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HST 480 War, Race, and Identity
in United States HistorySpring 2013
Michael UnsworthHistory Librarian
unsworth@msu.edu
Why You Are HereFinal Project=
FEBRUARY 4
OUTLINEFebruary 4
• Online Reference Tools• Finding materials:
• Online Catalog• America; History & Life /
Historical Abstracts• Small Group Project• Discussion of Project• Locating Bibliographies• Individual Research
February 11• Locating Primary Sources• Other Resources• Individual Research
Small Group Project:Sample Reference Books
• The home front encyclopedia : United States, Britain, and Canada in World Wars I and II
• American pop : popular culture decade by decade
• U.S. low-intensity conflicts 1899-1990 a study
• Encyclopedia of racism in the United States
• Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American & Philippine-American wars
• Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War : a political, social, and military history
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:FROM THE BIBLIOGRAPHY
FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG
FEBRUARY 11
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
Topic
CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATION
Topic
SOURCES USED IN A WORKcover & bib
sources manuscripts
archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
archival resources personal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish
correspondence personnel records
diaries records and correspondence
Topic
Opac sources
PRIMARY SOURCES:Printed Compilation
PRIMARY SOURCES:Personal Narratives
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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