How might you explore the topic of textual indeterminacy in the poetics of Charles Bernstein

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How might you explore the topic of textual
indeterminacy in the poetics of Charles Bernstein?

• Who would start by looking at full text journal
  databases like MUSE or JSTOR?
• Who would start by looking at full text
  bibliographic databases (indexes) like MLA
  International Bibliography?
• Who would start with WebCat?
• Does anybody have any other ideas?

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The full question was-

• if you are interested in textual indeterminacy
  in the poetics of Charles Bernstein you might
  wish to look at deconstructive theorists such as
  Paul de Man or Jacques Derrida
• I started with MLA International Bibliography

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If I click on the correct indexing term
Bernstein, Charles (1950-) will I get MORE
RESULTS? FEWER RESULTS?
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Question

• At this point, is it worth refining your search
  strategy?
• Or might you be better off saving and ploughing
  through these 44 references, identifying which
  ones are easily to hand in the library, and doing
  some reading?

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Finding indexing term (Descriptor) for
indeterminacy and combining it with Bernstein
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Suppose I put in indeterminacy as a KEYWORD
rather than a subject heading and combined it
with Bernstein, Charles (1950 -) would I get
more results?
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Could you stop here (with just these two books)?

• If you are interested in textual indeterminacy
  in the poetics of Charles Bernstein you might
  wish to look at deconstructive theorists such as
  Paul de Man or Jacques Derrida

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If I click on the correct indexing term De Man,
Paul (1919 - 1983) will I get - MORE than 691
RESULTS? - FEWER than 691 RESULTS?
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De Man as keyword (larger result) plus Bernstein
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...but still nothing
Does this indicate no research has been done on
this topic would you be confident in assuming
this?
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If you are interested in textual indeterminacy
in the poetics of Charles Bernstein you might
wish to look at deconstructive theorists such as
Paul de Man or Jacques Derrida
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I decide not to bother finding correct subject
heading for Derrida because A. results of a
combination search are likely to be small B. Its
a fairly unique name
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You want to find out whether its worth getting
this dissertation through our inter-library loan
service. Another database might give you more of
a clue as to how relevant it is. Any idea what
that database is called?
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Some issues with full text journal databases
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You can also access many more electronic journal
publisher databases in addition to MUSE and JSTOR
from the Librarys Resources page-
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How many? (Remember MLA gave 44)
MORE?
LESS?
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This can sometimes help
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Limited scope

• You are searching the contents of hundreds of
  periodical titles rather than thousands
• Do the advantages of full text searching (and
  immediate full text availability) compensate for
  this lack of scope?
• Or does full text searching present its own
  pitfalls?

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Going for the burn... Will I get anything?
Yes?
No?
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Three hits, none of them directly on topic.
Balancing time spent wading through marginal
literature against time spent retrieving full
text of references in MLA
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Web of Science

• Not as good as MLA International Bibliography
• But sometimes more up to date
• Good for book reviews
• Citation searching (unique, weird and potentially
  very useful)

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Remember 43 results from MLA
Will it be 40-50?
Less than that?
Why have I not used Author Search?
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