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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