HISTORY 201 History of Christianity in America

Fall 2010

Michael Unsworth

History Librarian

unsworth@msu.edu

RADIO PREACHERS:Search “Online Reference Tools”

INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLGY

ABBREVIATIONS

RETRIEVING MATERIAL:MELCAT

MELCAT

MELCAT

MELCAT

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MELCAT

14 Digit ID Number

MELCAT

RETRIEVING MATERIAL:WORLDCAT

WORLDCAT

WORLDCAT

ILLIAD

ILLIAD

Author Search: Father Coughlin

Author Search: Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)

RELIGION IN INDIANAPOLIS

TITLE SEARCH:ENCYCLOPEDIA OF INDIANAPOLIS

Keyword Search: Great Awakening

“…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 SCHOLARLY WORK

BIBLIOGRAPHIES ON THE AMERICAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

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

Researching LDS/MORMONS

FROM A BOOK

PRIMARY SOURCES:Archival Collection

BILLY SUNDAYBASEBALL EVANGELIST

sources manuscripts

archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

archival resources personal narratives, American [Chinese, Finnish]

correspondence personnel records

diaries records and correspondence

FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

History of the American Black Church

Circuit Riders

ArticleReach

ArticleReach

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