles is peer-reviewed. And we don’t have the peer-reviewed journal (Popular Culture Review). Also, there are only 7citations with the DE Meyer, Stephenie, and the only other peerreviewed article is in a foreign language. Lesson: Be careful about finding scholarly resources on a very contemporary or pop topic. 4) Murnau, F.W. as DE OR (change drop-down box) Herzog, Warner as DE AND Nosferatu as KW = 102 or 104 (NOT 139). Compare to: 5) Murnau, F.W. as DE AND Herzog, Warner as DE AND Nosferatu as KW = 7 (not 6).