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HST 290: Practice of History Tourism in U.S. HistoryDr. Tammy GordonKristin Andrews andrewsk@uncw.edu

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

What causes you the most anxiety/confusion/frustration?

Our plan for the library sessionsReview Research Guide for this course.Explore various research tools.Learn to identify primary sources.Become familiar with special services.Interlibrary LoanAsk a librarianWhere to get helpLearning Commons Help DeskIn personTelephoneEmailChatTextBy AppointmentContact me directly: andrewsk@uncw.edu Resource TypesPrimary vs. Secondary(more next time)ArticlesScholarlyPopularBooksTheses & DissertationsWebsites

Finding BooksLibrary Catalog WorldCatFinds items at UNCW and at libraries worldwideGoogle Books Older books may be available in full textSome databases lead to booksCited directlyBook reviews

Keyword vs. Subject SearchingKeywordFinds 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

Keyword vs. Subject in actionWhat is a useful Subject Heading for American tourism?

Start with a keyword search, then look for subjects in the records retrieved.Use subject headings to lead you to other titlesSame terms used in WorldCat1950* consumer*8Searching Personal NamesKeyword searches Either order Try name variations, e.g., initialsAuthor/Subject Last name first, e.g. Twain, Mark

Looking at the catalog recordItem InfoLocation (click for map)Call #AvailabilityOnline AccessCover, summary, reviewsSubjects for related itemsLibrary of Congress outlinehttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/cpso/lcco/lcco.html LC Call Numbers

Finding Books LC Call Nos.Alpha-numericSingle letters before doubleFirst number is a whole numberEverything after the decimal point is a decimal value.

LC Call Numbers

WorldCat LocalWill find books & articles from UNCW and libraries worldwideFinds items for ILL requestsRare items not lentRare items may be reprinted & availableWebsites included often w/ free access!Interlibrary LoanUse the libraryServicesInterlibrary LoanCreate an account/create a new accountUsername UNCW domain namePassword UNCW password

Try it yourself!Finding ArticlesHome page Article Search (WorldCat Local)Databases A-Z Databases by SubjectCitation SearchingSearch tipsAnd, Or, NotAnd narrowsOr adds synonyms/relatedNot excludes (use carefully) American Tourism AbroadAmerican AND tourism AND abroadtourism OR travel

More Search TipsTruncate for word variations touris* = tourist, tourists, tourism

Words anywhere or phrase? Be all you can be vs. Be all you can be

Field-specific searchesAmerican Historical Review - SourceTwain, Mark - AuthorBibliographiesFollow the trailBook-length (Reference Collection)Secondary sources (books and journal articles)TypesClassified (easiest to find primary sources)AlphabeticalFootnotes/EndnotesWhat can you find?Working from a known citationHeider, Carmen. Farm Women, Solidarity and the Suffrage Messenger: Nebraska Suffrage Activism on the Plains, 1915-1917." Great Plains Quarterly 32, no. 2 (Spring 2012): 113-130.

Does the library have it?What format or location?

Try it yourself!Next ClassPrimary SourcesWhat they areHow to find themGovernment DocumentsSpecial CollectionsQuestions?What will you do when you have questions?Ask for help its what we do!Kristin Andrewsandrewsk@uncw.edu

General Library Helphttp://library.uncw.edu

HST 290: Practice of History Tourism in U.S. HistoryDr. Tammy GordonKristin Andrews andrewsk@uncw.edu

26Since last timeHows it going?

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Primary SourcesDiaries, journals, other writings of playersEyewitness/observer accountsMemoirs, autobiographies (written later)Government & other official documentsLaws, treaties, reports, orders, transcripts of proceedings, addresses, congressional hearings, census records, etc.Cartoons and Advertisements (of the time)Photographs and imagesMovies!InterviewsPrimary or Secondary?Scholarly article on the 19th century tourism.The text of a bill (proposed law) promoting tourism.An encyclopedia related to world travel.Collection of transcripts of interviews with travelers published in a book.New York Times article about the history of the national parks.New York Times tourism ads, found in the New York Times Archive database.Randall Catalog & WorldCatSearch general headingstraveler and interviewSearch specific headings or persons as author (Twain, Mark)Look for items not tagged as primary sourcePrimary documents may be included in secondary sourcesEyewitness authors may not be tagged as sources

Randall Catalog & WorldCatStandard Subheadings CorrespondenceDiariesInterviewsPersonal narrativesSourcesCatalogsManuscriptsPictorial Works

PortraitsSpeechesNotebooks/Sketch-booksArchivesCartoonsDescriptionsDescription and travelPeriodicals and NewspapersNew York Times Archive

Readers Guide Retrospective

Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective

Newspapers on microfilm, e.g. Wilmington Morning Star

Digital CollectionsLots of collections Libraries (UNCW Collections)Library of CongressUNC Documenting the American SouthAmerican Memory DPLA (Digital Public Library of America)

Official Documents - LegalLexis Nexis AcademicLegal researchA Century of Lawmaking for a New Nation LOCHistory of the Federal Judiciary Federal Judicial CenterHistorical Publications of the United States Commission on Civil Rights Thurgood Marshall Law LibraryMeta-Index for U.S. Legal Research GSU College of Law34Government DocumentsFDLP Federal Depository Library Programwas established by Congress to ensure that the American public has access to its Governments informationanyone can access depository libraries and use its collectionsRegional and Selective DepositoriesUNCW is a large selective at @ 75%Classified by publishing agencySuDocsGovernment DocumentsHeinOnlineCongressional documents, court cases, etc.Congress.govCongressional DocumentsFdsys Federal Digital SystemAmericas Authentic Government InformationFedStatsStatistics from more than 100 agencies and sub-agencies of federal and states government

Government DocumentsHeinOnline

Digital National Security Archive

Department of State

Department of the Interior

Questions?What will you do when you have questions?Ask for help its what we do!Kristin Andrewsandrewsk@uncw.edu

General Library Helphttp://library.uncw.edu