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OUTLINE• Decoding citations• Retrieving Materials• Online Reference Tools• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary
Sources• Indexes• Questions
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STRATEGY #1:IDENTIFY A CURRENT ISSUE,
THEN CHECK PREVIOUS ELECTIONS
• Current Issues:“2012 Election Issues”
tab on JRN 425 Guide http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/JRN425
“Current Newspaper Databases” tab on Newspaper Guide
http://libguides.lib.msu.edu/newspaperguide
INDEX
KEYWORD:Voter suppression
SUBJECTS
Contested elections Democracy
Elections -- Corrupt practices
Political corruption
Racism -- Political aspects
Representative government & representation
Voter registration -- Corrupt practices
Voting -- Corrupt practices
STRATEGY #2:PICK A PAST ELECTION &
SEE WHAT WERE THE ISSUES
• Online Catalog Subject Searches“Presidents United
States Election [year]”
[Name of President] – look at “base heading” as well as these subdivisions: Dictionaries Oratory Political and
social views Religion Views on [topic]
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 MONOGRAPH
WARREN HARDING’S 1920 RUN
FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG
INDEX
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
FROM A MONOGRAPH
sources manuscripts
archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.
archival resources personal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish
correspondence personnel records
diaries records and correspondence
PRIMARY SOURCES:Printed Compilation
About the Set
Entry Information
Immigration Reform: The Ongoing Debate
We Want to Stop People from Crossing into America Illegally (1)
We Want to Stop People from Crossing into America Illegally (2)
INDEX
Herbert Hoover in the
1928 Election
Getting Articles From Other Libraries
14 Digit ID Number
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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