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HST 290: Practice of History Depictions of Miscegenation in Documentaries, Television Shows and Hollywood FilmsDr. Glen HarrisMs. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu

1Your Current Research Skills?How would you rate your current research skills?StrongSatisfactoryNeeds improvementPoor

What causes you the most anxiety/confusion/frustration?

What are your favorite sources for historical research?

Our plan for the weekReview Research Guide for this course.Explore various finding aids.Learn to identify primary sources.Become familiar with special services.Interlibrary LoanAsk a librarianWhere to get helpLearning Commons Help DeskIn personTelephoneEmailChatTextBy AppointmentContact me directly: codys@uncw.edu Finding ArticlesHome page Article Search (Integrated search)

Databases A-Z Individual databases

Databases by SubjectQuick Search (Integrated search)Individual databases

Citation SearchingSearch tipsAnd, Or, NotAnd narrowsOr adds synonyms/relatedNot excludes (use carefully)

Miscegenation in FilmMiscegenation or?Film or?More Search TipsTruncate for word variations Film* = film or films or filming or filmmaking

Words anywhere or phrase? Black Girl or Black Girl

Field-specific searchesJungle Fever in titleDatabase ExplorationLibrary Homepage Article Search

America: History & Life

Jstor

International Index to Performing Arts

Film Literature IndexJournal Holdings & AccessFollow the citation trail!Search your citationDoes the library have it?What format or location?What online access?Working from a known citationGosselin, Adrienne Johnson. "Racial Etiquette and the (White) Plot of Passing: (Re)Inscribing 'Place' in John Stahl's Imitation of Life." Canadian Review Of American Studies 28, no. 3 (1998): 47.

Roth, Marty. Yes, My Darling Daughter": Gender, Miscegenation, and Generation in John Ford's "The Searchers." New Orleans Review 18, n. 4 (1991): 65-73.

Working from a known citationGuess Whos Coming to Dinner Ebony January 1968.

Heer, David M. Negro-White Marriage in the United States. Journal of Marriage and the Family28 (August 1966): 262-73. Lets take a break!Finding BooksLibrary Catalog local & UNCP/FSUWorldCat9,000 libraries / @1.2 billion itemsGoogle Books (@ 12 million / @ 7 million full-text)Project Gutenberg (@ 33,000 books)Some databases lead to booksCited directlyBook reviews

Randall Online Catalog:Keyword vs. Subject Searching Whats the difference?What is a useful Subject Heading for Miscegenation and Hollywood?Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved.1950* consumer*14Keyword/Subject featuresKeywordFinds words anywhere in record.Look at records to see subject headings.Search lots of terms, word variations

Subject HeadingsControlled vocabularyMay not be natural language but may find moreHierarchical arrangement helps narrow topicSearches only the subject field

Suggested Subject HeadingsCheck headings in records you find by keyword or other searchesUse the LCSH database .In the catalog, search by any segment of a heading rotated displaySame terms used in WorldCat

Searching Personal NamesKeyword searches Either order Try name variations, e.g., initialsAuthor/Subject Last name first, e.g. Lee, Spike

Online Catalog linksSubjects for related itemsCall numbers for related items (usually)Library of Congress outlinehttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html SuDoc arranges by agencyCover, summary, reviewsLocation mapsExpanding search to UNCCLCAdd to Bag/Add to My ListsSearch the CatalogCheck to see what sources Randall Library has on your topic.Finding Books LC Call Nos.Alpha-numericSingle letters before doubleFirst number is a whole numberEverything after the decimal point is a decimal value.

WorldCatMay find items at Randall that catalog search didnt (records enhanced later)Finds items for ILL requestsRare items not lentRare items may be reprinted & availableWebsites included often w/ free access!Interlibrary LoanCreate an account/create a new accountUsername UNCW domain namePassword UNCW passwordSearchSearch for your topic in WorldCatSecondary - PrimaryFor Thursday:Find a relevant secondary source (book or article) with a bibliography.Review the bibliography to find a primary source.Copy the page with the primary source citation.Highlight citation for primary source.Complete exercise form; attach copy; bring to class.

Next ClassPrimary SourcesWhat they areHow to find themQuestions?What will you do when you have questions?Ask for help its what we do!codys@uncw.edukaylorj@uncw.edu

http://library.uncw.eduHST 290: Practice of History Depictions of Miscegenation in Documentaries, Television Shows and Hollywood FilmsDr. Glen HarrisMs. Sue Cody codys@uncw.edu

28Primary SourcesDairies, journals, other writings of playersEyewitness/Observer accountsMemoirs, autobiographies (written later)Official documentsLaws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, etc.Advertisements (of the time)ImagesMovies!

Primary or Secondary?Scholarly article published in 2005 on racial taboos in Guess Whos Coming to DinnerCongressional Record explanation of HR 6097, a 1933 bill for supervision of motion pictures. An encyclopedia of African Americans in motion picturesAn essay by Henry Louis Gates, Jr. entitled Jungle fever : guess who's not coming to dinner? published in a 1991 book. Collection of transcripts of interviews with movie directorsNew York Times review of Guess Whos Coming to Dinner written in 1967.The movie Jungle FeverRandall Online Catalog & WorldCatSearch general headings, use indexesMotion picture producers and director -- interviewsSearch specific headings or personsStanley Kramer as author (Dkamer, Stanley)Look for items not tagged as primary sourcePrimary documents may be included in secondary sourcesEyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources

Randall Online Catalog & WorldCatStandard Subheadings CorrespondenceDiariesInterviewsPersonal narratives*SourcesSee guide for othersPeriodicals and NewspapersNew York Times Archive

Readers Guide Retrospective

Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective

Official DocumentsLexis Nexis AcademicLegalLexis-Nexis CongressionalHeinOnlineMonthly Catalog of U.S. Government PublicationsDigital CollectionsSee the Research Guide for more!

BibliographiesFollow the trailBook-length (Reference Collection)Secondary sources (books and journal articles)TypesClassified (easiest to find primary sources)AlphabeticalFootnotes/EndnotesWhat did you find?Questions?What will you do when you have questions?Ask for help its what we do!codys@uncw.eduhttp://library.uncwil.edu/askref.html