HST 808 Research Seminar 

Spring 2012

Michael Unsworthunsworth@msu.edu

Michael Rodriguez

rodri171@msu.edu

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

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U-borrow

ILLIAD

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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