Using the Faculty Scholarship Database
How do I search the database?
The database may be searched by faculty name, department, type of work, year, or words in the title. You may also search for any combination of these elements.
How do I enter my references into the database?
- From the bottom of the Search Page, click on “Submit a Work to the Database."
- Select Faculty Name, Department, and Work Type from the pull-down menus.
- Click on Begin.
- Fill in as much information as possible in the form for the format you have chosen.
- Enter authors' or editors' names in inverted form. If the work has more than one author or editor, enter each name in a separate box. Click the "more" button for extra boxes.
- Enter book reviews as either journal or magazine articles
- Enter poems, plays, and short stories that appeared in journals or magazines as either journal or magazine articles.
- Enter contributions to reference books as book sections.
- Enter conference proceedings as either books or journal articles depending on their mode of publication
- Enter exhibition catalogues as books but enter references to the exhibitions themselves as exhibitions
If your name, or work type, is missing from the list, please contact the library to have it added. Once a work has been submitted, the citation will be reviewed before appearing in the database.
How were the types of works categories chosen?
The types of works listed in the pull-down menu for Work Type were chosen to reflect the categories of works in RefWorks, a bibliographic tool that can be used with the database to generate bibliographies. These categories may not always seem appropriate for the type of work you wish to enter. If you have a question about which format to use for a particular type of scholarly activity, send the information to the library and we will enter it into the database for you.
Can I create print bibliographies from the database?
Lists of citations can be exported to RefWorks and then formatted in any desired citation style for output as a bibliography. If you wish to create a bibliography from the database, contact Debra Bucher, debucher@vassar.edu.