HST 480 War, Race, and Identity

in United States HistoryFebruary 11, 2012

Michael UnsworthHistory Librarian

unsworth@msu.edu

OUTLINE

February 11• Locating

Bibliographies• Locating Primary

Sources• Project• Other Resources• Individual Research

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES

FROM A WORK:FROM THE BIBLIOGRAPHY

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATIONTOPIC:

American Intervention in Russia, World War One

FINDING PRIMARY SOURCES

sources manuscripts

archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

archival resources personal narratives, American Chinese, Finnish

correspondence personnel records

diaries records and correspondence

TOPIC: Blacks in the Armed Forces

• Subject: sources• Subject: "african american*“• Any Field: military or "armed forces”

Results: 14 hits

PROJECT1.Bibliography:

a. Find one

b. Use it to find a scholarly work or a primary source

2.Find another primary source

You have 10 minutes.

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