Ancient History 501Information Literacy

In the HumanitiesJeff Hortin • LIS 560 • February 28, 2011

Subject:Greek History

Author:Xenophon

Research Tools:Primary Sources, Journals, Research Databases

So you want to learn about history…

Ancient Greece (insert obligatory Parthenon image)

Brief introduction to Xenophon•Lived 430 BCE – 354 BCE•History covers 411 BCE – 362 BCE Peloponnesian war

•Athens v. Sparta•Lasts 431-404 BCE•Immediate results: Sparta wins•Overall results: Greece loses

Alexander the Great•Lived 356 BCE – 323 BCE•Begins campaigns 336 BCE•Conquers Persepolis 330 BCE•Dies 323 BCE•Results: Hellenic culture pervades •Asia and Mediterranean basin

Learning about history:The research paper

• Research paper, 6 to 8 pages

Research paper, possible topics

• Cyropaedia, Education of Cyrus (political)• Hellenica, History of Greece (social)• Oeconomicus, Household Economy

(economic)

Introduction to research

• Primary sources

• Secondary sources

• Citation guidelines

Chicago or Turabian

Locating resources

• JSTOR• ERIC/EBSCO• TLG: Thesaurus Linguae Graecae

Managing the information

• Notecards: include full citation and summary of resource

• 4 notecards due with paper topic• 10 notecards due with first draft

Writing your paper

• One page prospectus due with first 4 notecards

• 5 – 6 page rough draft due six weeks into class

• Total of 10 citations/notecards due with rough draft

• Two scheduled meetings with instructor to discuss progress

• Final paper due final week of class

Evaluation of your paper

• 10% timeliness of initial 4 notecards• 20% 5-6 page rough draft• 20% bibliography accompanying rough

draft• 20% class participation and interaction

with instructor• 30% final 6-8 page paper

ARCS and Big6

• Attention: Images, interest in the subject• Relevance: GETTING A JOB• Confidence: Step-by-step process, building a

bibliography while building the paper• Satisfaction: Linking to resources