HST201Vietnamese and

Americans at WarSpring 2013

Michael Unsworth

History Librarian

unsworth@msu.edu

OUTLINE• Decoding citations

• Retrieving Materials

• Online Reference Tools

• Searching the Online Catalog

• Locating Bibliographies

• Locating Primary Sources

• Other Indexes

• Questions

RETRIEVING MATERIAL:MELCAT

MELCAT

MELCAT

MELCAT

MELCAT

MELCAT

14 Digit ID Number

MELCAT

RETRIEVING MATERIAL:WORLDCAT

WORLDCAT

WORLDCAT

ILLIAD

ILLIAD

“…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.

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

“ADVISORS & MILITARY ASSISTANCEBooks & Public Documents’

“ADVISORS & MILITARY ASSISTANCEArticles”

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

SOURCES USED IN A WORK

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

Chapter 3

ArticleReach

ArticleReach

FOREIGN RELATIONS OFTHE UNITED STATES

FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE U.S.

QUESTIONS

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