HST201The World Between The Wars

Spring 2011

Michael UnsworthHistory Librarian

unsworth@msu.edu

Why You Are Here

Research paper = 55%

Research Presentation = 10%

OUTLINE• Decoding citations• Find Text @MSU – • Retrieving Materials• Online Reference Tools• Catalog Search Basics• Locating Bibliographies• Locating Primary Sources• Indexes• Questions

RETRIEVING MATERIAL:MELCAT

MELCAT

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14 Digit ID Number

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RETRIEVING MATERIAL:WORLDCAT

WORLDCAT

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ILLIAD

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Stakhanov MovementSearch REFERENCE UNIVERSE:

“Stalin's followers! Widen the front of Stakhanov's movement!”

INDEX

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CHRONOLOGY

CATALOG SEARCHING:AUTHOR: Dorothea Lange

CATALOG SEARCHING:AUTHOR:

CATALOG SEARCHING:Title of a Journal

CATALOG SEARCHING:Title of a Book

CATALOG SEARCHING:Keywords

“…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.

Soviet Peasants

FROM A BOOK OR ARTICLE

NEW DEAL

FINDING BIBLIOGRAPHIES IN THE ONLINE CATALOG

PREFACE

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

CATALOG SEARCH BY DATE OF PUBLICATION

U.S. Crime in the 20s and 30s

SOURCES USED IN A WORK

SOVIET CULTURE/INTELLECTUALISM

sources manuscripts

archives notebooks, sketchbooks, etc.

archival resources personal narratives, American [Chinese, Finnish]

correspondence personnel records

diaries records and correspondence

PRIMARY SOURCES:Printed Compilation

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

NOTE ON THE DOCUMENTS

ARTICLES ON SHARECROPPERS

ArticleReach

ArticleReach

SOVIET SHOW TRIALS

FLAPPERS

QUESTIONS

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