HST 201 20th Century American Trials

Summer 2010

Michael Unsworth

History Librarian

unsworth@msu.edu

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

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 manuscripts

archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

archival resources personal narratives

correspondence personnel records

diaries records and correspondence

CATALOG: FINDING SOURCES

JUSTICE & PUNISHMENT

ECONOMIC &NON-VIOLENT CRIMES

ArticleReach

ArticleReach

ArticleReach

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