hst 808 research seminar spring 2012
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HST 808 Research Seminar Spring 2012. Michael Unsworth [email protected] Michael Rodriguez [email protected]. OUTLINE. Research Competencies Searching Online C atalogs Using Indexes & Abstracts Retrieving Materials Locating Bibliographies Locating Primary Sources Questions. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
OUTLINE• Research Competencies• Searching Online
Catalogs• Using Indexes &
Abstracts• Retrieving Materials• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary
Sources• Questions
“Getting Materials from Other Libraries:”
ArticlesAguirre González, Carmen and Tormo, Leandro. “Algunas Caracteristicas De Los Franciscanos En Nuevo Mexico Durante El Primer Siglo (1535-1635).” Archivo Ibero-Americano. Vol. 46, Issue 181/184 (Feb.1986): 719-749
14 Digit ID Number
FindText@MSU:When the Stars Are Aligned (1)
FindText@MSU:When the Stars Are Aligned (2)
FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (1)
FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (2)
FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (3)
FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (4)
FindText@MSU:What Often Happens (5)
OH NO! THE MICROFILM IS MISSING!!!
Getting Articles From Other Libraries
RETRIEVING EVERYTHING ELSE
MELCAT
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U-borrow
ILLIAD
WORLDCAT
WORLDCAT
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WORLDCAT
BIBLIOGRAPHIES
“…the compiler of a BIBLIOGRAPHY acts as a scholarly research assistant, providing a summary of what is available in one easy-to-use guide.”Meyer, Jack Allen. An annotated bibliography of the Napoleonic era: recent publications, 1945-1985 (New York : Greenwood Press, 1987): xi.
FROM A WORK’SBIBLIOGRAPHY
FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG OR WORLDCAT
INTRODUCTION (1)
INTRODUCTION (2)
PRIMARY SOURCES:Definition
“…items that are directly associated with their producer or user and the time period in which they were created. Examples, include diaries, newspapers articles, government documents, photographs, oral interviews, and news broadcasts.”
SOURCE: Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.
CAUTION: MEMOIRS
CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATION
sources manuscripts
archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
archival resources personal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish
correspondence personnel records
diaries records and correspondence
QUESTIONS
What was/were the most valuable thing(s) you learned
today?
What are you not quite clear about from today’s session; what is muddy in your head?
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