HST 320History of Michigan

Fall 2011

Michael UnsworthHistory Librarian

unsworth@msu.edu

AUSTIN BLAIR

ONLINE CATALOG SEARCH

INDEXES

PRODUCED WITH PUNCH CARDS:Limited Storage Space =

Lavish Use of Abbreviations & Codes

“United States: Indians, The American”

“JOURNAL CODE NUMBERS”

“United States 1850-1860”

SELECTED TITLES FROMHST 302 “KEY RESOURCES”

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

Original Digitized

12th Census (1900)Download

QUESTIONS

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Why You Are Here

Response papers = xx% Research paper = yy%

Research Presentation = zz%

OUTLINE• Decoding citations• Find Text @MSU –

Historical Abstracts• Retrieving Materials• Online Reference Tools• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary

Sources• Other Indexes• Questions

OUTLINE• Decoding citations• Find Text @MSU –

Historical Abstracts• Retrieving Materials• Online Reference Tools• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary

Sources• Other Indexes• Questions

TopicSearch in America; History & Life

Historical Abstracts

Article Reach

ArticleReach: Verification

14 Digit ID Number

ArticleReach: Request Form

ArticleReach: Delivery

RETRIEVING MATERIAL:WORLDCAT

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RETRIEVING MATERIAL:MELCAT

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TopicUSE REFERENCE UNIVERSE:

“…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.

Topic

FROM A BOOK OR ARTICLE:(1) FROM THE WORK’S

BIBLIOGRAPHY cover & bib

FROM A BOOK OR ARTICLE:(2) From a Note

Topic

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

Retrieves works with these headings:

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.”

Presnell, Jenny L. The information-literate historian : a guide to research

for history students (New York : Oxford University Press, 2007): 93.

CAUTION: MEMOIRS

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